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1891

Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of the United States (born 1803)

Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of the United States (born 1803)

1852

Margaret Taylor, First Lady of the United States (born 1788)

Margaret Taylor, First Lady of the United States (born 1788)

911

Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya, first Zaydi Imam of Yemen (born 859)

Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya, first Zaydi Imam of Yemen (born 859)

2017

Bajram Rexhepi, First Kosovan Prime Ministers of UN mission administration in Kosovo (born 1954)

Bajram Rexhepi, First Kosovan Prime Ministers of UN mission administration in Kosovo (born 1954)

1796

John McKinly, American physician and politician, first Governor of Delaware (born 1721)

John McKinly, American physician and politician, first Governor of Delaware (born 1721)

1797

Thomas Chittenden, Governor of the Vermont Republic, and first Governor of the State of Vermont (born 1730)

Thomas Chittenden, Governor of the Vermont Republic, and first Governor of the State of Vermont (born 1730)

1903

Kusumoto Ine, first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine (born 1827)

Kusumoto Ine, first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine (born 1827)

2024

Cathy Merrick, Canadian First Nations leader (born 1961/1962)

Cathy Merrick, Canadian First Nations leader (born 1961/1962)

1873

Johan Gabriel Ståhlberg, Finnish priest and father of K. J. Ståhlberg, the first President of Finland (born 1832)

Johan Gabriel Ståhlberg, Finnish priest and father of K. J. Ståhlberg, the first President of Finland (born 1832)

1842

Letitia Christian Tyler, American wife of John Tyler, 11th First Lady of the United States (born 1790)

Letitia Christian Tyler, American wife of John Tyler, 11th First Lady of the United States (born 1790)

210 BC

Qin Shi Huang, first emperor of China (born 259 BC)

Qin Shi Huang, first emperor of China (born 259 BC)

2014

Ian Paisley, Northern Irish evangelical pastor (Free Presbyterian Church) and politician, 2nd First Minister of…

Ian Paisley, Northern Irish evangelical pastor (Free Presbyterian Church) and politician, 2nd First Minister of Northern Ireland (born 1926)

1915

Susan La Flesche Picotte, doctor, teacher, and social reformer, first Native American to earn a medical degree (born…

Susan La Flesche Picotte, doctor, teacher, and social reformer, first Native American to earn a medical degree (born 1865)

2024

Raquel Blandón, Guatemalan lawyer and activist, First Lady of Guatemala (born 1943)

Raquel Blandón, Guatemalan lawyer and activist, First Lady of Guatemala (born 1943)

1228

Stefan the First-Crowned, Serbian king (born 1165)

Stefan the First-Crowned, Serbian king (born 1165)

1959

Enrico De Nicola, Italian journalist, lawyer, politician, and first President of Italy (born 1877)

Enrico De Nicola, Italian journalist, lawyer, politician, and first President of Italy (born 1877)

1953

Émilie Busquant, French anarcho-syndicalist, sewed the first Flag of Algeria (born 1901)

Émilie Busquant, French anarcho-syndicalist, sewed the first Flag of Algeria (born 1901)

1980

Pyotr Masherov, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia (born 1918)

Pyotr Masherov, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia (born 1918)

2001

Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (born 1917)

Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (born 1917)

2019

Alexei Leonov, Soviet/Russian cosmonaut and first human to conduct a spacewalk (born 1934)

Alexei Leonov, Soviet/Russian cosmonaut and first human to conduct a spacewalk (born 1934)