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Nguyễn Văn Thiệu , (April 5, 1923 – September 29, 2001) was a former General and President of South Vietnam. Born in a coastal village, central Vietnam (Ninh Thuận Province), Thiệu was a son of a small but well to do landowner. As a young man, he...

Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913–April 22, 1994) was the thirty-seventh President of the United States (1969–1974) and the only American president to resign from that office. Nixon was born in Yorba Linda, California and developed an interest...

Frederick V (German: Friedrich V.) (August 16 1596 – November 29 1632) was Elector Palatine (1610–23), and, as Frederick I (Czech: Fridrich Falcký), King of Bohemia (1619–20, for his short reign here often nicknamed the Winter King, Czech Zimní král...

Johan Banér (23 June 1596 – 10 May 1641) was a Swedish Field Marshal in the Thirty Years' War. Johan Banér was born at Djursholm Castle in Uppland. As a four year old he was forced to witness how his father, the Privy Councillour Gustaf Banér, and...

Christian IV (12 April, 1577 – 28 February, 1648) was the king of Denmark and Norway from 1588 until his death. He is sometimes referred to as Christian Firtal in Denmark and Christian Kvart or Quart in Norway. The son of Frederick II, king of...

John George I (German: Johann Georg I; 5 March 1585 - 8 October 1656) was Elector of Saxony from 1611 to 1656. Born in Dresden, he was the second son of the Elector Christian I and Sophie of Brandenburg. He succeeded to the electorate in 23 June...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was the thirty-second President of the United States. Elected to four terms in office, he served from 1933 to 1945 and is the only U.S. president...

Chiang Kai-shek (; POJ: Chiúⁿ Kài-sek; Jyutping: zoenggaaisek), GCB (October 31, 1887 – April 5, 1975), served as Generalissimo (Chairman of the National Military Council) of the Nationalist Government of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1928 to...

Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 30 April 1945) was an Austria-born German politician who led the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei NSDAP), more commonly known as the Nazi Party. He was Chancellor of...

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (July 29, 1883 – April 28, 1945) was an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism. He became the Prime Minister of Italy in...

Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the thirty-third President of the United States (1945–1953). As vice president, he succeeded Franklin D. Roosevelt, who died less than three months after he began his fourth term. During World...