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| x John F. Kennedy |
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Nov 22, 1963 12:30pm | Dallas | Assassination by firearm |
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29 , 1917 – November 22 , 1963), also referred to as John F. Kennedy, JFK, John Kennedy or Jack Kennedy , was the 35th President of the United States. He served from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. Major events...
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| x Virginia Woolf |
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Mar 28, 1941 | Lewes | Suicide |
Adeline Virginia Woolf (born Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an English novelist, essayist, epistler, publisher, feminist, and writer of short stories, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century...
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| x Sylvia Plath |
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Feb 11, 1963 | London | Suicide |
Sylvia Plath (October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, children's author, and short story author.
Known primarily for her poetry, Plath also wrote a semi-autobiographical novel, The Bell Jar, under the pseudonym Victoria...
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| x Caravaggio |
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Jul 18, 1610 | Grosseto |
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, (29 September 1571–18 July 1610) was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta and Sicily between 1593 and 1610. His intensely emotional realism and dramatic use of lighting had a formative influence on the...
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| x Luperce Miranda | Apr 5, 1977 | ||||
| x Andrzej Panufnik |
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Oct 27, 1991 |
Sir Andrzej Panufnik (September 24, 1914 – October 27, 1991) was a Polish composer, pianist, conductor and pedagogue. He became established as one of the leading Polish composers, and as a conductor he was instrumental in the re-establishment of the...
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| x Socrates |
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399 B.C.E. | Athens | Hemlock Poisoning |
Socrates (pronounced /ˈsɒkrətiːz/; Greek: Σωκράτης, Sōkrátēs; c. 469 BC–399 BC) was a Classical Greek philosopher. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, he is an enigmatic figure known only through the classical accounts of his...
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| x Xanthippe |
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Xanthippe is the wife of Socrates and mother of his three children, Lamprocles (named for her father), Sophroniscus (named for Socrates's father), and Menexenus. She is believed to have been much younger than Socrates, as the children were very...
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| x Menexenus |
Menexenus (Greek: Μενέξενоς) was one of three sons of Socrates and Xanthippe. His two brothers were Lamprocles and Sophroniscus. Menexenus is not to be confused with the character of the same name who appears in Plato's dialogues Menexenus and Lysis...
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| x Demosthenes |
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322 B.C.E. | Calaureia | Suicide |
Demosthenes (384–322 BC, Greek: Δημοσθένης, Dēmosthénēs) was a prominent Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens. His orations constitute a significant expression of contemporary Athenian intellectual prowess and provide an insight into the...
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| x Aratus of Sicyon |
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213 B.C.E. |
Aratus (271 BC - 213 BC) was a statesman of the ancient Greek city-state of Sicyon in the 3rd century BC. He deposed the Sicyon tyrant Nicocles in 251 BC. Aratus was an advocate of Greek unity and brought Sicyon into the Achaean League, which he led...
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| x Steve Biko |
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Sep 12, 1977 | Pretoria, Gauteng | Assassination |
Stephen Bantu Biko (18 December 1946 – 12 September 1977) was a noted anti-apartheid activist in South Africa in the 1960s and 1970s. A student leader, he later founded the Black Consciousness Movement which would empower and mobilize much of the...
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| x Lee Harvey Oswald |
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Nov 24, 1963 | Dallas | Firearm |
Lee Harvey Oswald (October 18, 1939 – November 24, 1963) was, according to three United States government investigations, the assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, who was fatally shot on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas.
A United States...
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| x Bobby Sands |
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May 5, 1981 | Maze | Starvation |
Robert Gerard Sands (Irish: Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh), commonly known as Bobby Sands, (9 March 1954 – 5 May 1981), was an Irish Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer and member of the United Kingdom Parliament who died on hunger strike...
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| x Slobodan Milošević |
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Mar 11, 2006 | The Hague | Myocardial infarction |
Slobodan Milošević (sometimes transliterated as Miloshevich)(Serbian pronunciation: [sloˈbodan miˈloʃevitɕ] ( listen); Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Милошевић) (20 August 1941, Požarevac, Yugoslavia – 11 March 2006, The Hague, Netherlands) was...
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| x Rudolf Hess |
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Aug 17, 1987 | Berlin | Suicide |
Rudolf Walter Richard Hess (written Heß in Germany) (26 April 1894 – 17 August 1987) was a prominent figure in Nazi Germany, acting as Adolf Hitler's Deputy in the Nazi Party. On the eve of war with the Soviet Union, he flew solo to Scotland in an...
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| x John Gotti |
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Jun 10, 2002 | Springfield | Throat cancer |
John Joseph Gotti, Jr. (October 27, 1940 – June 10, 2002) was the boss of the Gambino crime family after the murder of the previous boss Paul Castellano. John Gotti was the most powerful crime boss during his era. He became widely known for his...
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| x Duane Allman |
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Oct 29, 1971 | Macon | Car accident |
Howard Duane Allman (November 20, 1946 – October 29, 1971) was an American lead guitarist, co-founder of the Southern rock group The Allman Brothers Band, and respected session musician. He is best remembered for his brief but influential tenure in...
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| x Albert Camus |
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Jan 4, 1960 | Villeblevin | Car accident |
Albert Camus (French pronunciation: [albɛʁ kamy]) (7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French author, philosopher, and journalist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957. He is often cited as a proponent of existentialism (the...
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| x Sonny Bono |
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Jan 5, 1998 | South Lake Tahoe | Skiing accident |
Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono (February 16, 1935 – January 5, 1998) was an American record producer, singer, actor, and politician whose career spanned over three decades.
Born in Detroit to Italian immigrants Jean and Santo, Sonny had two older...
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| x Jordan Anderson |
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Jordan Anderson (born April 15th, 1991 in Forest Acres, South Carolina) is an American race car driver in the Legends car racing series. He is a two time Lowe's Motor Speedway Summer Shootout Pro division Champion (2007 and 2008) and is the only...
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| x John Bonham |
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Sep 25, 1980 | Clewer | Inhalation of vomit |
John Henry "Bonzo" Bonham (31 May 1948 – 25 September 1980) was an English drummer and songwriter, best known as the drummer of the band Led Zeppelin.
He was renowned for his power, fast right foot, distinctive sound and "feel" for the groove. He is...
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| x Tommy Dorsey |
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Nov 26, 1956 | Inhalation of vomit |
Thomas Francis Dorsey (November 19, 1905 – November 26, 1956) was an American jazz trombonist, trumpeter, composer, and bandleader of the Big Band era. He was known as "The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing".. He was the younger brother of bandleader...
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| x Tammy Homolka |
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Dec 24, 1990 | Inhalation of vomit |
Tammy Lyn Homolka (January 1, 1975 - December 24, 1990) was the younger sister and victim of Canadian murderer Karla Homolka and her partner, Paul Bernardo.
Tammy grew up in the city of St. Catharines, Ontario. She was known for her athletic...
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| x Kevin Lloyd | May 2, 1998 | Burton upon Trent | Inhalation of vomit |
Kevin Reardon Lloyd (28 March 1949 – 2 May 1998) was a British actor, born in Derby, and trained at East 15 Acting School, London. Best known for his part of DC Alfred "Tosh" Lines in Thames Television's The Bill.
Prior to this he had already played...
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| x Mike Lockwood |
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Nov 6, 2003 | Navarre | Inhalation of vomit |
Michael John Lockwood (August 25, 1971 - November 6, 2003) was an American professional wrestler best known for his time with World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/E) under the ring name Crash Holly or simply Crash. His gimmick was that of a...
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| x Bon Scott |
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Feb 19, 1980 | London | Inhalation of vomit |
Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott (9 July 1946 – 19 February 1980) was an Australian rock musician, best known for being the lead singer and lyricist of Australian hard rock band AC/DC from 1974 until his death in 1980. He was born in Kirriemuir, Scotland,...
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| x Louie Spicolli |
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Feb 15, 1998 | Los Angeles | Inhalation of vomit |
Louis Mucciolo, Jr. (February 10, 1971 – February 15, 1998) was an American professional wrestler. He performed in Mexico under the ring name Madonna's Boyfriend, for the World Wrestling Federation as Rad Radford, and in Extreme Championship...
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| x Pantites | 480 B.C.E. | Sparta | Suicide |
Pantites (died c. 480s BC) was a Spartan warrior, one of the Three Hundred sent to the Battle of Thermopylae. King Leonidas I ordered Pantites on an embassy to Thessaly, possibly to recruit allies for the coming battle. However, Pantites failed to...
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| x Adolf Hitler |
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Apr 30, 1945 | Berlin | Suicide |
Adolf Hitler (German pronunciation: [ˈadɔlf ˈhɪtlɐ], 20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei,...
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| x Eva Braun |
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Apr 30, 1945 | Berlin | Suicide |
Eva Anna Paula Braun, died Eva Anna Paula Hitler (6 February 1912 – 30 April 1945) was the longtime companion and, for a brief time, wife of Adolf Hitler. Braun met Hitler in Munich when she was 17 years old while working as an assistant and model...
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| x Aristodemus |
Aristodemus was a Spartan warrior, one of the many sent to the Battle of Thermopylae. He was one of only two survivors as he was not present at the last stand. Along with a comrade, Eurytus, Aristodemus was stricken with an eye infection, causing...
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| x Sonny Tufts |
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Jun 4, 1970 | Santa Monica | Pneumonia |
Sonny Tufts (born Bowen Charlton Tufts III, July 16, 1911, Boston, Massachusetts - June 4, 1970, Santa Monica, California) was a United States film actor. He was born into a prominent banking family, whose patriarch had supposedly sailed to America...
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| x Yojiro Ishizaka | 1986 |
Yōjirō Ishizaka (石坂 洋次郎, Ishizaka Yōjirō, July 25, 1900—October 7, 1986) was an influential and popular novelist of post-World War II Japan.
Born at Daikancho 82, Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Ishizaka went to Hirosaki Middle School in 1913 and then...
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| x James Joyce |
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Jan 13, 1941 | Zürich |
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish expatriate author, playwright and poet of the 20th century. He is known for his landmark novel Ulysses (1922) and its controversial successor Finnegans Wake (1939), as...
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| x Peter Tufts | May 13, 1700 |
Peter Tufts (1617-May 13, 1700) was a prominent early citizen of Medford, Massachusetts, and ancestor of Charles Tufts who donated land for the Tufts University campus. Tufts' house is still standing; it is believed by some historians to be the...
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| x Gregg Diamond | Mar 14, 1999 |
Gregg Diamond (May 4, 1949 - March 14, 1999) was a pianist, drummer, songwriter, and producer who was active in the jazz and disco music scenes of the 1970s.
Diamond wrote the song "Hot Butterfly," which was released in 1978 under one of his group's...
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| x Robert Allen |
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Aug 5, 1886 | Switzerland |
Robert Allen (March 15, 1811 – August 5, 1886) was a career officer in the United States Army, serving as a brigadier general during the American Civil War.
Allen was born in tiny West Point in Columbiana County, Ohio, and was educated in the public...
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| x Ladan and Laleh Bijani |
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Jul 8, 2003 | Surgical complications |
Ladan Bijani and Laleh Bijani (in Persian: لادن و لاله بیژنی) (January 17, 1974 – July 8, 2003) were Iranian law graduates. They were conjoined twin sisters, joined at the head, who died after their complicated surgical separation. They died at 29...
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| x Nathan Smith |
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Dec 6, 1835 |
Nathan Smith (January 8, 1770 - December 6, 1835) was a United States Senator from Connecticut, and was the brother of Nathaniel Smith and uncle of Truman Smith. He was born in Woodbury, Connecticut and received a modest education. He read law, and...
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| x Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour |
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Nov 7, 1639 |
Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour (c. 1560 – 7 November 1639) was an English nobleman. He was the second son of Sir Mathew Arundell of Wardour Castle in Wiltshire, a member of the ancient family of Arundells in Cornwall, and of Margaret...
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| x Jean Donneau de Visé | 1710 |
Jean Donneau de Visé (1638 - 1710) was a French journalist, royal historian ("historiographe du roi"), playwright and publicist. He was founder of the literary, arts and society gazette "le Mercure galant" (founded in 1672) and was associated with...
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| x John Erskine | Jun 2, 1951 |
John Erskine (October 5, 1879 – June 2, 1951) was a U.S. educator and author, born in New York City. He graduated from Columbia University (A.M., 1901; Ph. D., 1903).
Professor Erskine was employed at Columbia and Amherst. He instituted Columbia...
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| x Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld |
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Mar 16, 1861 | Frogmore |
Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Mary Louise Victoria; 17 August 1786 – 16 March 1861) was the mother of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
Mary Louise Victoria, born 17 August 1786, was the fourth daughter and seventh child of Franz...
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| x Michael Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne | Feb 23, 1939 |
Michael Herbert Rudolf Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne, GCSI, GCIE, MC (8 May 1895 – 23 February 1939) was a British peer and soldier, the son of the 4th Baron Brabourne.
Baptised Michael Herbert Rudolf Knatchbull-Hugessen, he dropped the Hugessen...
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| x Tony O'Malley | Jan 20, 2003 |
Tony O'Malley (September 25, 1913 – January 20, 2003) was a self-taught Irish painter. He was born in Callan, County Kilkenny, Ireland and, while he drew and painted for private pleasure from childhood, he worked as a bank officìal until a long...
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| x Louis Hjelmslev | May 30, 1965 |
Louis Hjelmslev (October 3, 1899 – May 30, 1965) was a Danish linguist whose ideas formed the basis of the Copenhagen School of linguistics. Born into an academic family, Hjelmslev studied comparative linguistics in Copenhagen, Prague and Paris ...
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| x Johnny Jackson | Mar 1, 2006 | Murder |
Johnny Porter Jackson (March 3, 1951 – March 1, 2006) was a musician, noted for being the drummer for The Jackson 5 from their early Gary, Indiana days until the end of their famed career at Motown.
The label presented Jackson and keyboardist Ronnie...
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| x J. Conrad Lavigne | Apr 16, 2003 |
J. Conrad Lavigne, CM, O.Ont (November 2, 1916 - April 16, 2003) was a pioneering Canadian media proprietor.
Born in Chénéville, Quebec, Lavigne was raised in Cochrane, Ontario. He joined the Canadian Forces in 1942 and fought in World War II. When...
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| x Joseph Philo Bradley |
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Jan 22, 1892 | Washington |
Joseph P. Bradley (March 14, 1813 – January 22, 1892) was an American jurist best known for his service on the United States Supreme Court, and on the Electoral Commission that decided the disputed 1876 presidential election.
The son of Philo...
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| x Joseph Lebeau |
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Mar 19, 1865 |
Jean Louis Joseph Lebeau (3 January 1794 - 19 March 1865) was a Belgian liberal politician and statesman.
Born in Huy, he received his early education from an uncle who was parish priest in Hannut, and became a clerk. He raised money to study Law at...
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| x Wade Hampton III |
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Apr 11, 1902 | Columbia |
Wade Hampton III (March 28, 1818 – April 11, 1902) was a Confederate cavalry leader during the American Civil War and afterwards a politician from South Carolina, serving as its governor and as a U.S. Senator.
Hampton was born in Charleston, South...
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| x Karl G. Taylor, Sr. |
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Dec 8, 1968 |
Karl Gorman Taylor, Sr. (July 14, 1939 – December 8, 1968) was a United States Marine who was posthumously awarded the United States' highest military award – the Medal of Honor – for heroism in Vietnam in December 1968.
Karl Taylor was born on July...
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| x William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby |
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Mar 28, 1254 |
William III de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby (1193 – 28 March 1254), was an English nobleman and head of a family which controlled a large part of Derbyshire including an area known as Duffield Frith.
He was born in Derbyshire, England, the son of...
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| x Babemba Traoré | 1898 |
Babemba Traoré was a king of the Kénédougou Empire. Following the 1893 death of his brother Tieba Traoré, Babemba assumed the Kénédougou throne. The capital, Sikasso, was beset at this time by both the Dyula forces of Samory Touré and by the rapidly...
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| x Terence MacManus |
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1861 |
Terence Bellew MacManus (born at Tempo, County Fermanagh, Ireland c.1811 – January 15, 1861 in San Francisco, California) was a radical Irish rebel.
A successful shipping agent, MacManus was sentenced to death for high treason for his part with...
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| x Anna Krystyna Lubomirska | 1667 |
Princess Anna Krystyna Lubomirska (1618–1667) was a Polish noblewoman (szlachcianka).
She married Albrycht Stanisław Radziwiłł on May 30, 1638 in Kraków.
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| x Philip Fisher | 2004 |
Philip Fisher may refer to:
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| x Ludlow Ogden Smith | Jul 13, 1979 | Cancer |
Ludlow Ogden Smith (February 6, 1899, Pennsylvania – July 13, 1979, New Canaan, Connecticut) was a Philadelphia businessman.
He married Katharine Hepburn in 1928; she was 21 and he was 29. They met while she was in her senior year at Bryn Mawr...
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| x Bernard Leach |
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May 6, 1979 |
Bernard Howell Leach, CBE, CH (January 5, 1887 – May 6, 1979), was a British studio potter and art teacher. He is regarded as the "Father of British studio pottery"
Leach was born in Hong Kong and brought up in the Far East. His father was a...
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