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| x John F. Kennedy |
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Nov 22, 1963 | 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 (pronounced /ˈwʊlf/; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an English writer, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century.
During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in...
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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 and short story writer. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she studied at Smith College and Newnham College, Cambridge before receiving acclaim as a professional poet and...
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| x Caravaggio |
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Jul 18, 1610 | Grosseto |
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (Italian pronunciation: [karaˈvaddʒo]; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610) was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily between 1593 and 1610. His paintings, which combine a realistic observation of...
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| x Luperce Miranda | Apr 5, 1977 | ||||
| x Andrzej Panufnik | 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 ( /ˈsɒkrətiːz/; Greek: Σωκράτης, Ancient Greek pronunciation: [sɔːkrátɛːs], Sōkrátēs; c. 469 BC – 399 BC) was a classical Greek Athenian philosopher. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, he is an enigmatic figure known...
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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 (English pronunciation: /dɪˈmɒs.θəniːz/, Greek: Δημοσθένης, Dēmosthénēs [dɛːmostʰénɛːs]; 384–322 BC) was a prominent Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens. His orations constitute a significant expression of contemporary Athenian...
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| x Aratus of Sicyon |
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213 B.C.E. | Poison |
Aratus (271 BC – 213 BC) was a statesman of the ancient Greek city-state of Sicyon and a leader of the Achaean League. He deposed the Sicyonian tyrant Nicocles in 251 BC. Aratus was an advocate of Greek unity and brought Sicyon into the Achaean...
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| x Steve Biko | Sep 12, 1977 | Pretoria | Assassination |
Stephen Biko (18 December 1946 – 12 September 1977) was an 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 urban black...
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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 four government investigations, the sniper who assassinated John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963.
A former U.S....
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| x Bobby Sands |
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May 5, 1981 | Maze | Starvation |
Robert Gerard "Bobby" Sands (Irish: Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh; 9 March 1954 – 5 May 1981) was an Irish volunteer of the Provisional Irish Republican Army and member of the British Parliament who died on hunger strike while imprisoned in HM...
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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: [slɔbɔ̌dan milɔ̌ːʃɛʋitɕ] ( listen); Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Милошевић; 20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was President of Serbia and Yugoslavia. He served as the...
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| x Rudolf Hess |
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Aug 17, 1987 | Berlin | Suicide |
Rudolf Walter Richard Hess, also spelled Heß (26 April 1894 – 17 August 1987), was a prominent Nazi politician who was Adolf Hitler's deputy in the Nazi Party during the 1930s and early 1940s. On the eve of war with the Soviet Union, he flew solo to...
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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 an American mobster who became the Boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. Gotti and his brothers grew up in poverty and turned to a life of crime at an early age. Operating out...
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| x Duane Allman |
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Oct 29, 1971 | Macon | Traffic collision |
Duane Allman (born Howard Duane Allman; November 20, 1946 – October 29, 1971) was an American guitarist, session musician and the primary co-founder and leader of the The Allman Brothers Band, until his early death in a motorcycle accident in 1971...
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| x Albert Camus |
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Jan 4, 1960 | Villeblevin | Traffic collision |
Albert Camus (French pronunciation: [albɛʁ kamy] ( listen); 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French author, journalist, and philosopher. His views contributed to the rise of the philosophy known as absurdism. He wrote in his essay "The Rebel"...
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| x Sonny Bono |
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Jan 5, 1998 | South Lake Tahoe | Skiing accident |
Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono (pronounced /ˈboʊnoʊ/; February 16, 1935 – January 5, 1998) was an American recording artist, record producer, actor, and politician whose career spanned over three decades.
Born in Detroit to Italian immigrants Jean...
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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 Bonham (31 May 1948 – 25 September 1980) was an English musician and songwriter, best known as the drummer of Led Zeppelin. Bonham was esteemed for his speed, 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 | Greenwich | Inhalation of vomit |
Thomas Francis "Tommy" Dorsey, Jr. (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", due to his smooth-toned...
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| x Tammy Homolka | 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 "Mike" 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.
Lockwood wrestled...
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| x Bon Scott |
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Feb 19, 1980 | East Dulwich | Inhalation of vomit |
Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott (9 July 1946 – 19 February 1980) was a Scottish-born 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 Forfar...
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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: [ˈadɔlf ˈhɪtlɐ] ( listen); 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 (NSDAP),...
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| x Eva Braun | Apr 30, 1945 | Berlin | Suicide |
Eva Anna Paula Hitler (née Braun; 6 February 1912 – 30 April 1945) was the longtime companion of Adolf Hitler and, for less than 40 hours, his wife. Braun met Hitler in Munich when she was 17 years old, while she was working as an assistant and...
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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 Spartan survivors, as he was not present at the last stand. Along with a comrade, Eurytus, Aristodemus was stricken with an eye infection,...
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| x Sonny Tufts | 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.
Tufts was born into a prominent banking family, whose patriarch had supposedly sailed to...
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| x Yojiro Ishizaka | Oct 7, 1986 |
Yōjirō Ishizaka (石坂 洋次郎, Ishizaka Yōjirō, January 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...
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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 novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century. Joyce is best known for Ulysses (1922), a...
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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 general during the American Civil War.
Allen was born in tiny West Point in Columbiana County, Ohio, and was educated in the public schools....
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| x Nathan Smith |
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Dec 6, 1835 | Washington, D.C. |
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 |
Sir Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour (c. 1560 – 7 November 1639) was the eldest son of Sir Matthew Arundell of Wardour Castle in Wiltshire (c.1532-34–24 December 1598), and Margaret Willoughby, the daughter of Sir Henry Willoughby, of...
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| x Jean Donneau de Visé | 1710 |
Jean Donneau de Visé (1638, Paris - 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...
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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 and raised in Weehawken, New Jersey. He graduated from Columbia University (A.M., 1901; Ph. D., 1903).
Erskine was born in New York City, New York,...
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| x Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld |
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Mar 16, 1861 | Frogmore |
Princess Marie Luise Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Princess of Leiningen, Duchess of Kent (Marie Luise Viktoria; 17 August 1786 – 16 March 1861) was the mother of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
Marie Luise Viktoria, born 17 August 1786,...
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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 | Copenhagen |
Louis Hjelmslev (October 3, 1899, Copenhagen – May 30, 1965, Copenhagen) was a Danish linguist whose ideas formed the basis of the Copenhagen School of linguistics. Born into an academic family (his father was the mathematician Johannes Hjelmslev),...
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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, D.C. |
Joseph Philo 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 | Huy |
Jean Louis Joseph Lebeau (3 January 1794 - 19 March 1865) was a Belgian liberal politician and statesman, the second Prime Minister.
Born in Huy, he received his early education from an uncle who was parish priest in Hannut, and became a clerk. He...
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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 afterward a politician from South Carolina, serving as its 77th Governor and as a U.S. Senator.
Hampton was born in Charleston,...
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| x Karl G. Taylor, Sr. |
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Dec 8, 1968 | Killed in action |
Karl Gorman Taylor, Sr. (July 14, 1939 – December 8, 1968) was a United States Marine who posthumously received the United States' highest military decoration – the Medal of Honor – for his actions in Vietnam in December 1968.
Karl Taylor was born...
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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 c. 1811 or 1823– 15 January 1861) was a radical Irish rebel who participated in the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848. Sentenced to death for treason, he and several other participants were given commuted sentences in...
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| x Anna Krystyna Lubomirska | 1667 | Pinsk |
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 Ludlow Ogden Smith | Jul 13, 1979 | New Canaan | Cancer |
Ludlow Ogden Smith (February 6, 1899 – July 13, 1979) was a Philadelphia businessman.
He married Katharine Hepburn in December 1928, when she was 21 and he was 29. They met while she was in her senior year at Bryn Mawr College, through a mutual...
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| x Bernard Leach |
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May 6, 1979 |
Bernard Howell Leach, CBE, CH (5 January 1887 – 6 May 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 colonial...
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| x Charles Rohlfs | Jun 30, 1936 | Buffalo |
Charles Rohlfs (1853 – June 30, 1936), was an American actor, patternmaker, stove designer and furniture maker. Rohlfs is a representative of the Arts and Crafts Movement, and is most famous for his skill as a furniture designer and maker.
Rohlfs...
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| x Adam Loftus |
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Apr 5, 1605 |
Adam Loftus (c. 1533 – 5 April 1605) was Archbishop of Armagh, and later Dublin, and Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1581. He was also the first Provost of Trinity College, Dublin.
Adam Loftus was born in 1533, the second son of a monastic bailiff,...
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