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Paul Reynaud was a French politician and lawyer prominent in the interwar period, noted for his economic liberalism and vocal opposition to Nazi Germany.
Paul Reynaud, French lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of France (born 1878)
André Robert Breton was a French writer and poet, known as a principal theorist and co-founder of surrealism. His writings include the first Surrealist Manifesto of 1924, in which …
André Breton, French author and poet (born 1896)
Bernard Feustman Gimbel was an American businessman and president of the Gimbels department store.
Bernard Gimbel, American businessman (born 1885)
Rolf Maximilian Sievert was a Swedish medical physicist whose major contribution was in the study of the biological effects of ionizing radiation.
Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (born 1896)
Grigoris Asikis was a Greek singer and songwriter of urban Greek music, Rembetiko. He wrote lyrics for most of the songs he recorded and played the outi.
Grigoris Asikis, Greek singer-songwriter (born 1890)
Charlotte "Chattie" Reinagle Cooper Sterry was an English female tennis player who won five singles titles at the Wimbledon Championships and in 1900 became Olympic champion. In wi…
Charlotte Cooper, English-Scottish tennis player (born 1870)
Louise Thuliez was a French schoolteacher, resistance fighter during World War I and World War II and author.
Louise Thuliez, French school teacher, resistance fighter during World War I and World War II, and author (born 1881)
Clifton Webb was an American actor, singer, and dancer. Originally trained as a ballroom dancer, he first achieved prominence on Broadway as a star of musicals and revues, and his …
Clifton Webb, American actor and dancer (born 1889)
George James Carstairs (1900–1966) was an Australian rugby league player who played in the 1920s and represented Australia.
George Carstairs, Australian rugby league player (born 1900)
Arthur Fitzgerald Folwell was a British-born Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, coached in the 1940s, and was an administrato…
Arthur Folwell, English-Australian rugby league player, coach, and administrator (born 1904)
Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell, CBE was a British Labour Party politician.
Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell, English lieutenant and politician (born 1876)
George O'Hara was an American motion picture actor and screenwriter of the silent film era.
George O'Hara, American actor and screenwriter (born 1899)
Sidney Herbert Hatch was an American athlete who competed for the United States in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St. Louis, United States, in the 4-mile team where he won the si…
Sidney Hatch, American runner and soldier (born 1883)
Wieland Wagner was a German opera director, and a grandson of Richard Wagner. As co-director of the Bayreuth Festival when it re-opened after World War II, he was noted for innovat…
Wieland Wagner, German director and manager (born 1917)
Elizabeth Arden, also known as Elizabeth N. Graham, was a Canadian-American businesswoman who founded what is now Elizabeth Arden, Inc., and built a cosmetics empire in the United …
Elizabeth Arden, Canadian-American businesswoman, founded Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (born 1878)
Sebastian Spering Kresge was an American merchant and businessman. He created and owned two chains of department stores: the S. S. Kresge Company, one of the 20th century's largest…
S. S. Kresge, American businessman, founded Kmart (born 1867)
Sofya Aleksandrovna Yanovskaya was a Soviet mathematician, philosopher and historian, specializing in the history of mathematics, mathematical logic, and philosophy of mathematics.…
Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician and historian (born 1896)
Alma Angela Cohen Cogan was an English singer of traditional pop in the 1950s and early 1960s. Dubbed the "Girl with the Giggle in Her Voice", she was the highest paid British fema…
Alma Cogan, English singer (born 1932)
Yiorgos Theotokas, formally Georgios Theotokas, was a Greek novelist.
Yiorgos Theotokas, Greek author and playwright (born 1906)
Lieutenant General Tôn Thất Đính was an officer who served in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). He is best known as one of the key figures in the November 1963 coup that …
Disapproving of General Tôn Thất Đính's handling of the Buddhist Uprising, South Vietnamese prime minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ
The Holy See, also called the See of Rome, the Petrine See or the Apostolic See, is the central governing body of the Catholic Church and Vatican City. It encompasses the office of…
The Vatican formally abolished its 427-year-old list of prohibited books
The National Organization for Women (NOW) is an American progressive-left feminist organization. Founded in 1966, it is legally a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization. The organiz…
The National Organization for Women, a leading United States feminist organization, was founded in Washington, D
The 1966 Dayton race riot was a period of civil unrest in Dayton, Ohio, United States. The riot occurred on September 1 and lasted about 24 hours, ending after the Ohio National Gu…
Rioting erupted in Dayton, Ohio, resulting in one death and the mobilization of the Ohio National Guard.
The Supremes A' Go-Go is the ninth studio album released by the Motown singing group the Supremes. It was the first album by an all-female group to reach number-one on the Billboar…
With their album The Supremes A' Go-Go, the Supremes became the first all-female group to reach number one on the…