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Isadore "Dore" Schary was an American playwright, director, and producer for the stage and a prolific screenwriter and producer of motion pictures. He directed one feature film, Ac…
Dore Schary, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1905)
Marcus Vinícius da Cruz e Mello Moraes, better known as Vinícius de Moraes and nicknamed "O Poetinha", was a Brazilian poet, diplomat, lyricist, essayist, musician, singer, and pla…
Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet, playwright, and composer (born 1913)
Thomas Bernardine Barry was an Irish republican. He was a prominent guerrilla leader in the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War…
Tom Barry, leader of the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War (born 1897)
Joseph Quincy Krumgold was an American writer of books and screenplays. He was the first person to win two annual Newbery Medals for the most distinguished new American children's …
Joseph Krumgold, American author and screenwriter (born 1908)
John Warren Davis was an American educator, college administrator, and civil rights leader. He was the fifth and longest-serving president of West Virginia State University in Inst…
John Warren Davis, American educator, college administrator, and civil rights leader (born 1888)
Sir Seretse Goitsebeng Maphiri Khama, GCB, KBE was a Motswana politician who served as the first President of Botswana, a post he held from 1966 to his death in 1980.
Seretse Khama, Botswana lawyer and politician, 1st President of Botswana (born 1921)
Carlos López Moctezuma Pineda was a Mexican film actor. He appeared in more than 210 films between 1938 and 1980. He starred in the film Happiness, which was entered into the 7th B…
Carlos López Moctezuma, Mexican actor (born 1909).
Don Barry, also known as Red Barry, was an American film and television actor. He was nicknamed "Red" after appearing as the first Red Ryder in the highly successful 1940 film Adve…
Don "Red" Barry, American actor and screenwriter (born 1912)
Boris Nikolayevich Delaunay or Delone was a Soviet and Russian mathematician, mountain climber, and the father of physicist, Nikolai Borisovich Delone. He is best known for the Del…
Boris Delaunay, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1890)
Margaret Craven was an American writer.
Margaret Craven, American journalist and author (born 1901)
İsmail Nihat Erim was a Turkish politician and jurist. He served as the 13th prime minister of Turkey for almost 14 months after the 1971 Turkish military memorandum. He was assass…
Nihat Erim, Turkish jurist and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1912)
Sarto Fournier was a Canadian politician. He served as mayor of Montreal from 1957 to 1960.
Sarto Fournier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 38th Mayor of Montreal (born 1908)
Keith Richard Godchaux was an American pianist best known for his tenure in the rock group the Grateful Dead from 1971 to 1979. Following their departure from the Dead, he and his …
Keith Godchaux, American keyboard player and songwriter (born 1948)
Hans Joachim Morgenthau was a German-American jurist and political scientist who was one of the major 20th-century figures in the study of international relations. Morgenthau's wor…
Hans Morgenthau, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (born 1904)
Maria Poveka Montoya Martinez was a Pueblo artist who created internationally known pottery. Martinez, her husband Julian, and other family members, including her son Popovi Da, e…
Maria Martinez, San Ildefonso Pueblo (Native American) potter (born 1887)
Mollie Steimer was an anarchist activist. A Ukrainian Jew, she left Russia and settled in New York City in 1913. She quickly became involved in the local anarchist movement and was…
Mollie Steimer, Ukrainian activist (born 1897)
Peter Sellers was an English actor and comedian. He first came to prominence with his performances on the BBC Radio comedy series The Goon Show. Sellers was featured on a number of…
Peter Sellers, English actor and comedian (born 1925)
Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky was a Soviet singer, songwriter, poet and actor who had an immense and enduring effect on Soviet culture. He became widely known for his unique singin…
Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1938)
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was the last Shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979. He succeeded his father Reza Shah and ruled the Imperial State of Iran until he was overthrown in the Islamic Rev…
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Iranian Shah (born 1919)
Rushdy Saeed Baghdadi Abaza was an Egyptian film and television actor. He was considered one of the most charming actors in the Egyptian film industry and is one of the most famous…
Rushdy Abaza, Egyptian actor (born 1926)
Rose Rand was an Austrian-American logician and philosopher. She was a member of the Vienna Circle.
Rose Rand, Austrian-born American logician and philosopher (born 1903)
Robert Gabriel Mugabe was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who led Zimbabwe from 1980 until he was deposed in a coup in 2017. He served as the first Prime Minister of Zimb…
Robert Mugabe became the first prime minister of Zimbabwe, beginning a 37-year period in power
The United States Armed Forces are the military forces of the United States. United States federal law establishes six armed forces: the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space …
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The Special Air Service (SAS) is a special forces unit of the British Army. It was founded as a regiment in 1941 by David Stirling, and in 1950 it was reconstituted as a corps. The…
The British Special Air Service recaptured the Iranian embassy in London following a six-day siege after Iranian Arab se