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Teodoro "Teddy" de Villa Diaz was a Filipino musician and songwriter, best known as the founder and original guitarist of the Dawn.
Teodoro de Villa Diaz, Filipino guitarist and songwriter (born 1963)
Carlos Manuel de Marques Paião was a singer and songwriter from Portugal. He represented Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 with the song "Playback". Carlos Paião was als…
Carlos Paião, Portuguese singer-songwriter (born 1957)
Jean Marchand was a Québécois public figure, trade unionist and politician in Quebec, Canada.
Jean Marchand, Canadian union leader and politician, 43rd Secretary of State for Canada (born 1918)
Maximilian Shulman was an American writer and humorist best known for his television and short story character Dobie Gillis, as well as for best-selling novels.
Max Shulman, American author and screenwriter (born 1919)
Sir John Ross Marshall was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He entered Parliament in 1946 and was first promoted to Cabinet in 1951. After spending eleven years as t…
Jack Marshall, New Zealand colonel, lawyer and politician, 28th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1912)
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq was a Pakistani general who ruled Pakistan from his coup in 1977 until his death in an airplane crash in 1988. He served as the chief martial law administrator …
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistani general and politician, 6th President of Pakistan (born 1924)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. was an American lawyer, politician, and businessman. He served as a United States congressman from New York from 1949 to 1955 and in 1963 was appointe…
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., American lawyer and politician (born 1914)
Charles Eames Jr. and Ray-Bernice Eames were an American married couple of industrial designers who made significant historical contributions to the development of modern architect…
Ray Eames, American architect, co-designed the Eames House (born 1912)
Arthur Joseph Rooney Sr., often referred to as "the Chief", was an American professional football executive. He was the founding owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, an American footb…
Art Rooney, American businessman, founded the Pittsburgh Steelers (born 1901)
Marion Price Daniel Sr. was an American jurist and politician who served as a U.S. senator and the 38th governor of Texas. A member of the Democratic Party, he was appointed by Pre…
Price Daniel, American politician, 38th Governor of Texas (born 1910)
Luis Walter Alvarez was an American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1968 for his discovery of resonance states in part…
Luis Walter Alvarez, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)
Ferit Sadi Melen was a Turkish civil servant, politician and Prime Minister of Turkey.
Ferit Melen, Turkish civil servant and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1906)
Roland C. Daniels, better known by his ring name "Bad Bad" Leroy Brown, was an American professional wrestler. He took his ring name from the Jim Croce song "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown",…
Leroy Brown, American wrestler (born 1950)
Sedad Hakkı Eldem was a Turkish architect known as a proponent of nationalized modern architecture in Turkey.
Sedad Hakkı Eldem, Turkish architect (born 1908)
Virginia Satir was an American author, clinical social worker and psychotherapist, recognized for her approach to family therapy. Her pioneering work in the field of family reconst…
Virginia Satir, American psychotherapist and author (born 1916)
Karl Gerhart "Gert" Fröbe was a German actor who appeared in over 100, mostly German-produced films. He was best known in English-speaking countries for his work as the title chara…
Gert Fröbe, German actor and singer (born 1913)
Charles Roger Hargreaves was an English cartoonist, illustrator and writer of children's books. He created the Mr. Men, Little Miss and Timbuctoo series;, intended for young reader…
Roger Hargreaves, English author and illustrator (born 1935)
Sir Alan Stewart Watt was an Australian diplomat.
Alan Watt, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian Ambassador to Japan (born 1901)
Aloha Airlines Flight 243 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight flown by Aloha Airlines between Hilo and Honolulu in Hawaii. On April 28, 1988, the Boeing 737-297 airplane serv…
Aloha Airlines Flight 243 experienced explosive decompression while airborne between Hilo and Honolulu, Hawaii, with one
Widerøe Flight 710, known as the Torghatten Accident, was a controlled flight into terrain into the mountain of Torghatten in Brønnøy Municipality, Norway. The Widerøe-operated de …
Widerøe Flight 710 crashed into the fog-covered mountain of Torghatten in Brønnøy, Norway, killing all 36 people on boar
Section 28 refers to a part of the Local Government Act 1988, which stated that local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales "shall not intentionally promote homosexuality or p…
Section 28 of the United Kingdom's Local Government Act of 1988, a controversial amendment stating that a local authorit
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was an arms control treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union. US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikh…
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was ratified, banning all American and Soviet land-based missiles with a ra
A group representation constituency (GRC) is a type of electoral division or constituency in Singapore in which teams of candidates, instead of individual candidates, compete to be…
Group representation constituencies were introduced to the parliament of Singapore
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and is designated as the navy of the United States in the Constitution. With 290 comba…
The US Navy warship Vincennes shot down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.