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Sir Dirk Bogarde was an English actor, novelist and screenwriter. Initially a matinée idol in films such as Doctor in the House (1954) for the Rank Organisation, he later acted in …
Dirk Bogarde, English actor and screenwriter (born 1921)
Ed Gilbert was an American actor, with extensive credits in both live-action roles and voice work in animation, although he was better known for the latter. He is also credited, un…
Ed Gilbert, American actor (born 1931)
Dana Michelle Plato was an American actress. She rose to fame for playing Kimberly Drummond on the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes (1978–1986), which established her as a teen idol of the…
Dana Plato, American actress (born 1964)
Soeman Hasibuan better known by his pen name Soeman Hs, was an Indonesian author recognized for pioneering detective fiction and short story writing in the country's literature. Bo…
Soeman Hs, Indonesian author and educator (born 1904)
Sheldon Allan Silverstein was an American writer, cartoonist, songwriter, and musician. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Silverstein briefly attended college before being draf…
Shel Silverstein, American poet, author, and illustrator (born 1930)
Saul Steinberg was a Romanian-born American artist, best known for his work for The New Yorker, most notably View of the World from 9th Avenue. He described himself as "a writer wh…
Saul Steinberg, Romanian-American illustrator (born 1914)
Abdulaziz ibn Abdullah Al Baz, simply known as Ibn Baz, was a Saudi Islamic scholar who served as the second Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia from 1993 until his death in 1999.
Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz, Saudi Arabian scholar and academic (born 1910)
Gene Sarazen was an American professional golfer, one of the world's top players in the 1920s and 1930s, and the winner of seven major championships. He is one of six players to wi…
Gene Sarazen, American golfer and journalist (born 1902)
Bruce Earl Fairbairn was a Canadian musician and record producer.
Bruce Fairbairn, Canadian trumpet player and producer (born 1949)
Lembit Oll was an Estonian chess grandmaster.
Lembit Oll, Estonian chess Grandmaster (born 1966)
Horace Michael Swaby, also known as Augustus Pablo, was a Jamaican roots reggae and dub composer, performer, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He was active from the 1970…
Augustus Pablo, Jamaican singer, keyboard player, and producer (born 1954)
Elizabeth R. Schwartz was an American athlete and winner of the first Olympic 100 metres for women.
Betty Robinson, American runner (born 1911)
Owen James Hart was a Canadian professional wrestler who worked for several promotions including Stampede Wrestling, New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), World Championship Wrestling (W…
Owen Hart, Canadian-American wrestler (born 1965)
Paul Sacher was a Swiss conductor, patron and billionaire businessman. At the time of his death, Sacher was the majority shareholder of the Hoffmann-La Roche pharmaceutical company…
Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor and philanthropist (born 1906)
Waldo Lonsbury Semon was an American inventor born in Demopolis, Alabama. He is credited with inventing methods for making polyvinyl chloride useful.
Waldo Semon, American chemist and engineer (born 1898)
Michael (Yomi) Barkai was the Commander of the Israeli Navy, a recipient of the Medal of Distinguished Service for his command of the missile ships during the Yom Kippur War.
Michael Barkai, Israeli commander (born 1935)
B. Vittalacharya was an Indian film director and producer known for his works in Telugu and Kannada cinema. He was known as Janapada Brahma in the Telugu film industry. Vittalachar…
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Kalju Lepik was an Estonian poet who lived as an exile for most of his life.
Kalju Lepik, Estonian poet and author (born 1920)
Sir Christopher Sydney Cockerell was an English engineer, best known as the inventor of the hovercraft.
Christopher Cockerell, English engineer, invented the hovercraft (born 1910)
Franklin Delano Alexander "Junior" Braithwaite was a reggae musician from Kingston, Jamaica and the youngest member of the vocal group, The Wailing Wailers.
Junior Braithwaite, Jamaican singer (born 1949)
Eric David Harris and Dylan Bennet Klebold were American high school seniors and a mass murderer duo who perpetrated the massacre at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999, in Col…
Students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold carried out a massacre at Columbine High School, killing 13 people before committ
CIH, also known as the Chernobyl virus, is a computer virus that targets computers running the Windows 9x family of operating systems. There are several variants, with different tr…
The CIH virus activated widely, damaging hundreds of thousands of computers and causing hundreds of millions of dollars
Taber is a town in southern Alberta, Canada that is surrounded by the Municipal District of Taber. It is approximately 51 km (32 mi) east of the City of Lethbridge at the intersect…
A 14-year-old former student in Taber, Alberta, opened fire at his high school, killing one student and wounding another
Mireya Elisa Moscoso Rodríguez is a Panamanian politician who served as the President of Panama from 1999 to 2004. She is the country's first and to date only female president.
Mireya Moscoso (pictured) became the first woman to be elected President of Panama