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James Carson Whitsett was an American keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer.
Carson Whitsett, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (born 1945)
Percy "Dwight" Wilson was the second-last surviving Canadian veteran of the First World War.
Dwight Wilson, Canadian soldier (born 1901)
Malietoa Tanumafili II was a Samoan paramount chief and politician who was O le Ao o le Malo of Samoa from its independence in 1962, and the Malietoa titleholder from 1940, until h…
Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler (born 1913)
Mary Scheier was a noted American ceramicist, and the wife and artistic partner of Edwin Scheier.
Mary Scheier, American sculptor and educator (born 1908)
Ülo Jõgi was an Estonian war historian who was active in the Estonian resistance against the Soviet occupation of Estonia.
Ülo Jõgi, Estonian historian and author (born 1921)
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Dow Jones, or simply the Dow, is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 30 large companies listed on stock exchanges in the…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its all-time high of 14,164 points before rapidly declining due to the 2008…
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Al Masrie bin Sheikh Mustapha is a Malaysian doctor. He launched to the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-11 with the Expedition 16 crew on 10 Oc…
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor becomes the first Malaysian in space on board Soyuz TMA-11.
On 15 and 16 October 2007, the New Zealand Police conducted a series of armed raids in response to alleged paramilitary training camps in the Urewera mountain range near the town o…
Seventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country's first post-9/11 anti-terrorism raids.
The Battle of Mirali was a military engagement that occurred between 7 October and 10 October 2007 and involved Pakistan Armed Forces against the Afghan Taliban and the Pakistani T…
The battle of Mirali begins in which the Pakistan Armed Forces and Taliban militias clash for four days.
Kimi-Matias Räikkönen is a Finnish racing and rally driver who competed in Formula One between 2001 and 2021, and the World Rally Championship from 2009 to 2011. Nicknamed "the Ice…
Finnish race drivers Kimi Räikkönen of Scuderia Ferrari won the Brazilian Grand Prix in Formula One. With this result,…
Kab 101 is a Sea Pony-type minimum-facilities light-production oil platform operated by Mexican state-owned oil company PEMEX, and installed about 26 kilometres (16 mi) off the coa…
A storm causes the Mexican Kab 101 oil platform to collide with a wellhead, leading to the death and drowning of 22…
Jerry Laymon Falwell was an American Baptist pastor, televangelist, and conservative activist. He was the founding pastor of the Thomas Road Baptist Church, a megachurch in Lynchbu…
Jerry Falwell, American pastor, founded Liberty University (born 1933)
Lloyd Chudley Alexander was an American author of more than 40 books, primarily fantasy novels for children and young adults. Over his seven-decade career, Alexander wrote 48 books…
Lloyd Alexander, American soldier and author (born 1924)
Space Shuttle Discovery is a retired American Space Shuttle orbiter. The spaceplane was one of the orbiters from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the third of five fully operationa…
Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-120, with Pamela Melroy becoming the second female space shuttle commander.
Cristina Elísabet Fernández de Kirchner is an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the 55th President of Argentina from 2007 to 2015, and later as the 37th Vice President …
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first directly elected female President of Argentina.
Cameron Sikander Boozer is an American basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Boozer played college basketball for the Duke Blue …
Cameron Boozer, American basketball player
Ariana Greenblatt is an American actress. Her first starring role was in the Disney Channel comedy series Stuck in the Middle (2016–2018). Other early roles included the comedy fil…
Ariana Greenblatt, American actress
Jack Joseph Valenti was an American political advisor and lobbyist who served as a Special Assistant to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. He was also the longtime president of the …
Jack Valenti, American businessman, created the MPAA film rating system (born 1921)
T. K. Doraiswamy, also known by his pen name Nakulan, was an Indian poet, professor of English, novelist, translator and short fiction writer, who wrote both in Tamil and English, …
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Pierre-Gilles de Gennes was a French physicist and the Nobel Prize laureate in physics in 1991.
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1932)
Bernard Adolf Blaut was a Polish footballer and manager. He is most famous for his 1960s performances in both Legia Warsaw and the Poland national team.
Bernard Blaut, Polish footballer and coach (born 1940)
Dean Jack Eyre was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.
Dean Eyre, New Zealand politician (born 1914)
Norman Guy Von Nida was an Australian professional golfer.
Norman Von Nida, Australian golfer (born 1914)
Pemba Doma Sherpa was the first Nepalese female mountaineer to climb Mount Everest via its north face, was the second Nepali woman to summit from both the north and south faces, an…
Pemba Doma Sherpa, Nepalese mountaineer (born 1970)