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Mitsuharu Misawa was a Japanese professional wrestler and promoter. Regarded as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, he is primarily known both his 18-year stint with All Ja…
Mitsuharu Misawa, Japanese professional wrestler (born 1962)
The Dubai Metro is a rapid transit system in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The metro system consists of a network of two main lines: the Red Line and the Green Line. A t…
The Dubai Metro, the first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula, is ceremonially inaugurated.
CBS Studios, Inc. is an American television production company which is a subsidiary of the CBS Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Skydance Corporation. It was formed on January…
After 72 years on radio and television, CBS Television broadcasts the final episode of Guiding Light, the…
James Graham Ballard was an English novelist and short-story writer, satirist and essayist known for psychologically provocative works of fiction that explore the relations between…
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Feroz Khan was an Indian actor, film editor, producer and director best known for his work in Indian cinema. He appeared in over 60 films throughout his career and became one of Bo…
Feroz Khan (actor), Indian Actor, Film Director & Producer (born 1939)
Ekaterina Sergeyevna Maximova was a Soviet and Russian ballerina of the second part of the 20th century who was internationally recognised. She was a prima ballerina of the Bolshoi…
Ekaterina Maximova, Russian ballerina and actress (born 1939)
Jack French Kemp was an American politician, professional football player, and U.S. Army veteran who served as the ninth U.S. secretary of housing and urban development in the admi…
Jack Kemp, American football player and politician, 9th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (born 1
Fathi Yakan, February 9, 1933 – June 13, 2009) was an Islamic cleric who held a seat in the parliament of Lebanon in 1992. He was born in Tripoli.
Fathi Yakan, Lebanese scholar and politician (born 1933)
Robert Lenard Bogle was an American musician who was a founding member of the instrumental rock band the Ventures. He and Don Wilson founded the group in 1958. Bogle was the lead g…
Bob Bogle, American musician (born 1934)
William Rogers McIntyre, was a Canadian Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
William McIntyre, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and judge (born 1918)
Darrell Cecil "Shifty" Powers was a non-commissioned officer with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division during World War II…
Darrell Powers, American sergeant (born 1923)
Dominick DeLuise was an American actor, comedian, director, musician, chef, and author. Known primarily for comedic roles, he rose to fame in the 1970s as a frequent guest on telev…
Dom DeLuise, American actor, director, and producer (born 1933)
Abel Nguéndé Goumba was a Central African politician. During the late 1950s, he headed the government in the period prior to independence from France, and following independence he…
Abel Goumba, Central African physician and politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (born 1926)
Claudio Huepe García was a Chilean politician, engineer and economist, member of the Christian Democrat party, who occupied several government and political positions. During his c…
Claudio Huepe, Chilean economist and politician, Chilean Minister Secretary-General of Government (born 1939)
Admiral Sardarilal Mathradas "Charles" Nanda, PVSM, AVSM was an Indian Navy admiral who served as the 6th Chief of the Naval Staff from 1 March 1970 until 28 February 1973. He led …
Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda, Indian admiral (born 1915)
Roderick Anthony Burton II better known by his stage name Dolla, was an American rapper from Atlanta, Georgia. Burton embarked on his music career in 2003, with hip hop group Da Ra…
Dolla, American rapper (born 1987)
Wayne Anthony Allwine was an American voice actor, sound effects editor, and foley artist. He was best remembered as the third official voice of Mickey Mouse and the first official…
Wayne Allwine, American voice actor, sound effects editor and Foley artist (born 1947)
Raymond Berthiaume was a Canadian jazz singer, musician, producer and composer from Quebec, Canada.
Raymond Berthiaume, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer (born 1931)
Edward Leo Peter McMahon Jr. was an American announcer, game show host, comedian, actor, singer, and combat aviator. McMahon and Johnny Carson began their association in their firs…
Ed McMahon, American game show host and announcer (born 1923)
Jerri Lin Nielsen was an American physician with extensive emergency room experience, who self-treated her breast cancer while stationed at Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station in Ant…
Jerri Nielsen, American physician and explorer (born 1952)
Roméo-Adrien LeBlanc was a Canadian journalist and politician who served as the 25th governor general of Canada from 1995 to 1999.
Roméo LeBlanc, Canadian journalist and politician, 25th Governor General of Canada (born 1927)
Velupillai Prabhakaran was an Eelam Tamil revolutionary, guerrilla leader and a major figure of Tamil nationalism, being the founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ee…
Velupillai Prabhakaran, Sri Lankan rebel leader, founded the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (born 1954)
Arthur Charles Erickson was a Canadian architect and urban planner. He studied at the University of British Columbia and, in 1950, received his B.Arch. (Honours) from McGill Univer…
Arthur Erickson, Canadian architect and urban planner, designed Roy Thomson Hall (born 1924)
Sir Clive William John Granger was a British econometrician known for his contributions to nonlinear time series analysis. He taught in Britain, at the University of Nottingham and…
Clive Granger, Welsh-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1934)