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Theodore Robert Blakey was an American historian, businessman, and activist. He was instrumental in the civil rights movement in South Dakota and was leader of the committee that h…
Ted Blakey, American historian, activist, and businessman (born 1925)
Per Højholt was a Danish poet. Højholt had his debut in 1948 when he published "De nøgne", a series of poems which appeared in the magazine Heretica. His first collection was Heste…
Per Højholt, Danish poet (born 1928)
Uzi Hitman was an Israeli singer-songwriter, composer, actor, director and television personality.
Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer-songwriter (born 1952)
Anthony Evan Hecht was an American poet. His work combined a deep interest in form with a passionate desire to confront the horrors of 20th-century history, with the Second World W…
Anthony Hecht, American poet and educator (born 1923)
Pierre Emil George Salinger was an American journalist, author and politician. He served as the ninth White House Press Secretary for United States presidents John F. Kennedy and L…
Pierre Salinger, American journalist and politician, 11th White House Press Secretary (born 1925)
Charles Joseph Hiller was an American Major League Baseball second baseman. In the 1962 World Series, he became the first National League player to hit a grand slam in a World Seri…
Chuck Hiller, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1934)
Robert Merrill was an American operatic baritone and actor, who was also active in the musical theatre circuit. He received the National Medal of Arts in 1993.
Robert Merrill, American actor and singer (born 1919)
William Edward Nicholson was an English football player, coach, manager and scout who had a 55-year association with Tottenham Hotspur. He is considered one of the most important f…
Bill Nicholson, English footballer, coach, and manager (born 1919)
Randall Alexander Dorton was the Director of Engine Operations and lead engine builder for Hendrick Motorsports. With Dorton, the team won nine NASCAR championships.
Randy Dorton, American engineer (born 1954)
Joseph Riddick "Ricky" Hendrick IV was an American stock car racing driver and partial owner at Hendrick Motorsports, a NASCAR team that his father Rick Hendrick founded. He was bo…
Ricky Hendrick, American race car driver and businessman (born 1980)
James Aloysius Hickey was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Washington from 1980 to 2000, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1988. Hickey previously serv…
James Aloysius Hickey, American cardinal (born 1920)
Maaja Ranniku was an Estonian chess player.
Maaja Ranniku, Estonian chess player (born 1941)
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, better known as John Peel, was an English radio presenter and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original disc jockeys on BBC Radio 1, br…
John Peel, English radio host and producer (born 1939)
Roberto Francisco Ávila González, known as "Beto" in Mexico and as "Bobby" in the United States, was a Mexican professional baseball second baseman.
Bobby Ávila, Mexican baseball player and politician (born 1924)
Nathaniel Lester Lanin was an American jazz and pop music bandleader. He was famous for long, smoothly arranged medleys, at a consistent rhythm and tempo, which were designed for c…
Lester Lanin, American bandleader (born 1907)
Paulo Sérgio Oliveira da Silva, better known as Serginho, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a defender.
Paulo Sérgio Oliveira da Silva, Brazilian footballer (born 1974)
Zdenko Runjić was a Croatian songwriter. His career spanned decades in the former Yugoslavia and Croatia.
Zdenko Runjić, Croatian songwriter and producer (born 1942)
Lieutenant Colonel Eugene K. Bird was US Commandant of the Spandau Allied Prison from 1964 to 1972 where, together with six others, Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess was incarcerated.
Eugene K. Bird, American colonel and author, US Commandant of Spandau Prison (born 1926)
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, was a member of the British royal family. She was the wife of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, the third son of King George V and Queen Mary…
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (born 1901)
Admire Vega was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. As a two-year-old in 1998 he won two of his three races including the Grade III Radio Tampa Hai Sansai Stakes. In the f…
Admire Vega, Japanese thoroughbred horse (born 1966)
Ordal Demokan was a Turkish physicist.
Ordal Demokan, Turkish physicist and academic (born 1946)
Edward Oliver LeBlanc was a Dominican politician who served as the chief minister from January 1961 to 1 March 1967 and as the first premier from 1 March 1967 to 27 July 1974. Born…
Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican lawyer and politician, Premier of Dominica (born 1923)
Peter Frank George Twinn was an English mathematician, Second World War codebreaker and entomologist. He was the first mathematician to be recruited to the Government Code and Cyph…
Peter Twinn, English mathematician and entomologist (born 1916)
Dame Phyllis Irene Frost was an Australian welfare worker and philanthropist, known for her commitment to causes, such as helping prisoners. She chaired the Victorian Women's Priso…
Phyllis Frost, Australian philanthropist, founded Keep Australia Beautiful (born 1917)