1908 in der Geschichte
459 Einträge
Ereignisse
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1908
For the first time, a ball is dropped in New York City's Times Square to signify the start of the New Year at midnight.
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1908
Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
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1908
A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time.
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1908
The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
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1908
Die Sororität Alpha Kappa Alpha wird die erste griechische Buchstabenorganisation, gegründet und gegründet von afro-amerikanischen Collegefrauen.
Alpha Kappa Alpha · Fraternities and sororities in North America · African American
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1908
New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
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1908
The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
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1908
Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
Portuguese Republican Party · Municipal Library Elevator Coup · João Franco
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1908
Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
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1908
Der Collinwood-Schulbrand in Collinwood in der Nähe von Cleveland, Ohio, tötet 174 Menschen.
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1908
Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from the Milan Cricket and Football Club.
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1908
The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
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1908
H. H. Asquith von der Liberalen Partei tritt als Premierminister des Vereinigten Königreichs in Amt, nach Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
H. H. Asquith · Liberal Party (UK) · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom · Henry Campbell-Bannerman
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1908
Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
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1908
SMS Blücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, launches.
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1908
Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1 m) high downstream.
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1908
Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
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1908
Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
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1908
Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
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1908
At Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
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1908
Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
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1908
The University of the Philippines is established.
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1908
The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
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1908
SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
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1908
The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
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1908
Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.
Ajinomoto · Kikunae Ikeda · University of Tokyo · Kombu · Monosodium glutamate
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1908
Der US-amerikanische Generalstaatsanwalt Charles Joseph Bonaparte gibt einen Befehl, um sofort das Amt des Chefprüfers (später in das Bundeskriminalamt umbenannt) zu besetzen.
United States Attorney General · Charles Joseph Bonaparte · Federal Bureau of Investigation
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1908
Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
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1908
Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
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1908
The General Motors Corporation is founded.
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1908
The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
Wright Model A · Orville Wright · Lieutenant · Thomas Selfridge
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1908
The first production of the Ford Model T automobile was built at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan.
Ford Model T · Ford Piquette Avenue Plant · Detroit · Michigan
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1908
Ford puts the Model T car on the market at a price of US$825.
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1908
Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia-Herzegovina, sparking a crisis.
Austria-Hungary · Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bosnian crisis
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1908
The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2-0, clinching the World Series; this would be their last until clinching the 2016 World Series.
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1908
William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.
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1908
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente Canton, Bolivia.
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1908
The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
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1908
A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.
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1908
Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.
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1908
The 7.1 Mw Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and 200,000.
1908 Messina earthquake · Southern Italy · Mercalli intensity scale
Berühmte Geburten
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1908
George Dolenz, Italian-American actor (d. 1963)
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1908
Fearless Nadia, Australian-Indian actress and stuntwoman (d. 1966)
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1908
William Hartnell, English actor (d. 1975)
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1908
Simone de Beauvoir, French philosopher and author (d. 1986)
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1908
Paul Henreid, italienisch-amerikanischer Schauspieler und Regisseur († 1992)
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1908
Lionel Stander, American actor and activist (d. 1994)
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1908
Jean Delannoy, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
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1908
Clement Hurd, American illustrator (d. 1988)
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1908
Russ Columbo, American singer, violinist, and actor (d. 1934)
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1908
Edward Teller, ungarisch-amerikanischer Physiker und Akademiker († 2003)
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1908
Sammy Crooks, English footballer (d. 1981)
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1908
Ethel Merman, American actress and singer (d. 1984)
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1908
Günther Prien, German captain (d. 1941)
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1908
Cus D'Amato, American boxing manager and trainer (d. 1985)
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1908
Jacob Bronowski, Polish-English mathematician, historian, and television host (d. 1974)
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1908
Ish Kabibble, American comedian and cornet player (d. 1994)
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1908
Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1971)
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1908
Fleur Cowles, American author and illustrator (d. 2009)
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1908
Lev Landau, aserbaidschanisch-russischer Physiker und Akademiker, Träger des Nobelpreises († 1968)
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1908
Prince Oana, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)
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1908
Hsieh Tung-min, Taiwanese politicians and Vice President of the Republic of China (d. 2001)
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1908
Jill Esmond, English actress (d. 1990)
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1908
Rupprecht Geiger, German painter and sculptor (d. 2009)
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1908
Stéphane Grappelli, French violinist (d. 1997)
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1908
William Randolph Hearst, Jr., American journalist and publisher (d. 1993)
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1908
Paul Misraki, Turkish-French composer and historian (d. 1998)
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1908
George Pal, Hungarian-American animator and producer (d. 1980)
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1908
Louis Rasminsky, Canadian economist and banker (d. 1998)
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1908
Wes Ferrell, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)
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1908
Julian Bell, English poet and academic (d. 1937)
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1908
Marie Baron, Dutch swimmer and diver (d. 1948)
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1908
Peg Entwistle, Welsh-American actress (d. 1932)
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1908
Daisy and Violet Hilton, English conjoined twins (d. 1969)
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1908
Amintore Fanfani, italienischer Journalist und Politiker, 32. Premierminister Italiens († 1999)
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1908
Edward Lansdale, American general and CIA agent (d. 1987)
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1908
Geo Bogza, Romanian poet and journalist (d. 1993)
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1908
Michael Maltese, American actor, screenwriter, and composer (d. 1981)
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1908
Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (d. 1983)
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1908
Manmath Nath Gupta, Indian journalist and author (d. 2000)
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1908
Philip Dunne, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1992)
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1908
Vivian Fuchs, English geologist and explorer (d. 1999)
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1908
Jean Effel, French painter, caricaturist, illustrator and journalist (d. 1982)
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1908
Jacques Herbrand, French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1931)
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1908
Sarto Fournier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 38th Mayor of Montreal (d. 1980)
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1908
Red Barber, American sportscaster (d. 1992)
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1908
Bo Yibo, Chinese general and politician, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 2007)
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1908
Rómulo Betancourt, Venezuelan politician, 56th President of Venezuela (d. 1981)
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1908
John Mills, English soldier and actor (d. 2005)
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1908
William McMahon, Australian lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1988)
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1908
Telford Taylor, American general, lawyer, and historian (d. 1998)
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1908
Frank G. Slaughter, American physician and author (d. 2001)
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1908
Tex Avery, American animator, producer, and voice actor (d. 1980)
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1908
Leela Majumdar, Indian author and academic (d. 2007)
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1908
Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (d. 1949)
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1908
Billie Bird, American actress (d. 2002)
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1908
Balthus, französisch-schweizerischer Maler und Illustrator († 2001)
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1908
D. Brown, amerikanischer Historiker und Autor († 2002)
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1908
Alf Gover, englischer Cricketspieler und Trainer († 2001)
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1908
Louie Myfanwy Thomas, walisische Schriftstellerin († 1968)
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1908
Walter Bruch, German engineer (d. 1990)
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1908
T. R. M. Howard, amerikanischer Chirurg und Aktivist († 1976)
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1908
Thomas Shaw, amerikanischer Sänger und Gitarrist († 1977)
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1908
Fritz Fischer, German historian and author (d. 1999)
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1908
Irving Fiske, American author and playwright (d. 1990)
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1908
Rex Harrison, English actor (d. 1990)
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1908
Anna Magnani, Italian actress (d. 1973)
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1908
Matti Sippala, Finnish javelin thrower (d. 1997)
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1908
Rita Angus, New Zealand painter (d. 1970)
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1908
David Marshall, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Singapore (d. 1995)
David Marshall (Singaporean politician) · Chief Minister of Singapore
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1908
Walter Annenberg, amerikanischer Verleger, Philanthrop und Diplomat, US-Botschafter im Vereinigten Königreich († 2002)
Walter Annenberg · United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
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1908
Myrtle Bachelder, American chemist and Women's Army Corps officer (d. 1997)
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1908
Ed Heinemann, American engineer (d. 1991)
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1908
Maurice Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher and academic (d. 1961)
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1908
Philip Conrad Vincent, English engineer and businessman, founded Vincent Motorcycles (d. 1979)
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1908
René Daumal, französischer Schriftsteller und Dichter († 1944)
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1908
Ernest Rogez, französischer Wasserpolospieler († 1986)
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1908
Robert Rossen, amerikanischer Regisseur, Produzent und Drehbuchautor († 1966)
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1908
Loulou Gasté, French composer (d. 1995)
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1908
Michael Redgrave, English actor and director (d. 1985)
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1908
Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (d. 1991)
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1908
Louis L'Amour, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1988)
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1908
David Lean, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991)
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1908
Franz Stangl, österreichisch-deutscher SS-Obersturmführer († 1971)
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1908
Arthur O'Connell, American actor (d. 1981)
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1908
Dennis O'Keefe, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1968)
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1908
Red Norvo, American vibraphone player and composer (d. 1999)
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1908
Abraham Maslow, American psychologist and academic (d. 1970)
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1908
Harlow Rothert, American shot putter, lawyer, and academic (d. 1997)
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1908
Buddy Ebsen, American actor and dancer (d. 2003)
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1908
Bette Davis, American actress (d. 1989)
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1908
Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, German-American author (d. 2006)
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1908
Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of India (d. 1986)
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1908
Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor and manager (d. 1989)
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1908
Marcel-Marie Desmarais, Canadian preacher, missionary, and author (d. 1994)
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1908
Percy Faith, Canadian composer, conductor, and bandleader (d. 1976)
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1908
Hugo Fregonese, Argentinian director and screenwriter (d. 1987)
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1908
Joseph Krumgold, amerikanischer Autor und Drehbuchautor († 1980)
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1908
Victor Vasarely, ungarisch-französischer Maler († 1997)
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1908
Jane Bolin, American lawyer and judge (d. 2007)
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1908
Masaru Ibuka, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (d. 1997)
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1908
Dan Maskell, English tennis player and sportscaster (d. 1992)
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1908
Leo Rosten, Polish-American author and academic (d. 1997)
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1908
Ida Pollock, English author and painter (d. 2013)
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1908
Robert Lee Scott, Jr., American pilot and general (d. 2006)
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1908
eden ahbez, Scottish-American songwriter and recording artist (d. 1995)
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1908
Lita Grey, American actress (d. 1995)
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1908
Ellis Marsalis, Sr., American businessman and activist (d. 2004)
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1908
Ray Ventura, French jazz bandleader (d. 1979)
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1908
Irena Eichlerówna, Polish actress (d. 1990)
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1908
Lionel Hampton, African-American vibraphone player, pianist, bandleader, and actor (d. 2002)
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1908
Ivan Yefremov, Russian paleontologist and author (d. 1972)
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1908
Myron Waldman, American animator and director (d. 2006)
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1908
Marceline Day, American actress (d. 2000)
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1908
Inga Gentzel, Swedish runner (d. 1991)
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1908
Józef Gosławski, Polish sculptor (d. 1963)
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1908
Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (d. 1965)
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1908
Ethel Catherwood, American-Canadian high jumper and javelin thrower (d. 1987)
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1908
Jack Fingleton, Australian cricketer, journalist, and sportscaster (d. 1981)
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1908
Oskar Schindler, Czech-German businessman (d. 1974)
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1908
Jack Williamson, American author and academic (d. 2006)
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1908
Eve Arden, American actress (d. 1990)
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1908
Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic journalist and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 1970)
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1908
Frank Robert Miller, Canadian air marshal and politician (d. 1997)
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1908
Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist and author (d. 1968)
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1908
Morris Kline, American mathematician and academic (d. 1992)
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1908
Wolrad Eberle, German decathlete (d. 1949)
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1908
Kurt Böhme, German opera singer (d. 1989)
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1908
Carl Albert, American lawyer and politician, 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 2000)
Carl Albert · Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
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1908
Nicholas Kaldor, Hungarian-English economist (d. 1986)
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1908
Eugen Kapp, Estonian composer and educator (d. 1996)
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1908
Manik Bandopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1956)
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1908
Merriam Modell, American author (d. 1994)
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1908
Percy Williams, Canadian sprinter (d. 1982)
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1908
Henry Bolte, australischer Politiker, 38. Premierminister von Victoria († 1990)
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1908
Louis Daquin, French actor and director (d. 1980)
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1908
Francis Raymond Fosberg, American botanist and author (d. 1993)
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1908
James Stewart, American actor (d. 1997)
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1908
Horton Smith. American golfer and captain (d. 1963)
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1908
John Bardeen, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
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1908
Hélène Boucher, French pilot (d. 1934)
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1908
Theodore Roethke, American poet (d. 1963)
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1908
Robert Morley, English actor (d. 1992)
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1908
Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ, Vietnamese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam (d. 1976)
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1908
Léo Cadieux, kanadischer Journalist und Politiker, 17. kanadischer Minister für nationale Verteidigung († 2005)
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1908
Ian Fleming, englischer Journalist und Autor, schuf James Bond († 1964)
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1908
Diana Morgan, Welsh-English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1996)
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1908
Hannes Alfvén, schwedischer Physiker und Ingenieur, Träger des Nobelpreises († 1995)
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1908
Mel Blanc, American voice actor (d. 1989)
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1908
Don Ameche, American actor (d. 1993)
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1908
Julie Campbell Tatham, American author (d. 1999)
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1908
Giovanni Bracco, Italian race car driver (d. 1968)
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1908
Luis Kutner, American lawyer, author, and activist (d. 1993)
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1908
Branch McCracken, American basketball player and coach (d. 1970)
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1908
Karl Hein, German hammer thrower (d. 1982)
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1908
Francisco Marto, Portuguese saint (d. 1919)
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1908
Alphonse Ouimet, Canadian broadcaster (d. 1988)
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1908
Marina Semyonova, Russian ballerina and educator (d. 2010)
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1908
Otto Skorzeny, deutscher SS-Oberst († 1975)
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1908
Bud Collyer, American actor and game show host (d. 1969)
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1908
Stanley Knowles, American-Canadian academic and politician (d. 1997)
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1908
Nedra Volz, American actress (d. 2003)
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1908
Billy Werber, American baseball player (d. 2009)
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1908
Gus Schilling, American actor (d. 1957)
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1908
William Frankena, American philosopher and academic (d. 1994)
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1908
Hugo Distler, German organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1942)
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1908
Alfons Rebane, Estonian colonel (d. 1976)
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1908
Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher and academic (d. 2000)
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1908
Salvador Allende, chilenischer Arzt und Politiker, 29. Präsident Chiles († 1973)
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1908
João Guimarães Rosa, Brazilian physician and author (d. 1967)
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1908
Leroy Anderson, American composer and conductor (d. 1975)
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1908
Erik Lundqvist, Swedish javelin thrower (d. 1963)
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1908
Winston Graham, English author (d. 2003)
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1908
Thurgood Marshall, American lawyer and jurist, 32nd Solicitor General of the United States (d. 1993)
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1908
M. F. K. Fisher, American author (d. 1992)
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1908
Robert B. Meyner, American lawyer and politician, 44th Governor of New Jersey (d. 1990)
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1908
Anton Muttukumaru, Sri Lankan general and diplomat (d. 2001)
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1908
Revilo P. Oliver, American author and academic (d. 1994)
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1908
Louis Jordan, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and actor (d. 1975)
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1908
Nelson Rockefeller, amerikanischer Geschäftsmann und Politiker, 41. Vizepräsident der Vereinigten Staaten († 1979)
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1908
Allamah Rasheed Turabi, Pakistani philosopher and scholar (d. 1973)
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1908
Minor White, American photographer, critic, and educator (d. 1976)
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1908
Milton Berle, American comedian and actor (d. 2002)
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1908
Alain Cuny, French actor (d. 1994)
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1908
Paul Runyan, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 2002)
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1908
Dorothy Round, English tennis player (d. 1982)
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1908
Tim Spencer, American country & western singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1974)
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1908
Peace Pilgrim, American mystic and activist (d. 1981)
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1908
Lupe Vélez, Mexican-American actress and dancer (d. 1944)
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1908
Beatrice Aitchison, American mathematician, statistician, and transportation economist (d. 1997)
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1908
Jug McSpaden, American golfer and architect (d. 1996)
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1908
Amy Vanderbilt, American author (d. 1974)
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1908
Bill Bowes, English cricketer (d. 1987)
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1908
Ambroise-Marie Carré, French priest and author (d. 2004)
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1908
Jack Gilford, American actor (d. 1990)
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1908
Lucien Wercollier, Luxembourger sculptor (d. 2002)
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1908
Joseph Mitchell, American journalist and author (d. 1996)
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1908
Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor (d. 1994)
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1908
Harold Holt, Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1967)
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1908
Jose Garcia Villa, Filipino short story writer and poet (d. 1997)
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1908
Helen Jacobs, American tennis player and commander (d. 1997)
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1908
Lajos Vajda, Hungarian painter and illustrator (d. 1941)
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1908
Arthur Goldberg, American jurist and politician, 6th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 1990)
Arthur Goldberg · United States Ambassador to the United Nations
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1908
Rica Erickson, Australian botanist, historian, and author (d. 2009)
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1908
Billy Gonsalves, American soccer player (d. 1977)
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1908
Don Freeman, American author and illustrator (d. 1978)
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1908
Torgny T:son Segerstedt, Swedish sociologist and philosopher (d. 1999)
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1908
Gene Raymond, American actor and pilot (d. 1998)
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1908
Orlando Cole, American cellist and educator (d. 2010)
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1908
William Keepers Maxwell, Jr., American editor, novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 2000)
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1908
Edgar Faure, French historian and politician, 139th Prime Minister of France (d. 1988)
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1908
Olav H. Hauge, Norwegian poet and gardener (d. 1994)
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1908
Bill Merritt, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1977)
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1908
Al López, amerikanischer Baseballspieler und -manager († 2005)
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1908
Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer and painter (d. 2004)
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1908
Erwin Thiesies, German rugby player and coach (d. 1993)
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1908
Hannah Frank, Scottish sculptor and illustrator (d. 2008)
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1908
Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist (d. 1931)
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1908
Walter Bruno Henning, Prussian-American linguist and scholar (d. 1967)
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1908
Aubrey Schenck, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1999)
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1908
Don Bradman, Australian cricketer and manager (d. 2001)
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1908
Lyndon B. Johnson, American commander and politician, 36th President of the United States (d. 1973)
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1908
Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist and author (d. 1996)
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1908
Fred MacMurray, American actor (d. 1991)
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1908
William Saroyan, American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (d. 1981)
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1908
Amir Elahi, Pakistani cricketer (d. 1980)
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1908
Lou Kenton, Jewish-English soldier and potter (d. 2012)
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1908
Ruth Bancroft, American landscape and garden designer
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1908
Lev Pontryagin, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1988)
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1908
Edward Dmytryk, kanadisch-amerikanischer Regisseur und Produzent († 1999)
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1908
Richard Wright, amerikanischer Schriftsteller, Erzähler, Essayist und Dichter († 1960)
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1908
Josué de Castro, Brazilian physician, geographer, and activist (d. 1973)
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1908
Joaquín Nin-Culmell, German-American pianist and composer (d. 2004)
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1908
Anthony Wagner, English genealogist and academic (d. 1995)
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1908
Korczak Ziolkowski, American sculptor, designed the Crazy Horse Memorial (d. 1982)
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1908
Paul Brown, amerikanischer Footballspieler und Trainer († 1991)
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1908
Michael E. DeBakey, amerikanischer Chirurg und Pädagoge († 2008)
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1908
Max Kaminsky, amerikanischer Trompeter und Bandleader († 1994)
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1908
Cesare Pavese, Italian poet and author (d. 1950)
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1908
Shigekazu Shimazaki, Japanese admiral (d. 1945)
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1908
Angus Bethune, Australian soldier and politician, 33rd Premier of Tasmania (d. 2004)
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1908
Raymond Scott, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1994)
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1908
Waldo Rudolph Wedel, American archaeologist and author (d. 1996)
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1908
Alvar Lidell, English journalist (d. 1981)
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1908
Chu Berry, American saxophonist (d. 1941)
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1908
Karolos Koun, Greek director and playwright (d. 1987)
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1908
Sicco Mansholt, Dutch farmer and politician, 4th President of the European Commission (d. 1995)
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1908
Mae Questel, American actress and vocal artist (d. 1998)
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1908
Kid Sheik, American trumpet player (d. 1996)
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1908
Penny Singleton, American actress and singer (d. 2003)
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1908
John Creasey, English author and politician (d. 1973)
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1908
Rafael Israelyan, Armenian architect and educator, designed the Sardarapat Memorial and St. Vartan Cathedral (d. 1973)
Rafael Israelyan · Sardarapat Memorial · St. Vartan Cathedral
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1908
Victor Ambartsumian, Georgian-Armenian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (d. 1996)
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1908
Paul Bénichou, French historian, author, and critic (d. 2001)
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1908
Robert Lecourt, French lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chancellor of France (d. 2004)
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1908
Tatsuo Shimabuku, Japanese martial artist, founded Isshin-ryū (d. 1975)
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1908
Esphyr Slobodkina, Russian-American author and illustrator (d. 2002)
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1908
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Indian poet, academic, and politician (d. 1974)
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1908
Jacqueline Audry, French director and screenwriter (d. 1977)
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1908
Eddie Tolan, American sprinter and educator (d. 1967)
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1908
David Oistrakh, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (d. 1974)
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1908
Herman David Koppel, Danish pianist and composer (d. 1998)
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1908
Johnny Burke, American songwriter (d. 1964)
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1908
Mehmet Ali Aybar, Turkish lawyer and politician (d. 1995)
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1908
Joshua Logan, American director and screenwriter (d. 1988)
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1908
Carole Lombard, American actress (d. 1942)
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1908
Sergei Sobolev, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1989)
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1908
Ezekias Papaioannou, Greek-Cypriot politician (d. 1988)
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1908
Harry Hooton, Australian poet and critic (d. 1961)
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1908
Werner von Haeften, German lieutenant (d. 1944)
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1908
Lee Wiley, American singer (d. 1975)
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1908
Johnny Green, American conductor and composer (d. 1989)
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1908
Mercè Rodoreda, Catalan author and poet (d. 1983)
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1908
Paul Engle, American novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1991)
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1908
Ann Petry, American novelist (d. 1997)
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1908
Ruth Hale, American actress and playwright (d. 2003)
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1908
Herman Chittison, American pianist (d. 1967)
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1908
John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist and diplomat, 7th United States Ambassador to India (d. 2006)
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1908
Olivia Coolidge, English-American author and educator (d. 2006)
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1908
Enver Hoxha, Albanian general and politician, Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1985)
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1908
Hjördis Petterson, Swedish actress (d. 1988)
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1908
Wally Prigg, Australian rugby league player (d. 1980)
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1908
Red Rolfe, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1969)
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1908
Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician (d. 2007)
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1908
Geirr Tveitt, norwegischer Pianist und Komponist († 1981)
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1908
Stuart Hamblen, amerikanischer Sänger-Songwriter, Schauspieler und Radiomoderator († 1989)
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1908
Niyazi Berkes, Cypriot-English sociologist and academic (d. 1988)
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1908
John Gould, amerikanischer Journalist und Autor († 2003)
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1908
František Douda, tschechischer Kugelstoßer († 1990)
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1908
Ilya Frank, russischer Physiker und Akademiker, Träger des Nobelpreises († 1990)
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1908
John Tuzo Wilson, kanadischer Geologe und Geophysiker († 1993)
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1908
Edmond Pidoux, schweizerischer Autor und Dichter († 2004)
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1908
Lee Krasner, amerikanische Malerin († 1984)
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1908
Arturo Frondizi, argentinischer Anwalt und Politiker, 32. Präsident von Argentinien († 1995)
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1908
Patsy Montana, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1996)
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1908
U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian politician (d. 1963)
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1908
Peter Smith, English cricketer (d. 1967)
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1908
Dmitry Ustinov, Marshal of the Soviet Union (d. 1984)
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1908
Muriel Duckworth, kanadische Aktivistin († 2009)
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1908
Fred Bakewell, English cricketer (d. 1983)
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1908
Bunny Berigan, American trumpet player (d. 1942)
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1908
Giovanni Leone, Italian lawyer and politician, 6th President of Italy (d. 2001)
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1908
Bronko Nagurski, Canadian-American football player, wrestler, and coach (d. 1990)
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1908
Stanley Cortez, American cinematographer and photographer (d. 1997)
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1908
Joseph Rotblat, Polish-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)
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1908
Tony Canzoneri, American boxer (d. 1959)
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1908
Marijac, French author and illustrator (d. 1994)
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1908
Martha Gellhorn, American journalist and author (d. 1998)
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1908
Noemí Gerstein, Argentinian sculptor and illustrator (d. 1996)
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1908
Charles Merritt, kanadischer Colonel und Politiker, Träger des Victoria Cross († 2000)
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1908
Harry Blackmun, American lawyer and judge (d. 1999)
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1908
C. Vann Woodward, American historian, author, and academic (d. 1999)
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1908
Joseph McCarthy, American captain, lawyer, and politician (d. 1957)
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1908
Carlo Abarth, Italian engineer and businessman, founded Abarth (d. 1979)
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1908
Imogene Coca, American actress, comedian, and singer (d. 2001)
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1908
Alistair Cooke, British-born American journalist and author (d. 2004)
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1908
Leo Politi, Italian-American author and illustrator (d. 1996)
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1908
Elizabeth George Speare, American author and educator (d. 1994)
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1908
Nelson S. Bond, American author and playwright (d. 2006)
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1908
Libertad Lamarque, Argentinian actress and singer (d. 2000)
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1908
Charles Forte, Baron Forte, italienisch-schottischer Geschäftsmann, gründete die Forte Group († 2007)
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1908
Lefty Gomez, amerikanischer Baseballspieler und Manager († 1989)
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1908
Michael Adekunle Ajasin, Nigerian educator and politician, 3rd Governor of Ondo State (d. 1997)
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1908
Claude Lévi-Strauss, Belgian-French anthropologist and ethnologist (d. 2009)
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1908
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., American pastor and politician (d. 1972)
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1908
Afet İnan, Turkish historian and sociologist (d. 1985)
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1908
Pierre Graber, Swiss lawyer and politician, 69th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2003)
Pierre Graber · List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation
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1908
Baby Face Nelson, American gangster (d. 1934)
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1908
Miklós Szabó, Hungarian runner (d. 2000)
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1908
Herta Freitag, Austrian-American mathematician (d. 2000)
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1908
Concha Piquer, Spanish singer and actress (d. 1990)
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1908
John A. Volpe, American soldier and politician, 61st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1994)
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1908
Olivier Messiaen, French composer and ornithologist (d. 1992)
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1908
Elliott Carter, American composer and academic (d. 2012)
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1908
Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
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1908
Hákun Djurhuus, Faroese educator and politician, 4th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 1987)
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1908
Amon Goeth, Austrian Nazi war criminal (d. 1946)
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1908
Gustav Ernesaks, Estonian composer and conductor (d. 1993)
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1908
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, Brazilian historian and activist (d. 1995)
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1908
Van Heflin, American actor (d. 1971)
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1908
Elizabeth Alexander, British geologist, academic, and physicist (d. 1958)
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1908
Morey Amsterdam, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1996)
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1908
Claude Davey, Welsh rugby player (d. 2001)
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1908
Mária Szepes, Hungarian journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 2007)
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1908
Swami Ranganathananda, Indian monk, scholar, and author (d. 2005)
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1908
Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican surrealist painter & anarchist (d. 1963)
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1908
Willard Libby, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1980)
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1908
Celia Johnson, English actress (d. 1982)
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1908
Paul Siple, American geographer and explorer (d. 1969)
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1908
Dennis Morgan, American actor and singer (d. 1994)
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1908
Giacomo Manzù, Italian sculptor and academic (d. 1991)
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1908
Yousuf Karsh, Armenian-Canadian photographer (d. 2002)
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1908
Quentin Crisp, English author and illustrator (d. 1999)
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1908
Ernest L. Massad, American general (d. 1993)
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1908
Jo-Jo Moore, American baseball player (d. 2001)
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1908
Ralph Hill, American runner (d. 1994)
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1908
Lew Ayres, American actor (d. 1996)
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1908
Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologian and author (d. 1993)
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1908
Magnus Pyke, English scientist and author (d. 1992)
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1908
Simon Wiesenthal, Ukrainian-Austrian nazi hunter and author (d. 2005)
Berühmte Todesfälle
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1908
Wilhelm Busch, German poet, illustrator, and painter (b. 1832)
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1908
Abraham Goldfaden, Russian actor, playwright, and author (b. 1840)
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1908
Holger Drachmann, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1846)
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1908
Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1835)
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1908
Roberto Bompiani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1821)
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1908
John Ordronaux, American surgeon and academic (b. 1830)
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1908
Ouida, English-Italian author (b. 1839)
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1908
Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player and theoretician (b. 1850)
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1908
Carlos I of Portugal (b. 1863)
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1908
Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)
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1908
Pat Garrett, amerikanischer Sheriff (geb. 1850)
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1908
John Hope, 1. Marquess of Linlithgow, schottisch-australischer Politiker, 1. Generalgouverneur von Australien (geb. 1860)
John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow · Governor-General of Australia
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1908
Edmondo De Amicis, Italian journalist and author (b. 1846)
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1908
Benjamin Waugh, American minister and activist (b. 1839)
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1908
Durham Stevens, American diplomat (b. 1851)
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1908
Henry Bird, English chess player and author (b. 1829)
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1908
Henry Campbell-Bannerman, schottisch-britischer Kaufmann und Politiker, Premierminister des Vereinigten Königreichs (geb. 1836)
Henry Campbell-Bannerman · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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1908
Charles Kingston, australischer Politiker, 20. Premier von South Australia (geb. 1850)
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1908
Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1823)
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1908
François Coppée, French poet and author (b. 1842)
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1908
Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer and architect (b. 1821)
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1908
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indian religious leader, founded the Ahmadiyya movement (b. 1835)
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1908
Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian author, poet, and politician (b. 1839)
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1908
Allen Butler Talcott, American painter (b. 1867)
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1908
Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, English captain and politician, 6th Governor General of Canada (b. 1841)
Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby · Governor General of Canada
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1908
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer and educator (b. 1844)
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1908
Grover Cleveland, American lawyer and politician, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (b. 1837)
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1908
Thomas Hill, American painter (b. 1829)
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1908
Joel Chandler Harris, American journalist and author (b. 1845)
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1908
Jonas Lie, Norwegian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1833)
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1908
Phoebe Knapp, American organist and composer (b. 1839)
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1908
Friedrich Traun, German sprinter and tennis player (b. 1876)
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1908
Demetrius Vikelas, Greek businessman and author (b. 1835)
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1908
Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist and seismologist (b. 1881)
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1908
Randal Cremer, englischer Politiker, Nobelpreisträger (geb. 1828)
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1908
Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran journalist and poet (b. 1867)
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1908
Khudiram Bose, Indian Bengali revolutionary (b. 1889)
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1908
Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873)
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1908
Henri Becquerel, französischer Physiker und Chemiker, Träger des Nobelpreises (geb. 1852)
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1908
Alexander P. Stewart, American general (b. 1821)
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1908
Leslie Green, English architect (b. 1875)
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1908
Henri Julien, Canadian cartoonist (b. 1852)
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1908
Thomas Selfridge, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1882)
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1908
Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (b. 1844)
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1908
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1839)
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1908
Rita Cetina Gutiérrez, Mexican poet, educator, and activist (b. 1846)
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1908
Joseph Leycester Lyne, English monk (b. 1837)
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1908
Nozu Michitsura, Japanese field marshal (b. 1840)
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1908
Vaiben Louis Solomon, australischer Politiker, 21. Premier von South Australia (geb. 1853)
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1908
Guangxu Emperor of China (b. 1871)
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1908
Empress Dowager Cixi of China (b. 1835)
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1908
Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Premier of Quebec (b. 1829)
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1908
Georgy Voronoy, Ukrainian mathematician and academic (b. 1868)
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1908
Carl Friedrich Schmidt, German-Russian geologist and botanist (b. 1832)
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1908
Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1827)
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1908
Nishinoumi Kajirō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 16th Yokozuna (b. 1855)
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1908
Augustus Le Plongeon, French photographer and historian (b. 1825)
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1908
American Horse, American tribal leader and educator (b. 1840)
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1908
Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1844)