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January
5th |
The first female governor was elected in the United States, when Nellie Tayloe Ross was elected as governor of Wyoming. |
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January
9th |
American actor, Lee Van Cleef, was born in New Jersey. He was a popular American film actor, who is best known for his multiple appearances in Western and action pictures. |
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January
26th |
American actor, Paul Newman, was born in Ohio. He is one of Hollywood's most celebrated actors and one of the few whose career flourished with each new decade and all the changes that each wrought in the world of the movies. |
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February
8th |
American actor, Jack Lemmon, was born in Newton, Massachusetts. He is best remembered for his frequent collaborations with fellow actor and comedian Walter Matthau, the most famous of which was that of the 'Odd Couple'. |
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February
20th |
American film director, Robert Altman, was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He is most known for directing the hit movie MASH, which also spun the ever popular television series by the same name. |
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March
25th |
Greece became a republic after King George was deposed. |
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May
19th |
Cambodian dictator, Pol Pot, was born in the province of Kompong Thom, Cambodia. His regime in Cambodia was considered as one of he most repressive communist regimes of the 20th century and over two million people are rumoured to have died over the course of his 3 year leadership (1976 - 1979). |
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June
3rd |
American actor, Tony Curtis, was born in New York. He appeared in over 100 films and is best remembered for his part in the movie "Some Like It Hot" with Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe. |
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June
6th |
The Chrysler Corporation was founded by Walter Percy Chrysler. Today its part of the German based, DaimlerChrysler AG Company, and is part of one of the largest automotive makers in the world. |
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June
26th |
Charlie Chaplin's comedy film, The Gold Rush, premiered in Hollywood. |
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July
10th |
Indian spiritual master, Meher Baba, began his life of silence, which lasted the whole of the 44 remaining years of his life. |
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July
18th |
Australian athlete, Shirley Strickland, was born in Northam, Western Australia. She is considered as one of the great female runners of the 20th century who won medals in three different Olympic Games (1948, 1952, and 1956). She won more Olympic medals than any other Australian runner (3 Gold, 1 Silver, 3 Bronze). |
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July
18th |
Adolf Hitler published his personal manifesto, Mein Kampf. It was an autobiography as well as a presentation of Hitler's political ideology, Nazism. |
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July
21st |
A high school teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, USA, was found guilty and fined for teaching evolution in class. |
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August
3rd |
American football coach, Marv Levy, was born in Chicago, Illinois. He is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest coaches in the sport's history. |
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September
16th |
American musician, B. B. King, was born in Berclair, Mississippi. He is widely accepted as one of the most influential figures of the blues musical movement. |
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October
23th |
American television persona, Johnny Carson, was born in Iowa, USA. He was a legendary television persona who hosted the famous "The Tonight Show" for 30 years. |
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November
10th |
Welsh actor, Richard Burton, was born in the village of Pontrhydyfen. He is considered as one of the greatest and most successful actors of the 1950's and 1960's. |
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November
17th |
American actor, Rock Hudson, was born in Illinois. While he was a successful actor he is most remembered as being the first celebrity known to have died from the AIDS virus. |
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December
13th |
American actor, Dick Van Dyke, was born in He is best remembered for his role as Bert in 1964's classic movie, 'Mary Poppins'. |
