07/29/1916 - 03/02/1942
Charles Henry "Charlie" Christian (July 29, 1916 – March 2, 1942) was an American swing and jazz guitarist. He was one of the first to produce improvised masterpieces using electrically amplified equipment.
06/01/1913 - 08/17/2007
William Francis Deedes (1 June 1913 – 17 August 2007) was a British Conservative Party politician, soldier and journalist; he is to date the only person in Britain to have been both a member of the Cabinet and the editor of a major daily new...
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04/25/1960 - 02/02/2002
Paul Baloff (April 25, 1960–February 2, 2002) was an American singer, most notable for his time in thrash metal band Exodus.
Paul was one of the founding members of Exodus in 1981, singing on their 1982 Demo and their first official albu...
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Dave Williams (David Williams )
02/29/1972 - 08/14/2002
David W. "Dave" "Stage" Williams (February 29, 1972 – August 14, 2002) was the lead singer for the band Drowning Pool.
09/17/1932 - 01/18/2010
Robert Brown Parker (September 17, 1932 – January 18, 2010) was an American crime writer. His most famous works were the novels about the private detective Spenser. ABC television network developed the television series Spenser: For Hir...
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Andy Irons (Philip Andrew Irons)
07/24/1978 - 11/02/2010
Andy Irons was a professional surfer. Over the course of his professional career, he won three world titles, three Quiksilver Pro France titles, two Rip Curl Pro Search titles and 20 elite tour victories including the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing...
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10/02/1869 - 01/30/1948
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi as the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement. He pioneered satyagraha. This is defined as resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience, a philosophy firmly...
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Dinah Shore (Frances Rose Shore)
02/29/1916 - 02/24/1994
Dinah Shore (born Frances Rose Shore; February 29, 1916 – February 24, 1994) was an American singer, actress, and television personality. She reached the height of her popularity as a recording artists during the...
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Terry Fox (Terrance Stanley Fox)
07/28/1958 - 06/28/1981
Terrance Stanley "Terry" Fox, (July 28, 1958 – June 28, 1981) was a Canadian humanitarian, athlete, and cancer research activist. In 1980, with one leg having been amputated, he embarked on a cross-Canada run to raise money and awa...
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04/22/1927 - 07/17/2005
Lorenzo Aitken (April 22, 1927 – July 17, 2005), better known as Laurel Aitken, was a singer and one of the originators of Jamaican ska music . He is often referred to as the "Godfather of ska
07/20/1919 - 01/11/2008
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008), was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist.
02/06/1958 - 03/03/2004
Cecily April Adams (February 6, 1958 – March 3, 2004) was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York, the daughter of comic actor Don Adams and singer Adelaide Efantis, and the sister of actress/TV executive Stacey Adams.
12/03/1755 - 07/09/1828
Gilbert Charles Stuart (born Stewart) (December 3, 1755 – July 9, 1828) was an American painter from Rhode Island.
10/20/1784 - 10/18/1865
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, (20 October 1784 – 18 October 1865), more popularly known simply as Lord Palmerston, was a British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century.
03/18/1869 - 11/09/1940
Arthur Neville Chamberlain (18 March 1869 – 9 November 1940) was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940.