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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Idi Amin
Head of State
17-May-1928 16-Aug-2003 Former dictator of Uganda
Malcolm Atterbury
Actor
20-Feb-1907 16-Aug-1992 Vaudevillian, character actor
Jacob D. Beam
Diplomat
24-Mar-1908 16-Aug-1993 US Ambassador to the USSR, 1969-73
Amanda Blake
Actor
20-Feb-1929 16-Aug-1989 Kitty Russell on Gunsmoke
Veda Ann Borg
Actor
11-Jan-1915 16-Aug-1973 The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Pierre Brasseur
Actor
22-Dec-1905 16-Aug-1972 Les Enfants du Paradis
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen
Chemist
31-Mar-1811 16-Aug-1899 Spectrum analysis, bunsen burner
Acquanetta
Actor
17-Jul-1921 16-Aug-2004 Captive Wild Woman
Jean-Martin Charcot
Doctor
29-Nov-1825 16-Aug-1893 Father of neurology
Jeff Corey
Actor
10-Aug-1914 16-Aug-2002 Little Big Man
Martin Deutsch
Physicist
29-Jun-1917 16-Aug-2002 Discovered positronium
John Diefenbaker
Head of State
18-Sep-1895 16-Aug-1979 Prime Minister of Canada, 1957-63
Charles Grandison Finney
Religion
29-Aug-1792 16-Aug-1875 Second Awakening
Stewart Granger
Actor
6-May-1913 16-Aug-1993 King Solomon's Mines
Warren E. Hearnes
Politician
24-Jul-1923 16-Aug-2009 Governor of Missouri, 1965-73
Thomas Heywood
Playwright
c. 1575 16-Aug-1641 A Woman kilde with kindnesse
Oveta Culp Hobby
Publisher
19-Jan-1905 16-Aug-1995 Houston Post President, 1955-83
Prentiss Ingraham
Novelist
22-Dec-1843 16-Aug-1904 Dime novelist wrote 600 Old West novels
Robert Johnson
Guitarist
8-May-1911 16-Aug-1938 Influential blues guitarist
Louis Jouvet
Actor
24-Dec-1887 16-Aug-1951 The Strange Adventures of Doctor Molyneaux
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Musician
13-Oct-1948 16-Aug-1997 World-renowned Qawwali vocalist
Wanda Landowska
Musician
5-Jul-1879 16-Aug-1959 Harpsichord virtuoso
Irving Langmuir
Chemist
31-Jan-1881 16-Aug-1957 Inventor of the high-vacuum tube
Ervil LeBaron
Criminal
22-Feb-1925 16-Aug-1981 Murderous cult leader
James B. Longley
Politician
22-Apr-1924 16-Aug-1980 Governor of Maine, 1975-79
George E. Lounsbury
Politician
7-May-1838 16-Aug-1904 Governor of Connecticut, 1899-1901
Bela Lugosi
Actor
20-Oct-1882 16-Aug-1956 Dracula
Khalid bin Mahfouz
Business
26-Dec-1949 16-Aug-2009 Billionaire Saudi banker
J. Irwin Miller
Business
26-May-1909 16-Aug-2004 Former CEO of Cummins Engine
Margaret Mitchell
Novelist
8-Nov-1900 16-Aug-1949 Gone With the Wind
Abu Nidal
Terrorist
May-1937 16-Aug-2002 Palestinian terrorist
John S. Pemberton
Inventor
8-Jul-1831 16-Aug-1888 Creator of Coca-Cola
Pete Pihos
Football
22-Oct-1923 16-Aug-2011 Hall of Fame End, Philadelphia Eagles
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Government
25-Feb-1746 16-Aug-1825 Not one cent for tribute
Elvis Presley
Singer
8-Jan-1935 16-Aug-1977 Rock and roll icon
Max Roach
Jazz Musician
10-Jan-1924 16-Aug-2007 Enduring jazz drummer
Babe Ruth
Baseball
6-Feb-1895 16-Aug-1948 The Bambino
Floyd Spence
Politician
9-Apr-1928 16-Aug-2001 Congressman from South Carolina, 1971-2001
Alfredo Stroessner
Head of State
3-Nov-1912 16-Aug-2006 Dictator of Paraguay, 1954-89
Bobby Thomson
Baseball
25-Oct-1923 16-Aug-2010 1951 home run brought Giants to the Series
Charles Thomson
Politician
29-Nov-1729 16-Aug-1824 Designed Great Seal of the U.S.
Richard Upjohn
Architect
22-Jan-1802 16-Aug-1878 Gothic revivalist, Trinity Church
Selman A. Waksman
Scientist
22-Jul-1888 16-Aug-1973 Streptomycin and other antibiotics
Dorothy West
Novelist
2-Jun-1907 16-Aug-1998 The Wedding
William Windom
Actor
28-Sep-1923 16-Aug-2012 Glen Morley on The Farmer's Daughter


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