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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Edwin A. Abbott
Author
20-Dec-1838 12-Oct-1926 Flatland
Dean Acheson
Government
11-Apr-1893 12-Oct-1971 US Secretary of State, 1949-53
Leon Ames
Actor
20-Jan-1902 12-Oct-1993 Character actor, a SAG founder
Matsuo Basho
Poet
1644 12-Oct-1694 Haiku master
Gary Bond
Actor
7-Feb-1940 12-Oct-1995 English theatre actor
John Brahm
Film Director
17-Aug-1893 12-Oct-1982 The Lodger
Patricia Breslin
Actor
17-Mar-1931 12-Oct-2011 The People's Choice
Edith Cavell
Victim
4-Dec-1865 12-Oct-1915 British nurse, shot by the Germans
Wilt Chamberlain
Basketball
21-Aug-1936 12-Oct-1999 Wilt the Stilt
Lonny Chapman
Actor
1-Oct-1920 12-Oct-2007 American character actor
Alonzo M. Clark
Politician
13-Aug-1868 12-Oct-1952 Governor of Wyoming, 1931-33
Harry M. Daugherty
Government
26-Jan-1860 12-Oct-1941 US Attorney General, 1921-24
Demosthenes
Author
384 BC 12-Oct-322 BC Attic orator and statesman
John Denver
Country Musician
31-Dec-1943 12-Oct-1997 Rocky Mountain High
Hermann Eilts
Diplomat
23-Mar-1922 12-Oct-2006 US Ambassador to Egypt, 1973-79
François Guizot
Head of State
4-Oct-1787 12-Oct-1874 Prime Minister of France, 1847-48
Hjalmar Hammarskjöld
Head of State
4-Feb-1862 12-Oct-1953 Prime Minister of Sweden, 1914-17
William Harsha, Jr.
Politician
1-Jan-1921 12-Oct-2010 Congressman from Ohio, 1961-81
Sonja Henie
Figure Skating
8-Apr-1912 12-Oct-1969 Norwegian figure skater
Hiroshige
Artist
1797 12-Oct-1858 Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido
Pope Honorius I
Religion
? 12-Oct-638 AD Roman Catholic Pope, 625-638 AD
Pope John IV
Religion
? 12-Oct-642 AD Roman Catholic Pope, 640-42
Philander Knox
Government
6-May-1853 12-Oct-1921 US Secretary of State, 1909-13
Joan B. Kroc
Philanthropist
27-Aug-1928 12-Oct-2003 McDonald's widow
Alf Landon
Politician
9-Sep-1887 12-Oct-1987 Republican Presidential candidate 1936
Robert E. Lee
Military
19-Jan-1807 12-Oct-1870 Confederate General
Aline MacMahon
Actor
3-May-1899 12-Oct-1991 Dragon Seed
Maximilian II
Royalty
31-Jul-1527 12-Oct-1576 Holy Roman Emperor, 1564-76
Tom Mix
Actor
6-Jan-1880 12-Oct-1940 Old-time silent movie cowboy
Paul H. Müller
Scientist
12-Jan-1899 12-Oct-1965 Synthesized DDT
Johnny Olson
Game Show Host
22-May-1910 12-Oct-1985 Announcer for What's My Line, etc.
Nat Pendleton
Actor
9-Aug-1895 12-Oct-1967 At the Circus
Philaret
Royalty
1553 12-Oct-1633 Patriarch of Moscow
Piero della Francesca
Painter
c. 1420 12-Oct-1492 The Legend of the True Cross
Dennis Ritchie
Computer Programmer
9-Sep-1941 12-Oct-2011 Co-Creator of UNIX
William R. Sears
Engineer
1-Mar-1913 12-Oct-2002 Airfoil engineer
Matthew Shepard
Victim
1-Dec-1976 12-Oct-1998 Gay hate crime victim
Willie Shoemaker
Jockey
19-Aug-1931 12-Oct-2003 Greatest 20th century jockey
Nancy Spungen
Victim
27-Feb-1958 12-Oct-1978 Sid Vicious's girlfriend
John Lloyd Stephens
Explorer
28-Nov-1805 12-Oct-1852 Incidents of Travel
Robert Stephenson
Engineer
16-Oct-1803 12-Oct-1859 Builder of railroad bridges
Joseph Stilwell
Military
19-Mar-1883 12-Oct-1946 Led US and Chinese forces in WWII China
Aleksandr Sumarokov
Playwright
14-Nov-1717 12-Oct-1777 Founder of Russian classical drama
Roger Brooke Taney
Judge
17-Mar-1777 12-Oct-1864 US Chief Justice, 1836-64
Regis Toomey
Actor
13-Aug-1898 12-Oct-1991 Burke's Law
C. Delores Tucker
Activist
4-Oct-1927 12-Oct-2005 National Congress of Black Women
Gene Vincent
Musician
11-Feb-1935 12-Oct-1971 Be-Bop-A-Lula
Gregory Vlastos
Philosopher
27-Jul-1907 12-Oct-1991 Influential scholar of ancient philosophy
Ricky Wilson
Guitarist
19-Mar-1953 12-Oct-1985 Guitarist for the B-52's


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