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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Saul Alinsky
Activist
30-Jan-1909 12-Jun-1972 Rules for Radicals
Bill Blass
Fashion Designer
22-Jun-1922 12-Jun-2002 Bill Blass, Ltd.
Johnny Bond
Country Musician
1-Jun-1915 12-Jun-1978 Hot Rod Lincoln
William Cullen Bryant
Poet
3-Nov-1794 12-Jun-1878 Editor, The New York Evening Post
Cristóbal de Castillejo
Poet
1490 12-Jun-1556 Spanish poet, disliked Italian forms
Donald D. Clancy
Politician
24-Jul-1921 12-Jun-2007 Congressman from Ohio, 1961-77
Jimmy Dorsey
Musician
29-Feb-1904 12-Jun-1957 Popular bandleader and swing musician
Medgar Evers
Activist
2-Jul-1925 12-Jun-1963 Civil rights activist murdered in 1963
Murphy J. Foster
Politician
12-Jan-1849 12-Jun-1921 Governor and Senator from Louisiana
Karl von Frisch
Zoologist
20-Nov-1886 12-Jun-1982 Researched bee communications
Ron Goldman
Victim
2-Jul-1968 12-Jun-1994 Murder victim, OJ Simpson trial
Lucretia Peabody Hale
Author
2-Sep-1820 12-Jun-1900 The Peterkin Papers
Don Herbert
TV Personality
10-Jul-1917 12-Jun-2007 Mr. Wizard
Henry Hill
Criminal
11-Jun-1943 12-Jun-2012 Mobster inspired Goodfellas
William E. Hocking
Philosopher
10-Aug-1873 12-Jun-1966 The Meaning of God in Human Experience
William Horsley
Composer
15-Nov-1774 12-Jun-1858 English composer of glees
John Hospers
Politician
9-Jun-1918 12-Jun-2011 First Libertarian presidential candidate
John Ireland
Composer
13-Aug-1879 12-Jun-1962 The Holy Boy
M. R. James
Author
1-Aug-1862 12-Jun-1936 Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
Evalyn Knapp
Actor
17-Jun-1908 12-Jun-1981 His Private Secretary
Pope Leo III
Religion
c. 750 AD 12-Jun-816 AD Roman Catholic Pope, 795-816
György Ligeti
Composer
28-May-1923 12-Jun-2006 Lontano, Lux Aeterna
Jean-Étienne Liotard
Painter
22-Dec-1702 12-Jun-1789 Swiss portrait painter
Ferenc Nagy
Head of State
8-Oct-1903 12-Jun-1979 Exiled Prime Minister of Hungary
Elinor Ostrom
Sociologist
7-Aug-1933 12-Jun-2012 Common-pool resources
Frédéric Passy
Economist
20-May-1822 12-Jun-1912 International League for Permanent Peace
Gregory Peck
Actor
5-Apr-1916 12-Jun-2003 To Kill A Mockingbird
Walter Seifert
Criminal
11-Jun-1922 12-Jun-1964 Cologne flamethrower massacre
Norma Shearer
Actor
10-Aug-1902 12-Jun-1983 The Divorcee
Nicole Brown Simpson
Victim
19-May-1959 12-Jun-1994 OJ's murdered ex-wife
Milburn Stone
Actor
5-Jul-1904 12-Jun-1980 Doc Adams on Gunsmoke
Ken Thomson
Business
1-Sep-1923 12-Jun-2006 Ex-CEO, Thomson Corp.
Edward Troughton
Inventor
Oct-1753 12-Jun-1835 Early scientific instruments
Edmund Wilson
Author
8-May-1895 12-Jun-1972 Axel's Castle
Kathryn Tucker Windham
Author
2-Jun-1918 12-Jun-2011 Alabama: One Big Front Porch




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