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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Fred G. Aandahl
Politician
9-Apr-1897 7-Apr-1966 Governor of North Dakota, 1945-50
Anna Akhmatova
Poet
11-Jun-1889 5-Mar-1966 Poem Without a Hero
Margery Allingham
Novelist
20-May-1904 30-Jun-1966 Albert Campion detective novels
Elizabeth Arden
Business
31-Dec-1878 18-Oct-1966 Founder, Elizabeth Arden Co.
Jean Arp
Sculptor
16-Sep-1887 7-Jun-1966 Avant-garde sculptor, Dadaist
Vincent Auriol
Head of State
27-Aug-1884 1-Jan-1966 President of France, 1947-54
Jim Barnes
Golf
8-Apr-1886 24-May-1966 Winner of 4 Majors
Harry Beaumont
Film Director
10-Feb-1888 22-Dec-1966 The Broadway Melody
Gertrude Berg
Radio Personality
3-Oct-1899 14-Sep-1966 The Goldbergs
Leslie Biffle
Government
9-Oct-1880 6-Apr-1966 Secretary of the Senate
André Breton
Author
18-Feb-1896 28-Sep-1966 Manifeste du Surréalisme
Dirk Brouwer
Astronomer
1-Sep-1902 31-Jan-1966 Celestial mechanics
Lenny Bruce
Comic
13-Oct-1925 3-Aug-1966 Multiply obscene comic
Ernest Burgess
Sociologist
16-May-1886 27-Dec-1966 Introduction to the Science of Sociology
Francis X. Bushman
Actor
10-Jan-1883 23-Aug-1966 Ben-Hur
Harry F. Byrd
Politician
10-Jun-1887 20-Oct-1966 US Senator from Virginia, 1933-65
Julien Carette
Actor
23-Dec-1897 20-Jul-1966 The Grand Illusion
Henry S. Caulfield
Politician
9-Dec-1873 11-May-1966 Governor of Missouri, 1929-33
Nikolai Cherkasov
Actor
27-Jul-1903 14-Sep-1966 Aleksandr Nevsky
Montgomery Clift
Actor
17-Oct-1920 23-Jul-1966 From Here to Eternity
Alma Cogan
Singer
19-May-1932 26-Oct-1966 The Girl With the Giggle In Her Voice
Russel Crouse
Playwright
20-Feb-1893 3-Apr-1966 The Sound of Music
Peter Debye
Physicist
24-Mar-1884 2-Nov-1966 Studied molecular structure, dipoles
Sepp Dietrich
Military
28-May-1892 22-Apr-1966 Nazi general, guilty of war crimes
Walt Disney
Business
5-Dec-1901 15-Dec-1966 Founder of Disney empire
Georges Duhamel
Novelist
30-Jun-1884 13-Apr-1966 Civilisation
Emma Dunn
Actor
26-Feb-1874 14-Dec-1966 The Talk of the Town
Hiram Wesley Evans
Activist
26-Sep-1881 Sep-1966 KKK Imperial Wizard, 1922-39
Julia Faye
Actor
24-Sep-1893 6-Apr-1966 Silent film actress
Verna Felton
Actor
20-Jul-1890 14-Dec-1966 Hilda Crocker on December Bride
Eric Fleming
Actor
4-Jul-1925 28-Sep-1966 Gil Favor on Rawhide
Kathryn Forbes
Author
20-Mar-1908 15-May-1966 Mama's Bank Account
Wallace Ford
Actor
12-Feb-1898 11-Jun-1966 A Patch of Blue
C. S. Forester
Novelist
27-Aug-1899 2-Apr-1966 The African Queen
William Frawley
Actor
26-Feb-1887 3-Mar-1966 Fred on I Love Lucy
Alberto Giacometti
Sculptor
10-Oct-1901 11-Jan-1966 Head of a Man on a Rod
Walter S. Gifford
Business
10-Jan-1885 7-May-1966 President of AT&T, 1925-48
Theodore F. Green
Politician
2-Oct-1867 19-May-1966 Governor and Senator from Rhode Island
Edmond T. Gréville
Film Director
20-Jun-1906 26-May-1966 Beat Girl
Jonathan Hale
Actor
21-Mar-1891 28-Feb-1966 J. C. Dithers
Christian Herter
Politician
28-Mar-1895 30-Dec-1966 US Secretary of State, 1959-61
George de Hevesy
Chemist
1-Aug-1885 5-Jul-1966 Radioisotope researcher
William E. Hocking
Philosopher
10-Aug-1873 12-Jun-1966 The Meaning of God in Human Experience
Hans Hofmann
Painter
21-Mar-1880 17-Feb-1966 Abstract expressionist, art teacher
Hedda Hopper
Actor
2-May-1885 1-Feb-1966 Queen of the Quickies
Walter Howe
Diplomat
10-Jun-1907 8-Apr-1966 US Ambassador to Chile, 1958-61
Albert Wallace Hull
Physicist
19-Apr-1880 22-Jan-1966 Inventor of the magnetron tube
Peter Illing
Actor
4-Mar-1899 29-Oct-1966 Against the Wind
Louis A. Johnson
Government
10-Jan-1891 24-Apr-1966 US Secretary of Defense, 1949-50
Buster Keaton
Actor
4-Oct-1895 1-Feb-1966 The General
Robert Keith
Actor
10-Feb-1896 22-Dec-1966 Guys and Dolls
Johnny Kidd
Musician
23-Dec-1939 7-Oct-1966 Shakin' All Over
S. S. Kresge
Business
31-Jul-1867 18-Oct-1966 Founder of K-Mart
Alfred Kreymborg
Author
10-Dec-1883 Aug-1966 Founder of The Glebe
Arthur B. Langlie
Politician
25-Jul-1900 24-Jul-1966 Twice Governor of Washington
David L. Lawrence
Politician
18-Jun-1889 21-Nov-1966 Governor of Pennsylvania, 1959-63
Wilfrid Lawson
Actor
14-Jan-1900 10-Oct-1966 Pygmalion
Rex Lease
Actor
11-Feb-1903 3-Jan-1966 The Monster Walks
Tony Lema
Golf
25-Feb-1934 24-Jul-1966 Winner, 1964 British Open
Herbert Marshall
Actor
23-May-1890 22-Jan-1966 Foreign Correspondent
J. Howard McGrath
Government
28-Nov-1903 2-Sep-1966 US Attorney General, 1949-52
Patrick V. McNamara
Politician
4-Oct-1894 30-Apr-1966 US Senator from Michigan, 1955-66
Anne Nagel
Actor
29-Sep-1915 6-Jul-1966 The Green Hornet
Chester W. Nimitz
Military
24-Feb-1885 20-Feb-1966 WWII Commander of US Pacific Navy
Flann O'Brien
Author
5-Oct-1911 1-Apr-1966 At Swim-Two-Birds
Frank O'Connor
Author
17-Sep-1903 10-Mar-1966 Guests of the Nation
Frank O'Hara
Poet
27-Jun-1926 25-Jul-1966 Meditations in an Emergency
Nestor Paiva
Actor
30-Jun-1905 9-Sep-1966 Tarantula
William H. Parker
Government
21-Jun-1902 16-Jul-1966 Chief of LAPD, 1950-66
Maxfield Parrish
Artist
25-Jul-1870 10-Mar-1966 American book and magazine illustrator
Elizabeth Patterson
Actor
22-Nov-1875 31-Jan-1966 Mrs. Matilda Trumbull on I Love Lucy
Alice Pearce
Actor
16-Oct-1917 3-Mar-1966 Gladys Kravitz in Bewitched
Bud Powell
Pianist
27-Sep-1924 31-Jul-1966 Seminal bop pianist and composer
Sayyid Qutb
Philosopher
9-Oct-1906 29-Aug-1966 Muslim Brotherhood philosopher
Billy Rose
Theatre Producer
6-Sep-1899 10-Feb-1966 Ziegfeld Theatre, Billy Rose Theater
Robert Rossen
Screenwriter
16-Mar-1908 18-Feb-1966 The Hustler
Hugh Sanders
Actor
13-Mar-1911 9-Jan-1966 Character actor
Mari Sandoz
Author
11-May-1896 10-Mar-1966 Crazy Horse
Margaret Sanger
Activist
14-Sep-1879 6-Sep-1966 Birth control advocate
Henry F. Schricker
Politician
30-Aug-1883 28-Dec-1966 Twice Governor of Indiana
Delmore Schwartz
Poet
8-Dec-1913 11-Jul-1966 Summer Knowledge
Alfred P. Sloan
Business
23-May-1875 17-Feb-1966 Chairman of GM, 1937-56
Cordwainer Smith
Author
11-Jul-1913 6-Aug-1966 The Rediscovery of Man
Joel Stebbins
Astronomer
30-Jul-1878 16-Mar-1966 Photoelectric photometry
Ernest O. Thompson
Politician
24-Mar-1892 28-Jun-1966 Mayor of Amarillo, 1929-32
Sophie Tucker
Singer
13-Jan-1884 9-Feb-1966 Some of These Days
Elio Vittorini
Novelist
23-Jul-1908 13-Feb-1966 Conversations in Sicily
Eric Walrond
Author
18-Dec-1898 8-Aug-1966 Tropic Death
Evelyn Waugh
Novelist
28-Oct-1903 10-Apr-1966 Brideshead Revisited
Clifton Webb
Actor
11-Nov-1889 13-Oct-1966 Laura
Charles Whitman
Criminal
24-Jun-1941 1-Aug-1966 University Tower sharpshooter
Ed Wynn
Actor
9-Nov-1886 19-Jun-1966 Requiem for a Heavyweight
Frits Zernike
Physicist
16-Jul-1888 10-Mar-1966 Phase-contrast microscope




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