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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Gamal Abdel-Nasser
Head of State
15-Jan-1918 28-Sep-1970 President of Egypt, 1956-70
Shmuel Agnon
Author
17-Jul-1888 17-Feb-1970 'Tmol Shilshom
George V. Allen
Diplomat
3-Nov-1903 11-Jul-1970 US Ambassador to Iran, 1946-48
Claud Allister
Actor
3-Oct-1888 26-Jul-1970 The Reluctant Dragon
Albert Ayler
Jazz Musician
13-Jul-1936 5-Nov-1970 Far-out sax blower
John Barbirolli
Conductor
2-Dec-1899 29-Jul-1970 Conductor at The Hallé, 1943-70
Robert Barrat
Actor
10-Jul-1889 7-Jan-1970 The Kennel Murder Case
William Beaudine
Film Director
15-Jan-1892 18-Mar-1970 Billy the Kid versus Dracula
Ed Begley, Sr.
Actor
25-Mar-1901 28-Apr-1970 Juror #10 in 12 Angry Men
Mari Blanchard
Actor
13-Apr-1927 10-May-1970 She-Devil
Louise Bogan
Poet
11-Aug-1897 4-Feb-1970 The New Yorker poetry critic
Homer T. Bone
Politician
25-Jan-1883 11-Mar-1970 US Senator from Washington, 1933-44
Max Born
Physicist
11-Dec-1882 5-Jan-1970 Pioneer of quantum mechanics
Bourvil
Actor
27-Jul-1917 23-Sep-1970 La Grande Vadrouille
Vera Brittain
Author
29-Dec-1893 29-Mar-1970 Testament of Youth
Heinrich Bruening
Head of State
26-Nov-1885 30-Mar-1970 Chancellor of Germany, 1930-32
Billie Burke
Actor
7-Aug-1885 14-May-1970 Glinda, the Good Witch of the North
Lázaro Cárdenas
Head of State
21-May-1895 19-Oct-1970 President of Mexico, 1934-40
Rudolf Carnap
Philosopher
18-May-1891 14-Sep-1970 The Logical Syntax of Language
John Paddy Carstairs
Film Director
11-May-1910 12-Dec-1970 The Saint in London
Paul Celan
Poet
23-Nov-1920 20-Apr-1970 Todesfuge
Sydney Chapman
Mathematician
29-Jan-1888 16-Jun-1970 Geomagnetism
Alec Clunes
Actor
17-May-1912 13-Mar-1970 Classical theatre actor, stage manager
Carolyn Craig
Actor
27-Oct-1934 12-Dec-1970 House on Haunted Hill
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Religion
24-Aug-1895 2-Nov-1970 Catholic Archbishop of Boston, 1944-70
Édouard Daladier
Head of State
18-Jun-1884 10-Oct-1970 Three-time Prime Minister of France
Frank Dalby Davison
Author
23-Jun-1893 24-May-1970 Dusty
Marie Dionne
Victim
28-May-1934 27-Feb-1970 Canadian quintuplets put on display
Patricia Ellis
Actor
20-May-1916 26-Mar-1970 Picture Snatcher
Frances Farmer
Actor
19-Sep-1913 1-Aug-1970 Hollywood actress, institutionalized
George Finch
Chemist
4-Aug-1888 22-Nov-1970 Oxygen for mountain climbing
E. M. Forster
Author
1-Jan-1879 7-Jun-1970 Howards End
Preston Foster
Actor
24-Aug-1900 14-Jul-1970 My Friend Flicka
Jack R. Gage
Politician
13-Jan-1899 14-Mar-1970 Governor of Wyoming, 1961-63
Erle Stanley Gardner
Novelist
17-Jul-1889 11-Mar-1970 Creator of Perry Mason
Charles de Gaulle
Head of State
22-Nov-1890 9-Nov-1970 President of France, 1958-69
Rube Goldberg
Cartoonist
4-Jul-1883 7-Dec-1970 Designer of impossible contraptions
Fernand Gravey
Actor
25-Dec-1905 2-Nov-1970 The King and the Chorus Girl
Leslie R. Groves
Military
17-Aug-1896 13-Jul-1970 Director of the Manhattan Project
John Gunther
Journalist
30-Aug-1901 29-May-1970 Inside Europe
Jimmy Hanley
Actor
22-Oct-1918 13-Jan-1970 Jim's Inn
Basil Liddell Hart
Military
31-Oct-1895 29-Jan-1970 Military strategist
Ray Henderson
Songwriter
1-Dec-1896 31-Dec-1970 The Best Things in Life Are Free
Jimi Hendrix
Guitarist
27-Nov-1942 18-Sep-1970 Purple Haze
Louis Henyey
Astronomer
3-Feb-1910 18-Feb-1970 Henyey method
John J. Hickey
Politician
22-Aug-1911 22-Sep-1970 Governor of Wyoming, 1959-61
Edgar W. Hiestand
Politician
3-Dec-1888 19-Aug-1970 Congressman from California, 1953-63
Johnny Hines
Actor
25-Jul-1895 24-Oct-1970 Silent film comedian
Johnny Hodges
Jazz Musician
25-Jul-1907 11-May-1970 Jazz alto saxophonist
Richard Hofstadter
Historian
6-Aug-1916 24-Oct-1970 Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
William Hopper
Actor
26-Jan-1915 6-Mar-1970 Paul Drake on Perry Mason
Edward Everett Horton
Actor
18-Mar-1886 29-Sep-1970 Prolific 1930s comedic actor
Baby Huey
Musician
1946 28-Oct-1970 Hard Times
George M. Humphrey
Government
8-Mar-1890 20-Jan-1970 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1953-57
Janis Joplin
Singer
19-Jan-1943 4-Oct-1970 Ball and Chain (Piece of My Heart)
Roscoe Karns
Actor
7-Sep-1891 6-Feb-1970 It Happened One Night
Alexander Kerensky
Government
22-Apr-1881 11-Jun-1970 Head of pre-Bolshevik Russian government
Frances Parkinson Keyes
Novelist
21-Jul-1885 3-Jul-1970 All That Glitters
Goodwin Knight
Politician
9-Dec-1896 22-May-1970 Governor of California, 1953-59
Fritz Kortner
Actor
12-May-1892 22-Jul-1970 Pandora's Box
Simon Kovar
Musician
22-May-1890 17-Jan-1970 Preeminent Basoon player and teacher
Julius Albert Krug
Government
23-Nov-1907 26-Mar-1970 US Secretary of the Interior, 1946-49
Joseph Wood Krutch
Naturalist
25-Nov-1893 22-May-1970 The Modern Temper
Joe Lapchick
Basketball
12-Apr-1900 10-Aug-1970 Original Celtic, later NY Knicks Coach
Norm Larsen
Inventor
1923 Dec-1970 WD-40
Gypsy Rose Lee
Dancer
9-Feb-1911 26-Apr-1970 Terpsichorean ecdysiast
Oscar Lewis
Anthropologist
25-Dec-1914 16-Dec-1970 Culture of Poverty
Sonny Liston
Boxing
8-May-1932 30-Dec-1970 World Heavyweight Champion 1962-64
Vince Lombardi
Football
11-Jun-1913 3-Sep-1970 Winning isn't everything, It's the only thing
Anita Louise
Actor
9-Jan-1915 25-Apr-1970 The Little Princess
Robert Morrison MacIver
Sociologist
17-Apr-1882 15-Jun-1970 The Web of Government
Iain Macleod
Politician
11-Nov-1913 20-Jul-1970 UK Colonial Secretary, 1959-61
Abraham Maslow
Psychologist
1-Apr-1908 8-Jun-1970 Hierarchy of Needs
François Mauriac
Novelist
11-Oct-1885 1-Sep-1970 Le Noeud de Vipères
David O. McKay
Religion
8-Sep-1873 18-Jan-1970 President of the Mormon Church, 1951-70
Leslie A. Miller
Politician
29-Jan-1886 29-Sep-1970 Governor of Wyoming, 1933-39
Marcel Minnaert
Astronomer
12-Feb-1893 26-Oct-1970 Solar spectrophotometry
Yukio Mishima
Author
14-Jan-1925 25-Nov-1970 The Sea of Fertility
Gaston Modot
Actor
30-Dec-1887 24-Feb-1970 Age of Gold
Chester Morris
Actor
16-Feb-1901 11-Sep-1970 Boston Blackie
Jules Munshin
Actor
22-Feb-1915 19-Feb-1970 On the Town
Conrad Nagel
Actor
16-Mar-1897 24-Feb-1970 The Thirteenth Chair
Barnett Newman
Painter
29-Jan-1905 4-Jul-1970 Abstract expressionist
Cathy O'Donnell
Actor
6-Jul-1923 11-Apr-1970 They Live by Night
John O'Hara
Author
31-Jan-1905 11-Apr-1970 Appointment in Samarra
Charles Olson
Poet
27-Dec-1910 10-Jan-1970 The Maximus Poems
John Dos Passos
Author
14-Jan-1896 28-Sep-1970 U.S.A. Trilogy
Brian Piccolo
Football
31-Oct-1943 16-Jun-1970 Bears FB, subject of Brians Song
Joe Pyne
TV Personality
22-Dec-1925 23-Mar-1970 Father of attack TV
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
Physicist
7-Nov-1888 21-Nov-1970 Discovered the Raman Effect
Marjorie Rambeau
Actor
15-Jul-1889 6-Jul-1970 The Primrose Path
Erich Maria Remarque
Novelist
22-Jun-1898 25-Sep-1970 All Quiet on the Western Front
Walter Reuther
Labor Leader
1-Sep-1907 9-May-1970 UAW and CIO labor leader
L. Mendel Rivers
Politician
28-Sep-1905 28-Dec-1970 Congressman from South Carolina, 1941-70
Mark Rothko
Painter
25-Sep-1903 25-Feb-1970 Painter of fuzzy rectangles
Peyton Rous
Scientist
5-Oct-1879 16-Feb-1970 Blood banks and carcinogenic viruses
Charles Ruggles
Actor
8-Feb-1886 23-Dec-1970 Bringing Up Baby
Bertrand Russell
Mathematician
18-May-1872 2-Feb-1970 Mathematician, atheist, and social critic
Nelly Sachs
Poet
10-Dec-1891 12-May-1970 O the Chimneys
António de Oliveira Salazar
Head of State
28-Apr-1889 27-Jul-1970 Ruler of Portugal, 1932-68
Ruben Salazar
Journalist
3-Mar-1928 29-Aug-1970 L.A. Times reporter killed on the job
Terry Sawchuk
Hockey
28-Dec-1929 31-May-1970 Goalie, NHL Hall of Famer
Hjalmar Schacht
Government
22-Jan-1877 3-Jun-1970 Reich Minister of Economics
John T. Scopes
Educator
3-Aug-1900 21-Oct-1970 Defendant in the Scopes Monkey Trial
Blanche Stuart Scott
Aviator
8-Apr-1885 12-Jan-1970 Auto and air daredevil
Albert Sharpe
Actor
15-Apr-1885 13-Feb-1970 Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Clark Shaughnessy
Football
6-Mar-1892 15-May-1970 Invented football T-Formation
Herb Shriner
Actor
29-May-1918 23-Apr-1970 Two for the Money
Jesse Shwayder
Business
26-Mar-1882 24-Jul-1970 Founder of Samsonite Corporation
Frank Silvera
Actor
24-Jul-1914 11-Jun-1970 Killer's Kiss
Merriman Smith
Journalist
10-Feb-1913 13-Apr-1970 UPI correspondent, reported Kennedy's death
Percy Spencer
Scientist
19-Jul-1894 8-Sep-1970 Invented the microwave oven
Thomas B. Stanley
Politician
16-Jul-1890 10-Jul-1970 Governor of Virginia, 1954-58
Inger Stevens
Actor
18-Oct-1934 30-Apr-1970 The Farmer's Daughter
Sukarno
Head of State
6-Jun-1901 21-Jun-1970 President of Indonesia, 1945-67
George Szell
Conductor
7-Jun-1897 30-Jul-1970 Conductor, Cleveland Orchestra, 1946-70
Tammi Terrell
Singer
29-Apr-1945 16-Mar-1970 Singing partner with Marvin Gaye
Charles L. Terry, Jr.
Politician
17-Sep-1900 6-Feb-1970 Governor of Delaware, 1965-69
J. Parnell Thomas
Government
16-Jan-1895 19-Nov-1970 HUAC chairman, took the Fifth
Sonny Tufts
Actor
16-Jul-1911 4-Jun-1970 Cat-Women of the Moon
Otto Warburg
Scientist
8-Oct-1883 1-Aug-1970 Effect of oxygen on cancer
Naunton Wayne
Actor
22-Jun-1901 17-Nov-1970 Obsession
Nydia Westman
Actor
19-Feb-1902 23-May-1970 Mrs. Featherstone on Going My Way
Patrick Wymark
Actor
11-Jul-1920 20-Oct-1970 Where Eagles Dare
Anzia Yezierska
Novelist
c. 1880 21-Nov-1970 Bread Givers
Abraham Zapruder
Cinematographer
15-May-1905 30-Aug-1970 Documented JFK's assassination on film




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