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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Joy Adamson
Naturalist
20-Jan-1910 3-Jan-1980 Born Free
William Harrison Ainsworth
Novelist
4-Feb-1805 3-Jan-1882 The Tower of London
Judith Anderson
Actor
10-Feb-1897 3-Jan-1992 Rebecca
Luke Appling
Baseball
2-Apr-1907 3-Jan-1991 Chicago White Sox, Hall of Famer
Emmet D. Boyle
Politician
26-Jul-1879 3-Jan-1926 Governor of Nevada, 1915-23
Catherine of Valois
Royalty
27-Oct-1401 3-Jan-1437 Consort of Henry V of England
Edgar Cayce
Paranormal
18-Mar-1877 3-Jan-1945 Performed "paranormal" readings
Milton Cross
Radio Personality
16-Apr-1897 3-Jan-1975 Announcer, voice of the Metropolitan Opera
Wilhelm Cuno
Head of State
2-Jul-1876 3-Jan-1933 German Chancellor 1922-23
Will Eisner
Cartoonist
6-Mar-1917 3-Jan-2005 Turned comic book authors into Sequential Artists
Gaston Eyskens
Head of State
1-Apr-1905 3-Jan-1988 Thrice Prime Minister of Belgium
Henry H. Fowler
Government
5-Sep-1908 3-Jan-2000 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1965-68
Baldassare Galuppi
Composer
18-Oct-1706 3-Jan-1784 Il Filosofo di Campagna
Mary Garden
Singer
20-Feb-1874 3-Jan-1967 Operatic soprano
Rosemary Gatenby
Novelist
8-Oct-1919 3-Jan-2007 The Season of Danger
Sid Gillman
Football
26-Oct-1911 3-Jan-2003 NFL Coach, Hall of Famer
Luca Giordano
Painter
18-Oct-1632 3-Jan-1705 Leading Neapolitan painter
Tom Gries
Film Director
20-Dec-1922 3-Jan-1977 Breakheart Pass
Jaroslav Hasek
Author
30-Apr-1883 3-Jan-1923 The Good Soldier Svejk
Lord Haw-Haw
Radio Personality
24-Apr-1906 3-Jan-1946 WWII propagandist hanged in England
Jill Haworth
Actor
15-Aug-1946 3-Jan-2011 In Harm's Way
Conrad Hilton
Business
25-Dec-1887 3-Jan-1979 Founder, Hilton Hotels
Pat Hingle
Actor
19-Jul-1924 3-Jan-2009 Commissioner Gordon in Batman films
Alois Hitler
Relative
7-Jun-1837 3-Jan-1903 Father of Adolf Hitler
Jeremiah Horrocks
Astronomer
1619 3-Jan-1641 Observed transit of Venus
Sir John Hotham
Politician
? 3-Jan-1645 English parliamentarian
Emil Jannings
Actor
23-Jul-1884 3-Jan-1950 The Last Command
Rex Lease
Actor
11-Feb-1903 3-Jan-1966 The Monster Walks
David Maysles
Film Director
10-Jan-1932 3-Jan-1987 Documentary filmmaker
Howard McNear
Actor
27-Jan-1905 3-Jan-1969 Floyd the Barber
Philippe V
Royalty
1293 3-Jan-1322 King of France 1316-22
Reginald Punnett
Biologist
20-Jun-1875 3-Jan-1967 Early geneticist
Carroll Quigley
Educator
9-Nov-1910 3-Jan-1977 Harvard professor, mentor to Bill Clinton
Jack Ruby
Assassin
25-Mar-1911 3-Jan-1967 Killed Lee Harvey Oswald
Louis Gabriel Suchet
Military
2-Mar-1770 3-Jan-1826 Napoleonic General
Ivan Triesault
Actor
14-Jul-1898 3-Jan-1980 The Amazing Transparent Man
J. Hoge Tyler
Politician
11-Aug-1846 3-Jan-1925 Governor of Virginia, 1898-1902
Wylie Vale, Jr.
Doctor
3-Jul-1941 3-Jan-2012 Endocrinologist at Salk Institute
C. William Verity
Government
26-Jan-1917 3-Jan-2007 US Secretary of Commerce, 1987-89
Josiah Wedgwood
Artist
1730 3-Jan-1795 Greatest potter of all time
Joseph Wirth
Head of State
6-Sep-1879 3-Jan-1956 German Chancellor




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