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Selected anniversaries
Births
1835
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Andrew Carnegie
, British-born industrialist and philanthropist (d.
1919
) (
pictured
)
1844
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Karl Benz
, German engineer and businessman, founded
Mercedes-Benz
(d.
1929
)
1846
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Carrie Nation
, American temperance advocate (d.
1911
)
1914
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Joe DiMaggio
, American baseball player (d.
1999
)
1915
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Augusto Pinochet
, 30th President of Chile (d.
2006
)
1944
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Ben Stein
, American actor
1960
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John F. Kennedy Jr.
, American publisher (d.
1999
)
Deaths
1968
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Upton Sinclair
, American journalist, politician, and writer (b.
1878
)
1974
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U Thant
, Burmese
UN Secretary-General
(b.
1909
)
1981
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Jack Albertson
, American actor (b.
1907
)
1998
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Flip Wilson
, American actor and comedian (b.
1933
)
2016
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Fidel Castro
, Cuban revolutionary and politician (b.
1926
)