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Abul Kasem Fazlul Huq, popularly known as Sher-e-Bangla, was a Pakistani statesman, lawyer and politician who served as the first and longest-serving prime minister of Bengal durin…
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The 1960s
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1962
Bennie Osler, South African rugby player (born 1901)
Benjamin Louwrens Osler was a rugby union footballer who played internationally for South Africa. Osler played mainly at fly-half for both South Africa, and his provincial team of …
Bennie Osler, South African rugby player (born 1901)
1962
Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (born 1889)
George Ernest Tyldesley was an English cricketer. The younger brother of Johnny Tyldesley and the leading batsman for Lancashire. He remains Lancashire's most prolific run-getter o…
Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (born 1889)
1962
Henry Trendley Dean, American dentist (born 1893)
Henry Trendley Dean was the first director of the United States National Institute of Dental Research and a pioneer investigator of water fluoridation in the prevention of tooth de…
Henry Trendley Dean, American dentist (born 1893)
1962
Franz Kline, American painter and academic (born 1910)
Franz Kline was an American painter. He is associated with the Abstract Expressionist movement of the 1940s and 1950s. Kline, along with other action painters like Jackson Pollock,…
Franz Kline, American painter and academic (born 1910)
1962
Florence Auer, American actress and screenwriter (born 1880)
Florence Auer was an American theater and motion picture actress whose career spanned more than five decades.
Florence Auer, American actress and screenwriter (born 1880)
1962
Gabriele Münter, German painter (born 1877)
Gabriele Münter was a German expressionist painter who was at the forefront of the Munich avant-garde in the early 20th century. She studied and lived with the painter Wassily Kand…
Gabriele Münter, German painter (born 1877)
1962
Timothy (Szretter), a Polish Orthodox clergyman, the third Metropolitan of Warsaw and all Poland (born 1901)
Timothy, secular name Jerzy Szretter was a Polish Orthodox clergyman, the third Metropolitan of Warsaw and all Poland.
Timothy (Szretter), a Polish Orthodox clergyman, the third Metropolitan of Warsaw and all Poland (born 1901)
1962
Louis Coatalen, French engineer (born 1879)
Louis Hervé Coatalen was an automobile engineer and racing driver born in Brittany who spent much of his adult life in Britain and took British nationality. He was a pioneer of th…
Louis Coatalen, French engineer (born 1879)
1962
Henry F
Henry Fountain Ashurst was an American Democratic politician and one of the first two senators from Arizona. Largely self-educated, he served as a district attorney and member of t…
Henry F
1962
Adolf Eichmann, a German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer (born 1906)
Otto Adolf Eichmann was a German-Austrian official of the Nazi Party, an officer of the Schutzstaffel (SS), a convicted war criminal, and one of the major organizers of the Holocau…
Adolf Eichmann, a German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer (born 1906)
1962
Vita Sackville-West, English author and poet (born 1892)
Victoria Mary, Lady Nicolson, CH, usually known as Vita Sackville-West, was an English author and garden designer.
Vita Sackville-West, English author and poet (born 1892)
1962
Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster (born 1882)
Charles Louis "Clem" McCarthy was an American sportscaster and public address announcer. He also narrated Pathe News's RKO newsreels. He was known for his gravelly voice and dramat…
Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster (born 1882)
1962
Yves Klein, French painter (born 1928)
Yves Klein was a French artist and an important figure in postwar European art. He was a leading member of the French artistic movement of Nouveau réalisme, founded in 1960 by art…
Yves Klein, French painter (born 1928)
1962
Tom Phillis, Australian motorcycle racer (born 1934)
Thomas Edward Phillis was an Australian professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He won the 1961 125cc motorcycle road racing World Championship and was the first person to l…
Tom Phillis, Australian motorcycle racer (born 1934)
1962
Chhabi Biswas, Indian actor and director (born 1900)
Chhabi Biswas was an Indian actor, primarily known for his performances in Tapan Sinha's Kabuliwala and Satyajit Ray's films Jalsaghar, Devi and Kanchenjungha (1962).
Chhabi Biswas, Indian actor and director (born 1900)
1962
John Ireland, English composer and educator (born 1879)
John Nicholson Ireland was an English composer and teacher of music. The majority of his output consists of piano miniatures and of songs with piano. His best-known works include t…
John Ireland, English composer and educator (born 1879)
1962
Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor (born 1877)
Alfred Denis Cortot was a French pianist, conductor, and teacher who was one of the most renowned classical musicians of the 20th century. A pianist of massive repertory, he was es…
Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor (born 1877)
1962
Frank Borzage, American film director and actor (born 1894)
Frank Borzage was an American film director and actor. He was the first person to win the Academy Award for Best Director for his film 7th Heaven (1927) at the 1st Academy Awards.
Frank Borzage, American film director and actor (born 1894)
1962
Volfgangs Dārziņš, Latvian composer, pianist and music critic (born 1906)
Volfgangs Dārziņš was a Latvian composer, pianist and music critic.
Volfgangs Dārziņš, Latvian composer, pianist and music critic (born 1906)
1962
Paul Viiding, Estonian author, poet, and critic (born 1904)
Paul Viiding was an Estonian poet, author, and literary critic.
Paul Viiding, Estonian author, poet, and critic (born 1904)
1962
Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player and manager (born 1903)
Gordon Stanley "Mickey" Cochrane, nicknamed "Black Mike", was an American professional baseball player, manager and coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a catcher for…
Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player and manager (born 1903)
1962
Cy Morgan, American baseball player (born 1878)
Harry Richard "Cy" Morgan was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the St. Louis Browns, Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Athletics and the Cincinnati Reds between 1903 and 1…
Cy Morgan, American baseball player (born 1878)
1962
Charles Lyon Chandler, American historian (born 1883)
Charles Lyon Chandler was an American consul and historian of Latin America–United States relations. A Harvard graduate who came to South America in the Consular Service, he became…
Charles Lyon Chandler, American historian (born 1883)