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Oscar M. Ruebhausen was an American lawyer, adviser to Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, and president of the New York City Bar Association.
Oscar M. Ruebhausen, American lawyer (born 1912)
Gérald Godin was a Canadian poet and politician from Quebec. During his time as a politician, he served in various cabinet posts in the governments of René Lévesque and Pierre-Marc…
Gérald Godin, Canadian journalist and politician (born 1938)
Sarah Kofman was a French philosopher.
Sarah Kofman, French philosopher and academic (born 1934)
Martha Raye was an American comic actress and singer whose career spanned six decades across film, theater, and television. Her wide smile and energetic comedic style earned her th…
Martha Raye, American actress and comedian (born 1916)
Sergei Fyodorovich Bondarchuk was a Soviet and Russian actor and filmmaker, born in Ukraine, who was one of the leading figures of Soviet cinema in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He i…
Sergei Bondarchuk, Russian actor and filmmaker (born 1920)
Burton Stephen Lancaster was an American actor. Initially known for playing tough characters with tender hearts, he went on to achieve success with more complex and challenging rol…
Burt Lancaster, American actor (born 1913)
Robert Lansing was an American stage, film, and television actor.
Robert Lansing, American actor (born 1928)
Yannis Hotzeas was a Greek communist, Marxist theoretician and one of the principal founders of the Greek Marxist-Leninist movement.
Yannis Hotzeas, Greek theoretician and author (born 1930)
Raúl Rafael Carlos Juliá y Arcelay was a Puerto Rican actor and humanitarian. He was best known for his intense and varied roles on stage and screen. He started his career in the P…
Raul Julia, Puerto Rican-American actor and singer (born 1940)
Kara Spears Hultgreen was an American naval aviator who served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy and was the first female carrier-based fighter pilot in the U.S. Navy. She …
Kara Hultgreen, American lieutenant and pilot (born 1965)
Mildred Natwick was an American actress. She won a Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for an Academy Award and two Tony Awards.
Mildred Natwick, American actress (born 1905)
Wilbert Huntington Harrison was an American rhythm and blues singer, pianist, guitarist, and harmonica player.
Wilbert Harrison, American singer and guitarist (born 1929)
In 1994, the District Court in Singapore sentenced an American teenager, Michael Fay, to be lashed six times with a cane for violating the Vandalism Act. This caused a temporary s…
American teenager Michael P
Shlomo Goren was a Polish-born Israeli rabbi and Talmudic scholar. An Orthodox Jew and Religious Zionist, he was considered a foremost rabbinical legal authority on matters of Jewi…
Shlomo Goren, Israeli rabbi, general, and scholar (born 1918)
Nagoya Airfield , also known as Komaki Airport or Nagoya Airport, is an airport within the local government areas of Toyoyama, Komaki, Kasugai and Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, Japan…
Just before landing at Nagoya Airport, Japan, the copilot of China Airlines Flight 140 inadvertently triggered the takeo
Riverdance is a theatrical show that consists mainly of traditional Irish music and dance. With a score composed by Bill Whelan, it originated as an interval act during the Eurovis…
Riverdance was performed for the first time, as the interval act for the Eurovision Song Contest
John Wayne Gacy was an American serial killer and sex offender who raped, tortured and murdered at least thirty-three young men and boys between 1972 and 1978 in Norwood Park Towns…
American serial killer John Wayne Gacy was executed by lethal injection for the murders of twelve teenage boys and young
The Boeing 777, commonly referred to as the Triple Seven, is an American long-range wide-body airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The 777 is the wor…
The Boeing 777, the world's largest twinjet, made its maiden flight
The Troubles were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland c…
The Troubles: Ulster Volunteer Force members attacked a crowded bar in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland, with assault rif
The Imam Reza shrine bombing refers to a bomb explosion that occurred on 20 June 1994 in a crowded prayer hall at the shrine of Ali al-Ridha, the eighth Imam of Shia, located in Ma…
A bomb explosion in the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, Iran, left at least 25 dead and more than 70 injured
Aleph , better known by their former name Aum Shinrikyo , is a Japanese new religious movement and doomsday cult founded by Shoko Asahara in 1987. It carried out the deadly Tokyo s…
Members of the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo released sarin gas in Matsumoto, Nagano, killing eight people and injuring mo
Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 was a comet that broke apart in July 1992 and collided with Jupiter in July 1994, providing the first direct observation of an extraterrestrial collision of …
Fragments of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 began colliding with the planet Jupiter , with the first impact causing a fireball…
The Brazil men's national football team, nicknamed Canarinho, represents Brazil in men's international football and is administered by the Brazilian Football Confederation, the gov…
Brazil won the FIFA World Cup final against Italy 3–2 on penalties following a 0–0 draw after extra time.
USAir Flight 427 was a scheduled flight from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport to Palm Beach International Airport, Florida, with a stopover at Pittsburgh International Airpor…
USAir Flight 427 crashed on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, resulting in 132 deaths and the longest…