07/02/1903 - 10/09/1995
Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, KT, PC (2 July 1903 – 9 October 1995), known as The Earl of Home from 1951 to 1963 and as Sir Alec Douglas-Home from 1963 to 1974, was a British Conservative politician who served a...
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08/10/1893 - 02/03/1961
William Shepherd Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil, GCMG, MC, KStJ, PC, QC (10 August 1893 – 3 February 1961), the 14th Governor-General of Australia, was born in Scotland and educated at George Watson's College and the University of Edin...
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08/09/1963 - 02/11/2012
Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer, actress, producer, and model. In 2009, the Guinness World Records cited her as the most-awarded female act of all time. Her list of awards includes two Em...
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05/15/1895 - 10/08/1972
Prescott Sheldon Bush (May 15, 1895 – October 8, 1972) was a Wall Street executive banker, and a United States Senator representing Connecticut from 1952 until January 1963. He was the father of George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the Unite...
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10/30/1735 - 07/04/1826
John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was the second president of the United States and the first vice president, also helped in the early years of the republic as a lawyer, writer, congressman, and public speaker. As president,...
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04/01/1905 - 01/09/1993
Sir Paul Meernaa Caedwalla Hasluck KG GCMG GCVO KStJ (1 April 1905 – 9 January 1993) was an Australian historian, poet, public servant and politician, and the 17th Governor-General of Australia.
03/15/1767 - 06/08/1845
Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was the seventh President of the United States. Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the British at the Battle of New Orleans and the Creek In...
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02/09/1773 - 04/04/1841
William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was the 9th President of the United States (1841), an American military officer and politician, and the first president to die in office. The oldest president elected until Ronal...
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01/03/1883 - 10/08/1967
Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS (3 January 1883 – 8 October 1967) was a British Labour politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951, and as the Leader of the Labour Party fr...
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02/18/1936 - 03/19/2008
Philip Jones Griffiths (18 February 1936 - 19 March 2008) was a Welsh photojournalist known for his coverage of the Vietnam war.
08/29/1890 - 06/17/1976
Richard Gardiner Casey, Baron Casey KG GCMG CH DSO MC KStJ PC (29 August 1890 – 17 June 1976) was an Australian politician, diplomat and the 16th Governor-General of Australia.
04/04/1913 - 11/22/1980
Jules Leger PC CC CMM CD (April 4, 1913 – November 22, 1980) was a Canadian diplomat and statesman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 21st since Canadian Confederation.
Leger was born and educated in Quebec and Fran...
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10/02/1869 - 01/30/1948
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi as the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement. He pioneered satyagraha. This is defined as resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience, a philosophy firmly...
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