Died on This Day (19-May)
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Leidy Asprilla | Leidy Johanna Asprilla Solís was a Colombian footballer who played as a forward. | Colombian footballer | 22 | 1 | |
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Stanislav Petrov | Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov was a lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defence Forces who played a key role in the 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident. | Soviet air force officer | 77 | 3 |
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Happy Rockefeller | Margaretta Large "Happy" Rockefeller was a philanthropist and the second wife of the 49th governor of New York and 41st vice president of the United States, Nelson Rockefeller . | Philanthropist, Second Lady of USA | 88 | 5 |
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Gerhard Hetz | Gerhard Hetz was a German Olympic swimmer. He competed in the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay and a bronze medal in the 400 m individual medley in 1964. | Swimmer | 69 | 8 |
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Harry Vos | Henry Antonie "Harry" Vos was a Dutch footballer who played as a defender. | Dutch footballer | 63 | 10 |
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E. K. Nayanar | Erambala Krishnan Nayanar was an Indian Communist politician of the Communist Party of India or CPI. | Indian politician | 85 | 16 |
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Walter Lord | John Walter Lord Jr. was an American author, lawyer, copywriter and popular historian best known for his 1955 account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, A Night to Remember. | American lawyer, ad man, author | 84 | 18 |
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Tapio Wirkkala | Tapio Veli Ilmari Wirkkala was a Finnish designer and sculptor, a major figure of post-war design. | Finnish artist | 69 | 35 |
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Ray Schalk | Raymond William Schalk was an American professional baseball player, coach, manager and scout. | American baseball player and coach | 77 | 50 |
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Edgar D. Crumpacker | Edgar Dean Crumpacker was an American lawyer and politician who served eight terms as a U. | American politician | 68 | 100 |
Person | Person | Description | Age | Anniv | |
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Bernard Lewis | Bernard Lewis, FBA was a British American historian specialized in Oriental studies. | British American historian | 101 | 2 |
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Morley Safer | Morley Safer was a Canadian-American broadcast journalist, reporter, and correspondent for CBS News. | Canadian broadcast journalist | 84 | 4 |
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Jack Brabham | Sir John Arthur Brabham AO OBE was an Australian racing driver who was Formula One World Champion in 1959, 1960, and 1966. | Australian racing driver | 88 | 6 |
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Garret FitzGerald | Garret Desmond FitzGerald was an Irish Fine Gael politician, economist and barrister who served twice as Taoiseach, serving from 1981 to 1982 and 1982 to 1987. | Irish Taoiseach | 85 | 9 |
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Henry Corden | Henry Corden was a Canadian-born American actor, best known for taking over the role of Fred Flintstone after Alan Reed's death in 1977. | Canadian-born American actor, voice actor | 85 | 15 |
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Bill Zaring | Bill Zaring was an American racecar driver who raced midget cars in Southern California. | American racecar driver | 85 | 17 |
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Yevgeny Khrunov | Yevgeny Vasilyevich Khrunov was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 5/Soyuz 4 mission. | Soviet cosmonaut | 66 | 20 |
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Robert E. Quinn | Robert Emmet Quinn was an American attorney and politician from Rhode Island. | American judge, politician, Rhode Island governor | 81 | 45 |
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Philipp Bouhler | Philipp Bouhler was a German senior Nazi Party functionary who was both a Reichsleiter and Chief of the Chancellery of the Führer of the NSDAP. | German general | 45 | 75 |
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José Martí | José Julián Martí Pérez was a Cuban nationalist, poet, philosopher, essayist, journalist, translator, professor, and publisher, who is considered a Cuban national hero because of his role in the liberation of his country from Spain. | Poet, writer, Cuban nationalist leader | 42 | 125 |