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1969 deaths
- Ramdas GandhiRamdas Mohandas Gandhi entered the world on the 4th of May 1897 in the British Colony of Natal. He was the third son born to Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba…
- Jack KerouacOn the 17th of May 1928, a six-year-old boy named Jack Kerouac knelt in a church pew in Lowell, Massachusetts. He made his first Confession that day and…
- Judy GarlandFrances Ethel Gumm stood on the stage of her father's movie theater in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, at the age of two. She sang a chorus of Jingle Bells…
- Dwight D. EisenhowerDwight David Eisenhower was born in Denison, Texas, on the 14th of October 1890. His family moved to Abilene, Kansas, the following year and lived there for…
- Joseph Kasa-VubuJoseph Kasa-Vubu was born in the village of Kuma-Dizi within the Mayombe district of Bas-Congo. Different historical records list his birth year as 1910…
- Warren Sturgis McCullochWarren Sturgis McCulloch was born in Orange, New Jersey on the 16th of November 1898. He originally planned to join the Christian ministry as a teenager.
- Harry Emerson FosdickHarry Emerson Fosdick arrived in Buffalo, New York on the 24th of May 1878. He grew up in a household that valued education and religious conviction.
- Walter PittsWalter Harry Pitts Jr. was born in Detroit, Michigan, on the 23rd of April 1923. He taught himself logic and mathematics as a child without formal schooling.
- Kliment VoroshilovKliment Voroshilov was born on the 4th of February 1881 in Verkhnyeye, a small settlement within the Bakhmut uyezd of the Russian Empire.
- Karl JaspersKarl Theodor Jaspers was born on the 23rd of February 1883 in Oldenburg. His father worked as a jurist while his mother came from a local farming community.
- John Maffey, 1st Baron RugbyJohn Loader Maffey entered the world on the 1st of July 1877 in Rugby, Warwickshire. He was the younger son of Thomas Maffey, a commercial traveller who…
- Otto SternOtto Stern was born on the 17th of February 1888 into a Jewish family in Sohrau. This town now bears the name Żory within the Province of Silesia, Kingdom of…
- George CœdèsGeorge Cœdès entered the world on the 10th of August 1886 within the city limits of Paris. His family lineage traced back to Strasbourg before the year 1740…