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2018 deaths
- George H. W. BushOn the 9th of June 1943, George Herbert Walker Bush became one of the youngest pilots ever commissioned in the United States Navy, a distinction that would…
- Aretha FranklinAretha Louise Franklin was born on the 25th of March 1942, at her family's home located at 406 Lucy Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee.
- Atal Bihari VajpayeeOn the 25th of December 1924, a boy named Atal Bihari Vajpayee was born into a Kanyakubja Brahmin family in the city of Gwalior.
- Joris BorghoutsJoris Frans Borghouts entered the world on the 17th of June 1939 in Ginneken. His academic path led him to Leiden University where he earned his doctorate in…
- Stan LeeStanley Martin Lieber entered the world on the 28th of December 1922. He was born in a Manhattan apartment at the corner of West 98th Street and West End…
- John Young (astronaut)John Watts Young was born at St. Luke's Hospital in San Francisco, California, on the 24th of September 1930. His father William Hugh Young worked as a civil…
- Allison ShearmurAllison Ivy Brecker entered the world on the 23rd of October 1963 as one of four quadruplets born to Martin and Rhoda Brecker.
- John Lynch (historian)John Lynch arrived in the world on the 11th of January 1927 within the industrial shadows of Boldon, County Durham. His family background was deeply rooted…
- Steve DitkoStephen John Ditko was born on the 2nd of November 1927 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. His parents were second-generation Americans descended from Rusyn…
- Alan BeanAlan LaVern Bean was born on the 15th of March 1932 in Wheeler, Texas. His parents were Arnold Horace Bean and Frances Caroline Bean.
- Geoff EmerickGeoffrey Ernest Emerick entered the recording industry at age 16. He worked as an assistant engineer at EMI Studios in north London.
- Stephen HawkingStephen William Hawking was born on the 8th of January 1942 in Oxford to Frank and Isobel Eileen Hawking. His mother came from a family of doctors in Glasgow…
- Gary KurtzGary Douglas Kurtz entered the U.S. Marine Corps in 1966 as a conscientious objector. He refused to wear a sidearm during his service.
- Isao TakahataOn the 29th of June 1945, a nine-year boy named Isao Takahata stood in the ruins of Okayama City. He and his sibling had been separated from their family for…
- George H. W. BushOn the 12th of June 1943, a young man named George Herbert Walker Bush stood on the deck of the USS San Jacinto. He was only nineteen years old and had just…
- Efraín Ríos MonttEfraín Ríos Montt was born on the 16th of June 1926 into a large ladino family of the rural middle class in Huehuetenango, a small city in the highlands of…
- Lill-BabsBarbro Margareta Svensson was born on the 9th of March 1938 in Järvsö, a small village north of Stockholm. She lived with her parents Ragnar and Britta…