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Male suicides
- Tiberius GemellusTiberius Gemellus entered the world on the 10th of October AD 19. This date marked a rare event in Roman history, as he was born alongside his twin brother…
- Mark AntonyMarcus Antonius was born in Rome on the 14th of January 83 BC. His father, Marcus Antonius Creticus, held a reputation for incompetence and corruption among…
- Heinrich HimmlerHeinrich Luitpold Himmler was born in Munich on the 7th of October 1900 into a conservative middle-class Catholic family.
- Gordian IMarcus Antonius Gordianus lived from 158 to April 238. His name suggests paternal ancestors received Roman citizenship under Mark Antony during the late…
- Adolf HitlerAdolf Hitler was born on the 20th of April 1889 in Braunau am Inn, a town in Austria-Hungary. He lived with his father Alois and mother Klara Pölzl.
- Hunter S. ThompsonHunter Stockton Thompson entered the world on the 18th of July 1937, in Louisville, Kentucky. He grew up as the first of three sons born to Virginia Davison…
- Judas IscariotScholars generally accept that a man named Judas Iscariot existed in the first century AD. He was one of the twelve apostles chosen by Jesus Christ.
- Vincent van GoghVincent Willem van Gogh was born on the 30th of March 1853 in the village of Groot-Zundert, located in the Dutch province of North Brabant.
- Hermann GöringHermann Wilhelm Göring was born on the 12th of January 1893 at the Marienbad Sanatorium in Rosenheim, Bavaria. His father Heinrich Ernst Göring had served as…
- NeroLucius Domitius Ahenobarbus was born on the 15th of December AD 37 in Antium. His father died when he was three years old, leaving him an orphan at a young…
- Seneca the YoungerLucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger was born in Colonia Patricia Corduba, now known as Córdoba, within the Roman province of Baetica.
- Death of Adolf HitlerOn the 16th of April 1945, Soviet forces crossed the Oder River and commenced the battle for the Seelow Heights. This defensive line was the last major…
- SocratesSocrates did not write a single line of text. All knowledge about him comes from the posthumous accounts of others, primarily his students Plato and…
- OthoMarcus Salvius Otho entered the world on the 28th of April AD 32. His grandfather Marcus had served as a senator before him.
- Oda NobunagaOda Nobunaga was born on the 23rd of June 1534 in Nagoya, Owari Province. He spent his teenage years between the ages of 13 and 18 engaging in activities…
- Alexander McQueenLee Alexander McQueen was born on the 17th of March 1969 at University Hospital Lewisham in Lewisham, London. He grew up as the youngest of six children to…
- Robin WilliamsRobin McLaurin Williams was born at St. Luke's Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, on the 21st of July 1951. His father Robert Fitzgerald Williams served as a…
- Sergei YeseninSergei Yesenin was born in the village of Konstantinovo, Ryazan County, Russian Empire, on the 3rd of October 1895. His parents spent most of their time…