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Mar 08 Thomas beecham: English conductor (last night of the prom),  

Mar 12 Belinda lee: Actress (joseph & his brethren),  

Mar 14 Akiba rubinstein: Polish chess player (opening theorist),  

Mar 16 Chen geng: Chinese military leader (b. 1903)  

Mar 17 Suzanna salter: 1st us female mayor/temperance leader,  

Mar 19 Edric cundell: Composer,  

Mar 23 A c russell: Cricketer (10 tests for england 910 runs),  

Mar 27 Jack kane: Orch leader (steve & eydie, andy williams show),  

Mar 30 P j melotte: Discovered jupiter's 8th satellite pasiphae,  

Mar 31 Seerp anema: Dutch poet/writer (modern art & degenerating),  

Apr 02 August defresne: Dutch director (anno christi 969),  

Apr 04 Simion stoilow: Romanian mathematician (b. 1873)  

Apr 06 Jules j b v bordet: Belgian bacteriologist (nobel 1919),  

Apr 07 Jesus guridi: Composer,  

Apr 09 Zog i: [ahmed zogu], king of albania (1925-39),  

Apr 10 Irene warfield: Silent screen actress (satan sanderson),  

Apr 11 Francis de bourguignon: Composer,  

Apr 12 Nils-eric fougstedt: Composer,  

Apr 13 John a. bennett: American convicted rapist (b. 1935)  

Apr 21 James melton: Opera tenor (ford festival),  

Apr 22 Maria radulphus: [adrian hermus], curacao school inspector,  

Apr 24 Lee moran: Actor (circus clown),  

Apr 25 Hans f blunck: Writer,  

Apr 26 Gail russell: Actress (calcutta, moonrise, el paso),  

Apr 27 Roy del ruth: Director (about face, folies bergere),  

Apr 29 Cisco houston: American folk singer (b. 1918)  

May 02 J c white: Cricketer (49 wickets in 15 tests for engld 1921-31),  

May 03 Maurice [jean jacques] merleau-ponty: French philosopher,  

May 04 Anita stewart:  

May 06 Lucian blaga: Philosopher/poet (transcendental censor),  

May 08 James fairfax: Actor (gale storm show),  

May 13 Gary cooper: 2 time acad award winning actor (high noon),  

May 16 George a. malcolm: American jurist & educator (b. 1881)  

May 17 Frans van cauwelaert: Flemish minister/mayor of antwerp,  

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Jan 02 Todd haynes: American film director  

Jan 03 Erwin blom: Dutch singer/guitarist (eton crop)  

Jan 04 Lee curreri: Nyc, actor (bruno martelli-fame)  

Jan 05 Curt bader: Bloomfield iowa, sprint kayak (olympics-96)  

Jan 07 Andrew thomson: Australian politician  

Jan 07 Supriya pathak: Indian actress  

Jan 07 John thune: American politician  

Jan 09 Oliver goldstick: American screenwriter