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Tuesday, 23 December 2025
Jan 02 On this day in history sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies 
Jan 04 On this day in history joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83
Jan 05 In the year 1968 jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79
Jan 06 On this day in history kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81
Jan 07 On this day in history death of prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897)
Jan 09 In the year 1968 death of kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide
Jan 10 Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73 on this day in history.
Jan 11 Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) died on this day in history.
Jan 13 Bill Masterson, NHL player for the Minnesota Northstars checked into the boards, dies two days later in the year 1968.
Jan 14 Dorothea Mackellar, Australian poet (My Country) (b. 1885) died on this day in history.
Jan 15 Bill Masterson, 1st NHLer fatally injured during a game (Jan 13), dies in the year 1968.
Jan 16 In the year 1968 robert R "Bob" Jones, founder (Bob Jones University), dies at 84
Jan 17 Julis Deutsch, Austria politician/general Spanish rep army, dies at 83 on this day in history.
Jan 18 On this day in history bert Wheeler, actor (Rainmakers, High Flyers, Dixiana), dies at 72
Jan 19 Ray Harroun, American race car driver (b. 1879) died on this day in history.
Jan 21 In the year 1968 death of will Lang Jr., American magazine executive (b. 1914)
Jan 22 On this day in history duke Kahanamoku, 100m swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-12, 20, 24), dies at 77
Jan 25 Virginia Maskell, actress (Only Two Can Play), dies at 31 in the year 1968.
Jan 26 Merrill C. Meigs, American newspaper publisher (b. 1883) died on this day in history.
Jan 29 Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer (Test for India), dies on this day in history.
Jan 30 On this day in history tsugouharu T Foujita, Japanese/French painter, dies at 81
Feb 01 In the year 1968 lawson Little, amateur golfer (US/Brit Opens 1934,35), dies at 57
Feb 04 Ed Baker, actor (Keystone Kops), dies of emphysema at 70 in the year 1968.
Feb 05 Luckey Roberts, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.
Feb 06 C Montague Shaw, actor (Buck Rogers, Planet Outlaws), dies at 85 in the year 1968.
Feb 07 In the year 1968 death of nick Adams, actor (Interns, Pillow Talk, FBI Story), ODs at 36
Feb 08 J Borremans, Belgian politician (Communist), dies at 56 in the year 1968.
Feb 09 Barbara Everest, actress (Inquest, Madeleine), dies at 77 on this day in history.
Feb 10 Pitirim A Sorokin, Russian/US sociologist, dies at 79 in the year 1968.
Feb 11 Howard Lindsay, US playwright (State of the Union), dies at 78 on this day in history.
Feb 13 Ildebrando Pizzetti, Italian composer, dies at 87 in the year 1968.
Feb 15 Little Walter, rocker, dies at 37 on this day in history.
Feb 16 On this day in history healey Willan, composer, dies at 87
Feb 17 In the year 1968 donald Wolfit, actor (Lawrence of Arabia), dies of heart ailment at 65
