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In the year 1912
923 Notable birthdays
Pappy Boyington
United states marine corps aviator and medal of honor recipient (1912-1988).
Born December 4th, 1912 in Coeur d'Alene.
Died January 11th, 1988 at 75 years old in Fresno (cancer).
Nancy Wake
New zealander and australian war heroine.
Born August 30th, 1912 in Roseneath.
Died August 7th, 2011 at 98 years old in Kingston upon Thames. [ref]
Michelangelo Antonioni
Italian film director and screenwriter (1912–2007).
Born September 29th, 1912 in Ferrara.
Died July 30th, 2007 at 94 years old in Rome. [ref]
Roberta McCain
Mother of john mccain.
Born February 7th, 1912 in Muskogee.
Died October 12th, 2020 at 108 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Dale Evans
American actress, singer and writer (1912–2001).
Born October 31st, 1912 in Uvalde.
Died February 7th, 2001 at 88 years old in Apple Valley (heart failure).
Gordon Parks
American photographer, musician, writer and film director (1912–2006).
Born November 30th, 1912 in Fort Scott. [ref]
Died March 7th, 2006 at 93 years old in New York City (cancer). [ref]
Adolf Galland
German world war ii luftwafffe general and fighter pilot (1912-1996).
Born March 19th, 1912 in Westerholt.
Died February 9th, 1996 at 83 years old in Remagen.
Cornel Wilde
Hungarian-american actor and film director.
Born October 13th, 1912 in Prievidza.
Died October 16th, 1989 at 77 years old in Los Angeles (leukemia).
Georg Solti
Hungarian-british conductor (1912–1997).
Born October 21st, 1912 in Budapest.
Died September 5th, 1997 at 84 years old in Antibes (myocardial infarction).
John Cheever
American novelist and short story writer (1912-1982).
Born May 27th, 1912 in Quincy.
Died June 18th, 1982 at 70 years old in Ossining (kidney cancer).
Zohra Sehgal
Indian actress and choreographer (1912–2014).
Born April 27th, 1912 in Saharanpur.
Died July 10th, 2014 at 102 years old in New Delhi (pneumonia).
Pedro Armendáriz
Mexican actor (1912-1963).
Born May 9th, 1912 in Mexico City.
Died June 18th, 1963 at 51 years old in UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center (cancer).
Catherine Scorsese
American actress (1912–1997).
Born April 16th, 1912 in New York City.
Died January 6th, 1997 at 84 years old in New York City (Alzheimer's disease).
Melita Norwood
British civil servant and spy for the soviet union (1912–2005).
Born March 25th, 1912 in Bournemouth.
Died June 2nd, 2005 at 93 years old in London. [ref]
Douglas Kelley
U.s. army officer, psychiatrist, criminoligist, professor, author (1912–1958).
Born August 11th, 1912 in Truckee.
Died January 1st, 1958 at 45 years old in Berkeley (cyanide poisoning).
Minoru Yamasaki
American architect (1912–1986).
Born December 1st, 1912 in Seattle.
Died February 7th, 1986 at 73 years old in Bloomfield Hills (stomach cancer). [ref]
Art Linkletter
Canadian-american radio and television personality (1912-2010).
Born July 17th, 1912 in Moose Jaw.
Died May 26th, 2010 at 97 years old in Los Angeles (stroke). [ref]
Harry Hay
American gay rights activist (1912-2002).
Born April 7th, 1912 in Worthing.
Died October 24th, 2002 at 90 years old in San Francisco (lung cancer).
Don Siegel
American film director (1912–1991).
Born October 26th, 1912 in Chicago.
Died April 20th, 1991 at 78 years old in San Luis Obispo County (cancer).
Sonja Henie
Norwegian figure skater and actress (1912–1969).
Died October 12th, 1969 at 57 years old in Oslo (chronic lymphocytic leukemia).
Alfredo Stroessner
Military dictator of paraguay from 1954 to 1989.
Born November 3rd, 1912 in Encarnación.
Died August 16th, 2006 at 93 years old in Brasília (pneumonia). [ref]
Michael Wilding
English television and film actor (1912-1979).
Born July 23rd, 1912 in Leigh-on-Sea.
Died July 8th, 1979 at 66 years old in London (falling from height).
June Havoc
American actress, vaudeville performer, and memoirist.
Born November 8th, 1912 in Vancouver.
Died March 28th, 2010 at 97 years old in Stamford (disease). [ref]
Michel Aflaq
Syrian philosopher, sociologist and arab nationalist (1910–1989).
Born January 19th, 1912 in Damascus. [ref]
Died June 23rd, 1989 at 77 years old in 5th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Chien-Shiung Wu
Chinese-american physicist (1912–1997) (death at 85 years).
Born May 31st, 1912 in Taicang. [ref]
Died February 16th, 1997 at 84 years old in New York City (stroke).
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