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In the year 1916

621 Notable birthdays

François Mitterrand

21st president of the french republic from 1981 to 1995.

Born October 26th, 1916 in Jarnac. [ref]

Died January 8th, 1996 at 79 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris (prostate cancer). [ref]

Lyudmila Pavlichenko

Soviet sniper.

Born July 12th, 1916 in Bila Tserkva.

Died October 27th, 1974 at 58 years old in Moscow (stroke).

James B. Donovan

American diplomat and politician.

Born February 26th, 1916 in The Bronx. [ref]

Died January 19th, 1970 at 53 years old in Brooklyn (infarction).

Sterling Hayden

American actor (1916–1986).

Born March 26th, 1916 in Montclair. [ref]

Died May 23rd, 1986 at 70 years old in Sausalito (prostate cancer). [ref]

Van Johnson

American film and television actor and dancer.

Born August 25th, 1916 in Newport. [ref]

Died December 12th, 2008 at 92 years old in Nyack. [ref]

Keenan Wynn

American actor (1916-1986).

Born July 27th, 1916 in New York City.

Died October 14th, 1986 at 70 years old in Brentwood (pancreatic cancer).

Francis Crick

British molecular biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist; co-discoverer of the structure of dna.

Born June 8th, 1916 in Northampton. [ref]

Died July 28th, 2004 at 88 years old in La Jolla (colorectal cancer). [ref]

Peter Finch

British-australian actor (1916–1977).

Born September 28th, 1916 in South Kensington.

Died January 14th, 1977 at 60 years old in Beverly Hills (myocardial infarction).

Richard Proenneke

American naturalist.

Born May 4th, 1916 in Lee County.

Died May 20th, 2003 at 87 years old in Hemet (cerebral hemorrhage).

M. S. Subbulakshmi

Indian carnatic classical vocalist (1916–2004).

Born September 16th, 1916 in Madurai.

Died December 11th, 2004 at 88 years old in Chennai. [ref]

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