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In the year 1926
958 Notable birthdays
José Alfredo Jiménez
Mexican singer and songwriter.
Born January 9th, 1926 in Dolores Hidalgo Municipality. [ref]
Died November 23rd, 1973 at 47 years old in Mexico City (liver cirrhosis). [ref]
Moira Shearer
British ballerina and actress.
Born January 17th, 1926 in Dunfermline. [ref]
Died January 31st, 2006 at 80 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Ray Brown
American jazz musician (1926–2002).
Born October 13th, 1926 in Pittsburgh.
Died July 2nd, 2002 at 75 years old in Indianapolis.
Blossom Dearie
American jazz singer and pianist.
Born April 28th, 1926 in Greene County. [ref]
Died February 7th, 2009 at 82 years old in Greenwich Village. [ref]
Nuon Cthea
Cambodian politician and convicted war criminal (1926-2019); pol pot's right hand man.
Born July 7th, 1926 in Voat Kor. [ref]
Died August 4th, 2019 at 93 years old in Phnom Penh. [ref]
Kim Jae-gyu
South korean military officer (1926-1980).
Died May 24th, 1980 at 54 years old in Seoul Detention Center (hanging).
O. P. Nayyar
Indian film music composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, and musician.
Born January 16th, 1926 in Lahore. [ref]
Died January 28th, 2007 at 81 years old in Mumbai. [ref]
Ruth Asawa
Japanese american sculptor.
Born January 24th, 1926 in Norwalk. [ref]
Died August 6th, 2013 at 87 years old in San Francisco. [ref]
Jeremy Slate
Actor (1926-2006).
Born February 17th, 1926 in Atlantic City.
Died November 19th, 2006 at 80 years old in Los Angeles (esophageal cancer). [ref]
César Pelli
Argentine-american architect (1926–2019).
Born October 12th, 1926 in San Miguel de Tucumán. [ref]
Died July 19th, 2019 at 92 years old in New Haven. [ref]
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