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Dodge David Morgan was an American sailor, businessman, publisher and selfproclaimed contrarian. He flew fighter jets in the U.S. Air Force in the early 1950s, worked as a newspaper reporter in Alaska, and became a millionaire by operating a company that manufactured radar detectors from 1971 to 1983. He gained fame in 1986 as the first American to sail solo around the globe with no stops. He also set a world record for eastward sailing when he completed his journey in 150 days, cutting the pri....
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Houari Boumdine, also transcribed Boumediene, Boumedienne etc., served as Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of Algeria from 19 June 1965 until 12 December 1976 and thereafter as the second President of Algeria until his death on 27 December 1978.....
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Benu Sen was an Indian photographer from Kolkata, India. He was the second son among seven children of Manindranath and Provabati Sengupta.....
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Donald L. Bren is an American businessman who is Chairman of the Irvine Company, a US real estate investment company, which he wholly owns.....
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Frank Paul Beyer was a German film director. In East Germany he was one of the most important film directors, working for the state film monopoly DEFA and directed films that dealt mostly with the Nazi era and contemporary East Germany. His film Trace of Stones was banned for 20 years in 1966 by the ruling SED. His 1975 film Jacob the Liar was the only East German film ever nominated for an Academy Award. After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 until his death he mostly directed television fi....
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Omar Sharif was an Egyptian actor. He began his career in his native country in the 1950s, but is best known for his appearances in both British and American productions. His films included Lawrence of Arabia , Doctor Zhivago , and Funny Girl . He was nominated for an Academy Award. He won three Golden Globe Awards and a Csar Award.....
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Hubert Reeves , CC OQ is a French Canadian astrophysicist and popularizer of science.....
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Donald Henry Rumsfeld is an American politician and businessman. Rumsfeld served as the 13th Secretary of Defense from 1975 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford, and as the 21st Secretary of Defense from 2001 to 2006 under President George W. Bush. He is both the youngest and the second oldest person to have served as Secretary of Defense. Additionally, Rumsfeld was a threeterm U.S. Congressman from Illinois , Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity , Counsellor to the President , the Un....
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Donna Douglas was an American actress and singer, known for her role as Elly May Clampett in CBSs The Beverly Hillbillies . Following her acting career, Douglas became a real estate agent, Gospel singer, inspirational speaker, and author of books for children and adults.....
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Marcos Orlando Letelier del Solar was a Chilean economist, Socialist politician and diplomat during the presidency of Salvador Allende. As a refugee from the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet, Letelier accepted several academic positions in Washington, D.C. He was assassinated by agents of DINA, the Pinochet regimes secret police, in 1976.....
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Donald T. Don Valentine is an influential venture capitalist who concentrates mainly on technology companies in the United States. He has been called the grandfather of Silicon Valley venture capital. The Computer History Museum credited him as playing a key role in the formation of a number of industries such as semiconductors, personal computers, personal computer software, digital entertainment and networking.....
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Manmohan Singh born 26 September 1932 is an Indian economist and politician who served as the Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014. The first Sikh in office, Singh was also the first prime minister since Jawaharlal Nehru to be reelected after completing a full fiveyear term.....
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Patsy Cline was an American country music singer. Part of the early 1960s Nashville sound, Cline successfully crossed over to pop music and was one of the most influential, successful and acclaimed vocalists of the 20th century. She died at the age of 30 in a multiplefatality crash in the private plane of her manager, Randy Hughes.....
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General James Joseph Lindsay is a retired United States Army fourstar general, and served as the first commander of the United States Special Operations Command.....
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Noriyuki Pat Morita was an American film and television actor who was well known for playing the roles of Matsuo Arnold Takahashi on Happy Days and Mr. Kesuke Miyagi in the The Karate Kid movie series, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1985.....
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Manuel Moreno Barranco was a Spanish writer, whose extensive work includes short tales, novellas and novels, and was interrupted at the age of 30, by his violent death at the prison of Jerez in 1963, which has never been investigated.....
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Nichelle Nichols is an American actress, singer and voice artist. She sang with Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton before turning to acting. Her most famous role is that of communications officer Lieutenant Uhura aboard the USS Enterprise in the popular Star Trek television series , as well as the succeeding motion pictures, where her character was eventually promoted in Starfleet to the rank of commander.....
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James Thomas McHugh was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Camden and Bishop of Rockville Centre .....
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Fred K. Gamble is a former racecar driver from the United States. He participated in one Formula One Grand Prix, the 1960 Italian Grand Prix, on September 4, 1960. He finished 10th overall driving the Formula Two BehraPorsche, scoring no Championship points.....
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