Famous people born in the year 1918
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Heinrich Keese
Heinrich Keese was a highly decorated Major of the Reserves in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.....
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George Mueller NASA
George Edwin Mueller July 16, 1918 October 12, 2015, was Associate Administrator of the NASA Office of Manned Space Flight from September 1963 until December 1969. Hailed as one of NASAs most brilliant and fearless managers, he was instrumental in introducing the allup testing philosophy for the Saturn V launch vehicle, which ensured the success of the Apollo program in landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth by the end of 1969. Mueller also played a key part in the des....
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George Scratchley Brown
George Scratchley Brown was a United States Air Force general who served as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In this capacity, he served as the senior military adviser to the President of the United States, the National Security Council and the Secretary of Defense. Through the commanders of the unified and specified commands, he was also responsible for executing the decisions of the National Command Authorities regarding worldwide readiness and employment of combat forces of the Uni....
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Helmut Lent
Oberst Helmut Lent was a German nightfighter ace in World War160II. Lent shot down 110 aircraft, 102 of them at night, far more than the minimum of five enemy aircraft required for the title of ace. Born into a devoutly religious family, he showed an early passion for glider flying against his fathers wishes, he joined the Luftwaffe in 1936. After completing his training, he was assigned to the 1.160Squadron, or Staffel, of Zerstrergeschwader 76 , a wing flying the Messerschmitt Bf 110 twinengi....
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Helmut Schmidt
Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt was a German statesman and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany , who served as Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1974 to 1982.....
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Helmut Viedebantt
Helmut Viedebantt was a Luftwaffe flying ace of World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Viedebantt was credited with 23 aerial victories.....
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Elmer Lach
Elmer James Lach was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 14 seasons for the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League . A centre, he was a member of the Punch line, along with Maurice Richard and Toe Blake. Lach led the NHL in scoring twice, and was awarded the Hart Memorial Trophy in 1945 as the leagues most valuable player.....
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Georg Rietscher
Georg Rietscher was a highly decorated Leutnant of the Reserves in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.....
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Henry Einarson
Henry John Einarson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1966 to 1981.....
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Gianfranco Miglio
Gianfranco Miglio was an Italian jurist, political scientist and politician, founder of the Partito Federalista. For 30 years, he presided over the Political science Faculty of Milans Universit Cattolica . Later on in his life, he was elected as an independent member of the Parliament to the Italian Senate for the Lega Nord. The supporters of Umberto Bossi s party called him Prufesr , a Lombard nickname to remember his role.....
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Herbert Abratis
Herbert Karl Abratis was a highly decorated Major in the Fallschirmjger during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Herbert Abratis was killed on 29 March 1945 south of Stettin.....
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Herbert Joseph Thomas
Herbert Joseph Thomas Jr. was a Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps and a Medal of Honor recipient for his heroic actions during World War II.....
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Erbo Graf von Kageneck
Erbo Graf von Kageneck was a German fighter pilot and flying ace in the Luftwaffe from 1938 to 1942. He was credited with 67 aerial combat encounters resulting in the destruction of the enemy aircraft. He was the winner of the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves.....
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Diana Serra Cary
Diana Serra Cary , known as Baby Peggy, is an American former child actress, author and historian. She is one of the last living film actors of the silent era.....
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Diether Lukesch
Hauptmann Diether Lukesch was World War II Luftwaffe bomber pilot. During the course of the war he was decorated with Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, awarded by Nazi Germany to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He was one of the first pilots to carry out jet bombing missions flying the Arado Ar 234.....
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Jack Paar
Jack Harold Paar was an American author, radio and television comedian and talk show host, best known for his stint as host of The Tonight Show from 1957 to 1962. Time magazines obituary noted that His fans would remember him as the fellow who split talk show history into two eras Before Paar and Below Paar.....
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Ernest Childers
Ernest Childers was a United States Army officer and a recipient of the United States militarys highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his valorous actions in World War II.....
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M A G Osmani
Muhammad Ataul Gani Osmani , also known as Bangabir , was a Bengali four star general who was commanderinchief of the Mukti Bahini during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. Osmanis career spanned five decades, beginning with service in the British Indian Army in 1939. He fought in Burma during World War II, and served in the Pakistan Army until 1967. Osmani was appointed head of the Bengali armed resistance in 1971 by the Provisional Government of Bangladesh, and he is regarded as the founder o....
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