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1861 - Alica Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, 1st wife of Theodore Roosevelt. |
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1869 - Booth Tarkington, American novelist (17, Magnificent Ambersons). |
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1883 - Benito Mussolini (Il Duce), Italian dictator. |
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1887 - Tim Mara, NFL team owner (NY Giants). |
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1892 - William Powell, actor (the Thin Man). |
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1898 - I.I. Rabi, Polish physicist. |
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1900 - Eyvind Johnson, Swedish novelist (Return to Ithaca) (Nobel 1974). |
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1905 - Clara Bow, silent screen actress (It, Saturday Night Kid). |
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1905 - Dag Hammarskjold, 2nd UN sec-gen (1953-61) (Nobel 1961). |
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1905 - Thelma Todd, actress |
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1907 - Melvin Belli, in SF's 'King of Torts' |
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1925 - Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer. |
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1936 - Elizabeth Dole, US secretary of transportation. |