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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Nicholas J. Begich
Politician
6-Apr-1932 16-Oct-1972 Congressman from Alaska, 1971-72
Barbara Billingsley
Actor
22-Dec-1915 16-Oct-2010 June Cleaver on Leave It to Beaver
Art Blakey
Drummer
11-Oct-1919 16-Oct-1990 Principal bebop instigator and drummer
Hale Boggs
Politician
15-Feb-1914 16-Oct-1972 Congressman from Louisiana, 1941-72
Shirley Booth
Actor
30-Aug-1898 16-Oct-1992 Come Back, Little Sheba
Roger Boyle
Military
25-Apr-1621 16-Oct-1679 Treatise on the Art of War
Mel Carnahan
Politician
11-Feb-1934 16-Oct-2000 Dead man, still defeated John Ashcroft
Leo G. Carroll
Actor
25-Oct-1892 16-Oct-1972 Waverly on The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Lucas Cranach
Painter
1472 16-Oct-1553 German painter
Dan Dailey
Actor
14-Dec-1913 16-Oct-1978 When My Baby Smiles at Me
Bob Davis
Politician
31-Jul-1932 16-Oct-2009 Congressman from Michigan, 1979-93
Moshe Dayan
Politician
20-May-1915 16-Oct-1981 Israeli military leader
Hans Frank
Military
23-May-1900 16-Oct-1946 Nazi King of Poland
Wilhelm Frick
Government
12-Mar-1877 16-Oct-1946 Authored the Nuremberg Laws
Peggy Ann Garner
Actor
3-Feb-1932 16-Oct-1984 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Sam Hardy
Actor
21-Mar-1883 16-Oct-1935 King Kong
George Hennard
Criminal
15-Oct-1956 16-Oct-1991 Killed 22 at Luby's Cafeteria in Texas
John Hunter
Doctor
13-Feb-1728 16-Oct-1793 English pathologist
Rick Jason
Actor
21-May-1923 16-Oct-2000 Lt. Gil Hanley on Combat!
Alfred Jodl
Military
10-May-1890 16-Oct-1946 Signed Germany's unconditional WWII surrender
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Military
4-Oct-1903 16-Oct-1946 Commanded the Reich Central Security Office
Wilhelm Keitel
Military
22-Sep-1882 16-Oct-1946 Just following orders
Deborah Kerr
Actor
30-Sep-1921 16-Oct-2007 From Here to Eternity
Gene Krupa
Drummer
15-Jan-1909 16-Oct-1973 Pioneering drummer
Thomas G. Labrecque
Business
17-Sep-1938 16-Oct-2000 CEO of Chase Manhattan, 1990-96
John Larch
Actor
4-Oct-1914 16-Oct-2005 Character actor
Hugh Latimer
Religion
c. 1490 16-Oct-1555 English Reformation
Audra Lindley
Actor
24-Sep-1918 16-Oct-1997 Helen Roper on Three's Company
François de Malherbe
Poet
1555 16-Oct-1628 Larmes de Saint Pierre
Marie Antoinette
Royalty
2-Nov-1755 16-Oct-1793 Cake proponent
George C. Marshall
Military
31-Dec-1880 16-Oct-1959 US Army Chief of Staff, 1939-45
James A. Michener
Novelist
3-Feb-1907 16-Oct-1997 South Pacific
Jimmy Monaco
Composer
13-Jan-1885 16-Oct-1945 You Made Me Love You
Raimondo Montecuccoli
Aristocrat
21-Feb-1609 16-Oct-1680 17th century military genius
Jon Postel
Scientist
6-Aug-1943 16-Oct-1998 Creator of the Internet's RFC system
Tose Proeski
Singer
25-Jan-1981 16-Oct-2007 Macedonian pop star
Nicholas Ridley
Religion
c. 1500 16-Oct-1555 Anglican Bishop and martyr
Willard Rockwell
Business
31-Mar-1888 16-Oct-1978 Founder of Rockwell Automation
Alfred Rosenberg
Politician
12-Jan-1893 16-Oct-1946 Nazi Minister for Occupied Territories
Pete Rugolo
Composer
25-Dec-1915 16-Oct-2011 Jazz and television composer
Pierre Salinger
Journalist
14-Jun-1925 16-Oct-2004 Former ABC News Correspondent
Fritz Sauckel
Military
27-Oct-1894 16-Oct-1946 Reich slavemaster
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Government
22-Jul-1892 16-Oct-1946 Reich Commissar of Austria, Netherlands
Jean Shepherd
Radio Personality
26-Jul-1921 16-Oct-1999 A Christmas Story
Julius Streicher
Journalist
12-Feb-1885 16-Oct-1946 Editor of Der Stuermer 1923-45
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Diplomat
30-Apr-1893 16-Oct-1946 Reich Foreign Minister
Dan Wheldon
Auto Racing
22-Jun-1978 16-Oct-2011 Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner
Cornel Wilde
Actor
13-Oct-1915 16-Oct-1989 A Song to Remember




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