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Historical Anniversaries this Week
July 14

Births (200 years ago today): 1825 - Georgiana Hill, English cookery book writer (died 1903)[53]
Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - Bruce L. Douglas, American politician (died 2025)
Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - Tim Hudson, American baseball player[80]
Deaths (450 years ago today): 1575 - Richard Taverner, English translator (born 1505)
1601-1900
[edit] Deaths (0 years ago today): 2025 - Muhammadu Buhari, Nigerian Politician, 7th & 15th president of Nigeria (born 1942)
July 15

Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - Philip Carey, American actor (died 2009)
Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - Taylor Hardwick, American architect, designed Haydon Burns Library and Friendship Fountain Park (died 2014)
Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - D. A. Pennebaker, American documentary filmmaker (died 2019)
Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - Evan Hultman, American politician (died 2025)
Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - Antony Carbone, American actor (died 2020)
Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - Pandel Savic, American football player (died 2018)
Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - Cherry, American wrestler and manager
Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - Danny Law, English cricketer
Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - Ben Pepper, Australian basketball player
July 16

Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - Rosita Quintana, Argentine actress (died 2021)
Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - Cal Tjader, American jazz musician (died 1982)[55]
July 17

Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - Jimmy Scott, American singer and actor (died 2014)
Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - Mohammad Hasan Sharq, Afghan politician
Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - Andre Adams, New Zealand cricketer
Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - Elena Anaya, Spanish actress
Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - Darude, Finnish DJ and producer
Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - Loretta Harrop, Australian triathlete
Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - Konnie Huq, English television presenter[34]
Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - Terence Tao, Australian-American mathematician[35]
Deaths (300 years ago today): 1725 - Thomas King, English and British soldier, MP for Queenborough, lieutenant-governor of Sheerness (born before 1660?).[62]
Deaths (100 years ago today): 1925 - Lovis Corinth, German painter (born 1858)
Deaths (50 years ago today): 1975 - Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian author (born 1893)
July 18

Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - Shirley Strickland, Australian runner and hurdler (died 2004)
Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - Friedrich Zimmermann, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior (died 2012)
Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - Raymond Jones, Australian Modernist architect (died 2022)
Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - Windy McCall, American baseball relief pitcher (died 2015)
Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - Torii Hunter, American baseball player
Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - Daron Malakian, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - M.I.A., English rapper and producer[44]
Deaths (100 years ago today): 1925 - Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian cardinal (born 1840)
Deaths (50 years ago today): 1975 - Vaughn Bod?, American illustrator (born 1941)
Commemorations:
Nelson Mandela International Day
July 19

Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - Sue Thompson, American singer (died 2021)
Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - Luca Castellazzi, Italian footballer
Deaths (100 years ago today): 1925 - John Indermaur, British lawyer (born 1851)
Deaths (50 years ago today): 1975 - Lefty Frizzell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1928)
Deaths (50 years ago today): 1975 - John Alan Coey, American mercenary and medic in the Rhodesian Bush War[47]
July 20

Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - Frantz Fanon, French-Algerian psychiatrist and philosopher (died 1961)
Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - Ray Allen, American basketball player and actor
Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - Judy Greer, American actress and producer
Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - Erik Hagen, Norwegian footballer
Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - Birgitta Ohlsson, Swedish journalist and politician, 5th Swedish Minister for European Union Affairs
Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - Jason Raize, American singer and actor (died 2004)
Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - Yusuf ?im?ek, Turkish footballer and manager
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