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Notable Births

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Comte de Lautréamont

Comte de Lautréamont

1846 – 1870

Uruguayan born French poet, Isidore Ducasse (1846-1870)

poetwriterUruguay
Isoroku Yamamoto

Isoroku Yamamoto

1884 – 1943

Japanese Marshal Admiral (1884–1943)

military officerJapan

Paulo Muwanga

1924 – 1991

Ugandan politician (1924–1991)

diplomatpoliticianUganda
Andrei Tarkovsky

Andrei Tarkovsky

1932 – 1986

Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, film editor, film theorist, theatre and opera director (1932–1986)

film screenwriterfilm actorItaly

On This Day

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1933

USS Akron — helium-filled rigid airship of the U.S. Navy

1960

32nd Academy Awards — award ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for achievement in filmmaking in 1959

1968

assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. — 1968 murder in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S

2004

2004 Bahrain Grand Prix — motor car race

Featured Figures

Mahathir Mohamad

Mahathir Mohamad

1925 – Present

Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003 and 2018 to 2020

autobiographerhead of governmentMalaysia
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

1945 – Present

President of the Federative Republic of Brazil from 2003 to 2011 and since 2023

turnertrade unionistBrazil
Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan

1961 – Present

President of the United Arab Emirates

politicianUnited Arab Emirates
Fulgencio Batista

Fulgencio Batista

1901 – 1973

President of Cuba, 1940–1944; dictator, 1952-1959 (1901-1973)

politicianmilitary personnelCuba

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