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Quincy Jones

Across more than seven decades of musical innovation, Quincy Jones has shaped the sound of the modern world. Composer, arranger,…

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Isabella I of Castille

Isabella I of Castile was born on 22 April 1451 in Madrigal de las Altas Torres, in the Kingdom of…

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Natalie Wood

Natalie Wood was born Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko on 20 July 1938 in San Francisco, California, United States. She became one…

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Catherine the Great

Catherine the Great, born Sophia Augusta Frederica von Anhalt-Zerbst on May 2nd, 1729, in Stettin, Prussia (now Szczecin, Poland), was…

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George Grenville

George Grenville, born on 14 October 1712 in Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire, was a prominent British statesman and Prime Minister known…

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Thomas Pelham-Holles

Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, was a central figure in 18th-century British politics, wielding significant influence during a period…

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John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, often called JFK, was born on 29 May 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts, to a wealthy and politically…

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Born 12 June 1924: George H. W. Bush

Today marks the birthday of American politician and diplomat George Herbert Walker Bush, who was born on June 12th, 1924.…

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Born 29 May 1917: John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, often referred to as JFK, was born on May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts. The second-youngest person…

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Born 27 May 1923: Henry Kissinger

Henry Alfred Kissinger, a German-born American diplomat and political scientist, was pivotal in shaping US foreign policy during the Cold…

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Born 21 May 1960 – Jeffrey Dahmer

Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer, also known as the “Milwaukee Cannibal” or the “Milwaukee Monster”, was a notorious American serial killer and…

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Freddie Mercury

“I won’t be a rock star. I will be a legend.” – Freddie Mercury Farrokh Bulsara, known to everyone in…

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Oscar Wilde

“There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” –…

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Ada Lovelace

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Johannes Kepler

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Clark Gable

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