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Today's Anniversary – Monday, April 29


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Births

* 1979 Travis Meeks American musician, and is the lead singer and guitarist of Days of the New.
* 1970 Uma Thurman Iconic American film actress, starring in popular films such as Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill.
* 1960 Robert J. Sawyer Canadian science fiction writer, dubbed "the dean of Canadian science fiction" by the Ottawa Citizen in 1999.
* 1958 Michelle Pfeiffer American actress.
* 1957 Daniel Day-Lewis English actor with dual British and Irish citizenship.
* 1956 David C. Lane Religious scholar and professor of sociology and sociology.
* 1954 Jerry Seinfeld American actor, writer and comedian.
* 1952 David Icke Controversial English writer, and conspiracy theorist.
* 1943 Ruth Deech Barrister, academic, bioethicist and former Governor of the BBC.
* 1943 Ian Kershaw British historian, now based at the University of Sheffield.
* 1936 Antonio Llido Spanish Catholic priest and pedagogue who adopted socialist political ideals whilst a missionary in Chile.
* 1936 Zubin Mehta Indian conductor of western classical music.
* 1933 Willie Nelson American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist.
* 1929 Maurice Strong Canadian entrepreneur, environmentalist, and proponent of United Nations involvement in world affairs.
* 1901 Hirohito Emperor Sh?wa of Japan.
* 1879 Thomas Beecham British conductor.
* 1875 Rafael Sabatini Italian/British author of romance and adventure novels.
* 1863 Constantine P. Cavafy Greek poet who is often ranked among most important literary figures of the 20th century.
* 1854 Henri Poincare Generally known as Henri Poincarι, was one of France's greatest mathematicians and theoretical physicists, and a philosopher of science.
* 1848 Raja Ravi Varma Indian painter who achieved recognition for his depiction of scenes from the epics of the Mahabharata and Ramayana.

Deaths

† 2011 Joanna Russ American writer, academic and feminist.
† 2008 Albert Hofmann Swiss scientist best known for first synthesizing Lysergic acid diethylamide.
† 2006 John Kenneth Galbraith Canadian-American economist and author.
† 1980 Alfred Hitchcock British film director and producer, closely associated with the suspense thriller genre.
† 1951 Ludwig Wittgenstein Austrian-born philosopher who spent much of his life in England.
† 1945 Heinrich Muller Head of the Gestapo, the political police of Nazi Germany, and played a leading role in the planning and execution of the Holocaust.
† 1945 Achille Starace Prominent leader of Fascist Italy prior to and during World War II In 1931, his career reached its peak when he was made Secretary of the PNF.
† 1933 Constantine P. Cavafy Greek poet who is often ranked among most important literary figures of the 20th century.
† 1859 Dionysius Lardner Irish scientific writer who popularised science and technology, and edited the 133-volume Cabinet Cyclopedia.
† 1707 George Farquhar Irish dramatist.
† 1380 Catherine of Siena Dominican Tertiary of the Dominican Order.
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