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Today's Anniversary – Monday, May 25


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Births

* 1979 Brian Urlacher American football player for the Chicago Bears.
* 1975 Lauryn Hill Musician, poet, and activist.
* 1974 Frank Klepacki Renowned video game music composer working for for Petroglyph games.
* 1958 Paul Weller English singer-songwriter.
* 1952 Gordon Smith United States Senator from Oregon.
* 1923 Karl Hess American libertarian and speechwriter for Barry Goldwater.
* 1921 Hal David American lyricist and songwriter.
* 1921 Jack Steinberger German-American physicist currently residing near Geneva, Switzerland.
* 1908 Theodore Roethke American poet who published several volumes of poetry characterized by their rhythm and natural imagery.
* 1897 Gene Tunney Heavyweight boxing champion from 1926-28 who defeated Jack Dempsey twice, first in 1926 and then in 1927.
* 1895 Dorothea Lange Influential American documentary photographer and photojournalist best known for her Depression-era work.
* 1886 Philip Murray Scottish born steelworker and an American labor leader.
* 1879 1st Baron Beaverbrook Canadian – British business tycoon, politician, and writer.
* 1845 Hermann Laroche Russian banker, critic of classical music and composer who was renowned throughout Moscow.
* 1835 Henry Codman Potter United States Protestant Episcopal bishop, the son of Bishop Alonzo Potter, was born in Schenectady, New York.
* 1803 Ralph Waldo Emerson American philosopher, essayist, and poet.
* 1803 Edward Bulwer-Lytton English novelist, playwright, and politician.

Deaths

† 2005 Ismail Merchant Indian-born film producer; co-founder of Merchant Ivory Productions.
† 1954 Robert Capa Photojournalist.
† 1948 Witold Pilecki Polish cavalry captain, the founder of a WWII resistance movement Secret Polish Army, who deliberately let himself get caught and imprisoned in Auschwitz in order to organize resistance there.
† 1934 Gustav Holst English composer and music teacher.
† 1924 Lyubov Popova Russian avant-garde Cubist, Suprematist and Constructivist painter and designer.
† 1805 William Paley British Christian apologist, philosopher, and utilitarian.
† 1693 Madame de La Fayette French writer, the author of La Princesse de Cl?ves, France's first historical novel and one of the earliest novels in literature.
† 1681 Pedro Calderon de la Barca Spanish dramatist and poet.
† 1085 Gregory VII (Pope) Born Hildebrand of Sovana, was Pope from April 22, 1073, until his death.
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