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Amelia Earhart
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- Daring Female Adventurers
- Aviation Accident Victims
- Mysterious Deaths
Amelia Earhart
Pilot / 1897 - 1939
Amelia Earhart, the first female pilot to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, mysteriously disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937.
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William Faulkner
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- Imbibers
- Famous Libras
- Famous People Named William
William Faulkner
Author / 1897 - 1962
William Faulkner was a Nobel Prize-winning novelist of the American South, who wrote challenging prose and created the fictional Yoknapatawpha County. He is known for novels like Sartoris.
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Lucky Luciano
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- Infamous Mobsters
- Name Changers
- Famous Sagittarians
Lucky Luciano
Organized Crime Boss / 1897 - 1962
Lucky Luciano was an Italian-born American mobster best known for engineering the structure of modern organized crime in the United States.
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Marian Anderson
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- The Ed Sullivan Show Guests
- Famous Pisceans
- Famous Singers
Marian Anderson
Singer, Diplomat / 1897 - 1993
Marian Anderson was an African American singer, one of the finest contraltos of her time, and recipient of the Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement.
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Elijah Muhammad
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- Famous Libras
- Famous People Named Elijah
- Famous People Born in 1897
Elijah Muhammad
Religious Leader / 1897 - 1975
Elijah Muhammad rose from poverty to become the charismatic leader of the black nationalist group Nation of Islam, and mentor of Malcolm X and Louis Farrakhan.
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Dorothy Day
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- Famous Scorpios
- Famous Women's Rights Activists
- Famous Antiwar Activists
Dorothy Day
Women's Rights Activist, Anti-War Activist, Religious Leader, Editor, Journalist / 1897 - 1980
Dorothy Day was an activist who worked for such social causes as pacifism and women’s suffrage through the prism of the Catholic Church.
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