Considered one of the greatest drummers of all time, Ginger Baker played with the bands Cream and Blind Faith. He is known for using two bass drums in his kit.
1939-
Jeanne Bécu, Countess Du Barry, mistress to French King Louis XV, asserted her influence on the court throughout his reign and was later executed for treason.
1743-1793
With her trademark suits and little black dresses, fashion designer Coco Chanel created timeless designs that are still popular today.
1883-1971
Bill Clinton was the 42nd president of the United States, and the second to be impeached. He oversaw the country's longest peacetime economic expansion.
1946-
John Deacon is a bassist and songwriter who played with the band Queen. He penned the hits "You're My Best Friend" and "Another One Bites the Dust."
1951-
Joseph Di Mambro and Luc Jouret formed the Order of the Solar Temple and allegedly set fire to Swiss OST buildings, killing themselves and 46 others.
1924-1994
Philo T. Farnsworth was an American inventor best known as a pioneer of television technology.
1906-1971
Publisher Malcolm Forbes was the son of B.C. Forbes, who founded Forbes magazine. Malcolm Forbes eventually worked his way up to becoming company president.
1919-1990
Photographer and activist Tipper Gore, wife of Vice President Al Gore, co-founded the Parents' Music Resource Center, and was Clinton’s mental health advisor.
1948-
Film actor. William Marshall was an actor best known for his lead role in the legendary blaxploitation film Blacula.
1924-2003
Pulitzer Prize winning author Frank McCourt wrote the biography Angela’s Ashes after retiring from teaching for 30 years in New York City.
1930-2009
1902-1971
1969-
Manuel Quezon was leader of the Filipino independence movement and first president of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1935.
1878-1944
American writer and producer Gene Rodenberry created the immensely influential Star Trek television series in the 1960s.
1921-1991
Actress Kyra Sedgwick's career took a new turn when she was cast as the lead in the TNT crime drama The Closer, which premiered in 2005.
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1963-
Reeva Steenkamp was a South African model and television personality who was shot and killed on February 14, 2013, by her boyfriend, paralympian and Olympian Oscar Pistorius.
1983-2013
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1966-
Orville Wright is best known for inventing the airplane with his brother, Wilbur.
1871-1948