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Berra, Yogi, 1925-2015

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Born: May 12, 1925
  • Wikipedia, Sept. 30, 2013
    (Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra; born May 12, 1925 in St. Louis; Major League Baseball catcher, outfielder, and manager. He played almost his entire 19-year baseball career (1946-1965) for the New York Yankees. Berra is one of only four players to be named the Most Valuable Player of the American League three times and is one of seven managers to lead both American and National League teams to the World Series. As a player, coach, or manager, Berra appeared in 21 World Series. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972. His son Dale Berra played shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees, and Houston Astros, and his son Tim Berra played pro football for the Baltimore Colts in 1974)
  • National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum website, 27 September 2015:
    Yogi Berra entry (Lawrence Peter Berra; born May 12, 1925, St. Louis, Missouri; died Sept. 22, 2015, Montclair, New Jersey, aged 90; elected to the Hall of Fame by Baseball Writers in 1972)

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New York Yankees (Baseball team)

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Baseball ; Catchers (Baseball) ; Baseball players ; Authors
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Blank, Allan, 1925-2013

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Born: December 27, 1925

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Music ; Composers ; Violinists

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Buckley, William F., Jr., 1925-2008

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Born: November 24, 1925
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    (William F. Bucklely; William Frank Buckley, Jr.; born November 24, 1925 in New York City; died February 27, 2008 in Stamford, Conn.; author and commentator. He founded the political magazine National Review in 1955, which had a major impact in stimulating the conservative movement. He hosted 1,429 episodes of the television show Firing Line from 1966 until 1999, where he became known for his transatlantic accent and wide vocabulary. He also wrote a nationally syndicated newspaper column, and wrote numerous spy novels)

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Conservatism ; Authors ; Television journalists ; Political commentators
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Cohen, Geulah, 1925-2019

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Born: December 27, 1925

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Curtis, Tony, 1925-2010

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Born: June 03, 1925

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actor ; painter
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Davis, Sammy, Jr., 1925-1990

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Born: December 08, 1925
  • Wikipedia, June 16, 2022:
    (Sammy Davis Jr.; Samuel George Davis Jr.; born December 8, 1925, died May 16, 1990; an American singer, dancer, actor, comedian, film producer and television director )

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Singers ; Dancers ; Actors ; Comedians ; Motion picture producers and directors
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DeHaven, Gloria, 1925-

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Born: July 23, 1925

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Musical films ; Actors ; Singers ; Dancers

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Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich, 1925-2012

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Born: May 28, 1925

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Vocal music ; Baritones (Singers)
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Frank, Claude, 1925-2014

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Born: December 24, 1925

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Pianists ; Piano teachers

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Gilroy, Frank D. (Frank Daniel), 1925-2015

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Born: October 13, 1925

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Dramatists ; Television writers ; Screenwriters ; Novelists ; Motion picture producers and directors
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Hentoff, Nat, 1925-2017

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Born: June 10, 1925

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Authors, American
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Hunt, Lois, 1925-2009

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Jastrow, Robert, 1925-2008

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Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968

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Born: November 20, 1925

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Harvard University ; University of Virginia. School of Law ; United States. Department of Justice. Criminal Division ; United States. Department of Justice. Office of the Attorney General ; United States. Congress. Senate ; Democratic Party (U.S.)

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Legislators ; Attorneys general ; Politicians

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Koch, Kenneth, 1925-2002

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Born: February 27, 1925

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Leonard, Elmore, 1925-2013

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Born: October 11, 1925

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Detective and mystery stories ; Detective and mystery fiction ; Novels ; Novelists
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Lowenthal, John, 1925-2003

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Mayer, William, 1925-2017

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Born: November 18, 1925

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Composers

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Menashe, Samuel, 1925-2011

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Mishima, Yukio, 1925-1970

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Born: January 14, 1925

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Novels ; Drama ; Essays ; Authors ; Writers ; Playwrights ; Dramatists ; Novelists ; Essayists ; Actors
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Moore, Robin, 1925-2008

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Born: October 31, 1925

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Munsel, Patrice, 1925-2016

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Born: May 14, 1925

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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

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Music ; Sopranos (Singers)
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Newman, Paul, 1925-2008

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Born: January 26, 1925

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Acting ; Motion pictures--Production and direction ; Actors ; Motion picture producers and directors ; Actors ; Motion picture directors
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Ohrenstein, Manfred, 1925-

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Parker, Alice, 1925-

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Born: December 16, 1925

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Music ; Composers ; Conductors (Music) ; Arrangers (Musicians) ; Music teachers

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Porter, Stephen, 1925-2013

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Born: July 24, 1925

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Theater--Production and direction ; Theatrical director

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Reid, Ogden R. (Ogden Rogers), 1925-

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Born: June 24, 1925

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United States. Army ; United States. Army Reserve ; New York Herald Tribune (Firm) ; Panama Canal Company ; United States. Embassy (Israel) ; New York (State). State Commission for Human Rights ; Hampton Institute ; Columbia University. School of International Affairs ; National Institute of Social Sciences (U.S.) ; Atlantic Council of the United States ; United States. Congress. House ; Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) ; Democratic Party (U.S.) ; New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation

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Newspaper editors ; Ambassadors ; Legislators--United States
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Rivers, Larry, 1925-2002

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Painters ; Sculptors ; Saxophonists ; Jazz musicians ; Authors ; Poets ; Teachers ; Actors ; Motion picture producers and directors
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Rowan, Carl T. (Carl Thomas), 1925-2000

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Born: August 11, 1925

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Tennessee State University ; United States. Navy ; University of Minnesota ; Sidney Hillman Foundation ; United States Information Agency ; Gridiron Club (Washington, D.C.)

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Officials and employees ; Diplomats ; Journalists ; Essayists
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Silberman, Charles E., 1925-2011

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Born: January 31, 1925

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Journalism ; Journalists

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Slenczynska, Ruth, 1925-

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Born: January 25, 1925

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Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002

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Born: April 14, 1925

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Acting ; Actors
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Strehler, Bernard L. (Bernard Louis), 1925-

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Telli, Diallo, 1925-1977

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French West Africa. Haut Commissariat ; French West Africa. Secrétariat général ; United Nations ; Organization of African Unity ; Guinea. Ministère de la justice

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Judges ; Diplomats ; Ambassadors ; Politicians

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Tinguely, Jean, 1925-1991

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Born: May 22, 1925

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Sculpture ; Painting ; Sculptors ; Painters
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Tormé, Mel, 1925-1999

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Born: September 13, 1925

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Singers ; Composers ; Lyricists ; Authors ; Actors
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Turkel, Stanley, 1925-

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Born: September 02, 1925

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Hospitality industry ; Hotelkeepers ; Historians

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Vidal, Gore, 1925-

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Born: October 03, 1925

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Novelists ; Essayists ; Dramatists ; Critics
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X, Malcolm, 1925-1965

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Born: May 19, 1925

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Nation of Islam (Chicago, Ill.) ; Organization of Afro-American Unity ; (naf) Muslim Mosque, Inc. ; Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party ; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) ; Massachusetts Reformatory (Concord, Mass.)

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Black Muslims ; Muslims--United States ; Black nationalism ; Civil rights workers ; Imams (Mosque officers)
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Yurick, Sol, 1925-2013

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Born: January 18, 1925

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Novelist

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