In the year 1912, the Republic of China is established (Jan 1), RMS Titanic hits an iceberg (Apr 14), the Summer Olympics open in Stockholm, Sweden (May 5), Universal Pictures is founded in Los Angeles (Jun 8), the Meiji Era ends in Japan (Jul 30), Albania declares independence from the Ottoman Empire (Nov 28), the Nefertiti Bust is found in Amarna, Egypt (Dec 6) - and all these fine people were born:
1912-xxxx J. Owen Grundy* reporter/ historian/preservationist - Jersey City, NJ USA (1985/73)
1912-0101 Kim Philby* Soviet spy - Ambala, Punjab, British India (1988/76)
1912-0103 Armand Lohikoski* Finnish movie director/writer/to Finland at age 10 - Astoria, OR USA (2005/93)
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1912-0106 Danny Thomas* (b Amos Kairouz) actor/philanthropist/w Lebanese ancestry - Deerfield, MI USA (1991/79)
1912-0108 José Ferrer* actor/ film director/father of Miguel Ferrer - San Juan, Puerto Rico (1992/80)
1912-0110 Della H. Raney* nurse/the first African American nurse to report for duty in World War II/major in the Army Air Corps - Suffolk, VA USA (1987/75)
1912-0118 Daniel T. McCarty* politician/ Governor of Florida - Fort Pierce, FL USA (1953/41)
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1912-0128 Jackson Pollock* abstract expressionist - Cody, WY USA (1956/44)
1912-0130 Barbara W. Tuchman* historian/author - New York City, NY USA (1989/77)
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1912-0202 Millvina Dean* youngest passenger and survivor of the Titanic/cartographer - Branscombe, Devon, England (2009/97)
1912-0206 Eva Braun* Hitler’s wife - Munich, Bavaria, Germany (1945/33)
1912-0207 Roberta McCain* oil heiress/socialite/ centenarian - Muskogee, OK USA (2020/108)
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1912-0211 Reinhard Spitzy* Nazi official/diplomat/SS Hauptsturmführer - Graz, Austrian Empire (2010/98)
1912-0213 Natan Yavlinsky* nuclear physicist - Kharkiv, Russian Empire (1962/50)
1912-0214 Juan Pujol García* double agent against Nazi Germany - Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (1988/74)
1912-0220 Johnny Checketts* WW2 flying ace/aerial topdressing entrepreneur - Invercargill, New Zealand (2006/94)
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1912-0228 Gérard Blitz* entrepreneur/founder of _Club Med/_yogi - Antwerp, Belgium (1990/78)
1912-0228 Kullervo Kalske* police officer/actor - Lahti, GD of Finland (1977/64)
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1912-0305 David Langhorne Astor* newspaper publisher/editor/son of Waldorf Astor - London, England (2001/89)
1912-0305 Jack Marshall* politician/PM - Wellington, New Zealand (1988/76)
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1912-0313 Charles Schepens* pioneering ophthalmologist - Mouscron, Belgium (2006/94)
1912-0313 Kyllikki Väre* actress/mother of Esko Salminen - Vaasa, GD of Finland (1951/38)
1912-0316 Sven Hansson* cross-country skier (Vasaloppet) - Lima, Sweden (1971/59)
1912-0317 W. Haydon Burns* politician/ Governor of Florida - Chicago, IL USA (1987/75)
1912-0319 William Frankland* allergist/ immunologist - Battle, Sussex, England (2020/108)
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1912-0322 Karl Malden* actor - Chicago, IL USA (2009/97)
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1912-0325 Melita Norwood* (b Sirnis) civil servant/KGB spy/w Latvian father - Bournemouth, Dorset, England (2005/93)
1912-0327 James Callaghan* politician/PM - Portsmouth, England (2005/92)
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1912-0405 Carlos Guastavino* composer - Santa Fe Province, Argentina (2000/88)
1912-0408 Sonja Henie* figure skater/actress - Christiania, Norway (1969/57)
1912-0410 Roy Hofheinz* judge/ mayor/creator of the Houston Astrodome - Beaumont, TX USA (1982/70)
1912-0416 Catherine Scorsese* (b Cappa) actress/mother of Martin Scorsese - Providence, RI USA (1997/84)
1912-0417 Marta Eggerth* actress/ singer - Budapest, Austria-Hungary (2013/101)
1912-0417 Lilian Swann Saarinen* sculptor/ writer/ex-wife of Eero Saarinen - New York City, NY USA (1995/83)
1912-0419 Glenn T. Seaborg* chemist/N - Ishpeming, MI USA (1999/86)
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1912-0422 Kaneto Shindo* 新藤 兼人 film director/screenwriter/producer - Saeki, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan (2012/100)
1912-0426 A. E. van Vogt* science fiction author - Edenburg, MB Canada (2000/87)
1912-0427 Zohra Sehgal* dancer/ actress/choreographer - Saharanpur, British India (2014/102)
1912-0428 Odette Hallowes* French World War II heroine - Amiens, France (1995/82)
1912-0428 Sirkka Nieminen* (b Heinonen) once the oldest living Finn - GD of Finland (2023/110)
1912-0429 Richard Carlson* actor/ screenwriter/director - Albert Lea, MN USA (1977/65)
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1912-0501 Winthrop Rockefeller* politician/ philanthropist/son of John D. Rockefeller Jr. - New York City, NY USA (1973/60)
1912-0504 Elvi Sinervo* writer/translator - Helsinki, GD of Finland (1986/74)
1912-0508 Dagny Carlsson* (b Eriksson) seamstress/ centenarian blogger and influencer - Kristianstad, Sweden (2022/109)
1912-0511 Foster Brooks* actor/ comedian - Louisville, KY USA (2001/89)
1912-0518 Perry Como* singer/television personality - Canonsburg, PA USA (2001/88)
1912-0530 Julius Axelrod* biochemist/N - New York City, NY USA (2004/92)
1912-0603 Glen Dawson* mountaineer/ antiquarian bookseller/ environmentalist - USA (2016/103)
1912-0604 Robert Jacobsen* sculptor/ painter - Copenhagen, Denmark (1993/80)
1912-0605 Dean Amadon* ornithologist/an authority on birds of prey - Milwaukee, WI USA (2003/90)
1912-0612 Russell Hayden* (b Hayden Lucid) actor - Chico, CA USA (1981/68)
1912-0616 Olga Ivinskaya* poet/writer/partner of Boris Pasternak - Tambov, Russian Empire (1995/83)
1912-0623 Alan Turing* computer scientist/ mathematician/ cryptanalyst - Maida Vale, London, England (1954/41)
1912-0627 E. R. Braithwaite* novelist/teacher/diplomat - Georgetown, British Guyana (2016/104)
1912-0713 Armi Ratia* founder of Marimekko - Pälkjärvi, GD of Finland (1979/67)
1912-0714 Woody Guthrie* folk singer/ songwriter - Okemah, OK USA (1967/55)
1912-0717 Art Linkletter* radio and television host - Moose Jaw, SK Canada (2010/97)
1912-0731 Milton Friedman* economist/N - Brooklyn, NY USA (2006/94)
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1912-0804 Raoul Wallenberg* architect/ businessman/ humanitarian - Lidingö, Stockholm, Sweden (disappeared 1945/d1952)
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1912-0812 Max Dimont* Finnish-American historian/lecturer/to U.S. at age 16 - Helsinki, GD of Finland (1992/79)
1912-0813 Ben Hogan* golf player - Stephenville, TX USA (1997/84)
1912-0813 Salvador Luria* microbiologist/N - Turin, Italy (1991/)
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1912-0815 Julia Child* chef/author/television personality - Pasadena, CA USA (2004/91)
1912-0815 Lionel Matthews* posthumously awarded army officer - Adelaide, South Australia (1944/31)
1912-0816 Irja Rannikko* actress - Pori, GD of Finland (1986/73)
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1912-0821 Toe Blake* hockey player (NHL 100) - Victoria Mines, ON Canada (1995/82)
1912-0823 Gene Kelly* dancer/actor/singer - Pittsburgh, PA USA (1996/83)
1912-0825 Erich Honecker* politician - Neunkirchen, German Empire (1994/81)
1912-0826 Otto Thorbeck* German lawyer and Nazi SS judge in the Hauptamt SS-Gericht - Brieg, Silesia (1976/64)
1912-0830 Edward Mills Purcell* physicist/N - Taylorville, IL USA (1997/84)
1912-0830 Nancy Wake* nurse/journalist/French Resistance fighter - Wellington, New Zealand (2011/98)
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1912-0905 Frank Thomas* animator/pianist - Fresno, CA USA (2004/92)
1912-0907 David Packard* electrical engineer/co-founder of Hewlett-Packard - Pueblo, CO USA (1996/83)
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1912-0913 Reta Shaw* actress - South Paris, ME USA (1982/69)
1912-0919 Michael Wright* architect - Hong Kong (2018/105)
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1912-0921 Chuck Jones* filmmaker/cartoonist - Spokane, WA USA (2002/89)
1912-0929 Lukas Ammann* actor - Basel, Switzerland (2017/104)
1912-0929 Michelangelo Antonioni* film director/ painter/ author - Ferrara, Kingdom of Italy (2007/94)
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1912-1007 Fernando Belaúnde* politician/P - Lima, Peru (2002/89)
1912-1017 Pope John Paul I* the 263rd Pope- Belluno, Veneto, Kingdom of Italy (1978/65)
1912-1026 Don Siegel* film director/producer - Chicago, IL USA (1991/78)
1912-1110 Kerttu Nuorteva* Soviet spy/w Finnish background - Astoria, OR USA (1963/50)
1912-1111 Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr.* painter/ musician/father of Muhammad Ali - Jefferson County, KY USA (1990/77)
1912-1129 Viola Smith* (b Schmitz) drummer - Mount Calvary, WI USA (2020/107)
1912-1209 Tip O’Neill* politician/house speaker - Cambridge, MA USA (1994/81)
1912-1209 Tuttu Tarkiainen* political scientist/son of Maria Jotuni - Helsinki, GD of Finland (1969/)
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1912-1211 Carlo Ponti* film producer - Magenta, Lombardy, Italy (2007/94)
1912-1214 Alfred Lennon* amateur musician/ father of John Lennon - Liverpool, Lancashire, England (1976/63)
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