In the year 1925, Benito Mussolini makes his pivotal speech in Italy (Jan 3), the first issue of The New Yorker appears (Feb 21), the Chrysler Corporation is founded by Walter Chrysler (Jun 6), Adolf Hitler publishes Volume I of Mein Kampf (Jul 18), the Ku Klux Klan parades in Washington D.C. (Aug 8), Mount Rushmore National Memorial is dedicated in South Dakota (Oct 1), the first London double-deckers are introduced (Oct 2) - and all these fine people were born:
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1925-0104 Veikko Hakulinen* cross-country skier/OG - Finland (2003/78)
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1925-0107 Gerald Durrell* British naturalist/conservationist/television presenter - Jamshedpur, British India (1995/70)
1925-0109 Lee Van Cleef* actor - Somerville, NJ USA (1989/64)
1925-0112 Katherine MacGregor* actress/comedian - Glendale, CA USA (2018/93)
1925-0113 Rosemary Murphy* American actress/to U.S. at age 14 - Munich, Germany (2014/89)
1925-0119 Nina Bawden* (b Mabey) novelist/ children’s writer- Ilford, Essex, England (2012/87)
1925-0121 Tommi Rinne* actor - Oulu, Finland (1999/74)
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1925-0124 Maria Tallchief* Native American ballerina/Osage Tribe member - Fairfax, OK USA (2013/88)
1925-0125 Helena Korpela** - Helsinki, Finland (1981/55)
1925-0125 Kakarla Subba Rao* radiologist - Krishna District, Madras, British India (2021/96)
1925-0126 Paul Newman* actor - Shaker Heights, OH USA (2008/83)
1925-0127 Ady Steg* holocaust survivor/urologist - Staré, First Czechoslovak Republic (2021/96)
1925-0130 Dorothy Malone* actress - Chicago, IL USA (2018/93)
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1925-0201 Lucille Eichengreen* (b Landau) holocaust survivor/ insurance agent - Hamburg, Germany (2020/95)
1925-0201 Gus Stavros* entrepreneur/ businessman/philanthropist - NJ USA (2022/97)
1925-0203 John Fiedler* actor/ voice actor - Platteville, WI USA (2005/80)
1925-0204 Jutta Hipp* jazz pianist/composer/clothing factory worker in the U.S. - Leipzig, Weimar Republic (2003/78)
1925-0208 Jack Lemmon* actor - Newton, MA USA (2001/76)
1925-0212 Joyce Selznick* talent agent/casting director/niece of David O. Selznick - Pittsburgh, PA USA (1981/56)
1925-0215 Angella D. Ferguson* pediatrician/ groundbreaking research on sickle cell disease - Washington, D.C. USA *****
1925-0215 Esther Takei Nishio* incarcerated as Japanese American during World War II/secretary - Los Angeles, CA USA (2019/94)
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1925-0217 Hal Holbrook* actor/director/ writer - Cleveland, OH USA (2021/95)
1925-0217 Shoichiro Toyoda* 豊田 章一郞 business executive (Toyota Motor Corporation)/son of the Toyota Motors founder Kiichiro Toyoda- Nagoya, Empire of Japan (2023/97)
1925-0218 Krishna Sobti* fiction writer/ essayist - Gujrat, Punjab, British India (2019/93)
1925-0220 Robert Altman* film director - Kansas City, MO USA (2006/81)
1925-0221 Sam Peckingpah* film director - Fresno, CA USA (1984/59)
1925-0222 Kay Bullitt* (b Muller) education reformer/civil rights activist/ philanthropist - Boston, MA USA (2021/96)
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1925-0301 Bélgica “Dede” Mirabel Reyes* homemaker/businesswoman – Salcedo, Dominican Republic (2014/88)
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1925-0307 Willigis Jäger* Benedictine friar/ mystic/Zen master - Hösbach, Bayern, Germany (2020/95)
1925-0308 Dennis Lotis* South African-British singer/actor/entertainer - Johannesburg, South Africa (2023/97)
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1925-0311 Margaret Oakley Dayhoff* physical chemist - Philadelphia, PA USA (1983/57)
1925-0312 Leo Esaki* (b Reona Esaki) 江崎 玲於奈 physicist/N - Takaida-mura, Osaka, Japan****
1925-0315 Jaakko Jahnukainen* jazz musician/ television personality (Levyraati) - Helsinki, Finland (1980/55)
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1925-0321 Peter Brook* theater and film director - Chiswick, England (2022/97)
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1925-0326 Pierre Boulez* composer/ conductor/founder of musical institutions - Montbrison, France (2016/90)
1925-0331 Nipper Read* police officer /boxing administrator - Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England (2020/95)
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1925-0402 Hans Rosenthal* radio and television host - Berlin, Germany (1987/61)
1925-0403 Tony Benn* politician/ writer/diarist - Marylebone, London, England (2014/88)
1925-0406 Paul Ritter* Australian architect/ town planner/artist - Prague, Czech Republic (2010/85)
1925-0409 Virginia Gibson* dancer/ singer/actress - St. Louis, MO USA (2013/88)
1925-0409 Linda Goodman* (b Kemery) astrologer/ palmist/poet - Morgantown, WV USA (1995/70)
1925-0409 Frank J. Shakespeare* media executive/diplomat - New York City, NY USA (2022/97)
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1925-0411 Erik Söderlund* race walker - Stockholm, Sweden (2009/84)
1925-0414 Rod Steiger* actor - Westhampton, NY USA (2002/77)
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1925-0423 Brenda Cowling* actress - Islington, London, England (2010/85)
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1925-0428 Bruce Kirby* (b Bruno Quidaciolu) actor/father of Bruno Kirby - New York City, NY USA (2021/95)
1925-0429 John Compton* Saint Lucian politician/PM - Canouan, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2007/82)
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1925-0502 Gray Barker* writer of paranormal phenomena - Riffle, WV USA (1984/59)
1925-0502 Kyllikki Forssell* actress - Helsinki, Finland (2019/94)
1925-0502 Inga Gill* actress - Stockholm, Sweden (2000/75)
1925-0502 Yrjö Arvid Kivi** - Helsinki, Finland (19xx/)
1925-0505 Charles Spencer Chaplin III* actor/son of Charlie Chaplin - Beverly Hills, CA USA (1968/42)
1925-0505 Leo Ryan* teacher/ politician/Jonestown massacre victim - Lincoln, NE USA (1978/53)
1925-0512 Yogi Berra* baseball player/ manager - St. Louis, MO USA (2015/90)
1925-0514 Oona O’Neill* actress/wife of Charlie Chaplin - Warwick Parish, Bermuda (1991/66)
1925-0514 Reidar Särestöniemi* (b Kaukonen) painter - Kittilä, Finland (1981/56)
1925-0515 Bert Bolin* meteorologist/one of the founders of IPCC - Nyköping, Sweden (2007/82)
1925-0516 Hannes Hegen* illustrator/ caricaturist - Böhmisch Kamnitz, Germany (2014/89)
1925-0519 Malxolm X* minister/human rights activist - Omaha, NE USA (1965/39)
1925-0521 Olof Thunberg* actor/director - Västerås, Sweden (2020/94)
1925-0524 Mai Zetterling* actress/director - Västerås, Sweden (1994/68)
1925-0603 Tony Curtis* actor - Manhattan, NY USA (2010/85)
1925-0605 Bill Hayes* actor (Days of Our Lives) - Harvey, IL USA (2024/98)
1925-0606 Andrew Mlangeni* South African political activist - Bethlehem, Orange Free State (2020/95)
1925-0608 Barbara Bush* First Lady - New York, NY USA (2018/92)
1925-0614 Pierre Salinger* journalist/ author/politician - San Francisco, CA USA (2004/79)
1925-0615 Richard Baker* BBC broadcaster - Willesden, Middlesex, England (2018/93 )
1925-0617 Sonny Fox* television host (Wonderama)/broadcaster - Brooklyn, NY USA (2021/95)
1925-0620 Audie Murphy* soldier/actor - Kingston, TX USA (1971/45)
1925-0627 Wayne Terwilliger* baseball player/coach/manager - Clare, MI USA (2021/95)
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1925-0702 Patrice Lumumba* politician/ PM - Katakokombe, Belgian Congo (1961/35)
1925-0706 Merv Griffin* television host/ media mogul - San Mateo, CA USA (2007/82)
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1925-0715 Edward Pain* rower - Thirroul, Australia (2000/74)
1925-0716 Betty Lou Oliver* lucky survivor of elevator crash at Empire State Building - Arkansas USA (1999/74) Find A Grave - History Collection
1925-0718 Ernesto Illy* food chemist/businessman (Illycaffè S.p.A. coffee manufacturer) - Trieste, Italy (2008/82)
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1925-0723 Gloria DeHaven* actress/singer - Los Angeles, CA USA (2016/91)
1925-0725 Jutta Zilliacus* journalist/author/MP - Helsinki, Finland
1925-0729 Ted Lindsay* hockey player (NHL 100)/coach/GM/co-founder of the NHLPA - Renfrew, ON Canada (2019/93)
1925-0729 Mikis Theodorakis* songwriter/ composer - Chios, Greece (2021/96)
1925-0730 Stan Stennett* comedian/ actor/jazz musician - Pencoed, Bridgend, Wales (2013/88)
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1925-0803 Billy James Hargis* Christian evangelist /radio broadcaster - USA (2004/79)
1925-0806 Barbara Bates* singer/actress (All About Eve) - Denver, CO USA (1969/43)
1925-0807 Art Laboe* (b Egnoian) radio host/record producer/radio station owner - Murray, UT USA (2022/97)
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1925-0809 Olavi Rokka* Finnish modern pentathlete/ lawyer - Viborg, Karelia, Russia, Soviet Union (2011/86)
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1925-0811 Arlene Dahl* actress/ entrepreneur/astrologer/mother of Lorenzo Lamas - Minneapolis, MN USA (1921/96)
1925-0814 Russell Baker* journalist/ narrator/writer - Loudoun County, VA USA (2019/93)
1925-0815 Mike “Touch” Connors* (b Krekor Ohanian Jr.) actor/w Armenian ancestry - Fresno, CA USA (2017/91)
1925-0815 Gerald D. Hines* real estate developer - Gary, IN USA (2020/95)
1925-0815 Leonie Ossowski* (b Jolanthe von Brandenstein) writer - Röhrsdorf, Weimar Germany (2019/93)
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1925-0822 Honor Blackman* actress - Plaistow, Essex, England (2020/94)
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1925-0901
1925-0907 Laura Ashley* fashion designer/businesswoman - Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales (1985/60)
1925-0908 Peter Sellers* actor/comedian - England (1980/55)
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1925-0912 Bengt Feldreich* radio and TV journalist/ television presenter - Stockholm, Sweden (2019/94)
1925-0913 Namboothiri* painter/ sculptor - Ponnani, British India (2023/97)
1925-0916 Christian Cabrol* cardiac surgeon - Chézy-sur-Marne, France (2017/91)
1925-0916 B. B. King* blues singer/ guitarist/producer - Itta Bena, MS USA (2015/89)
1925-0916 Morgan Woodward* actor - Fort Worth, TX USA (2019/93)
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1925-0923 George Laurer* computer engineer/developer of the Universal Product Code - Manhattan, NY USA (2019/94)
1925-0927 Robert Edwards* physiologist/ pioneer in reproductive medicine/N - Batley, England (2013/87)
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1925-1003 Simone Segouin* French Resistance fighter/pediatric nurse - Thivars, France (2023/97)
1925-1003 Gore Vidal* writer - West Point, NY USA (2012/86)
1925-1003 George Wein* pianist/ jazz promoter/producer - Lynn, MA USA (2021/95)
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1925-1005 Emiliano Aguirre* paleontologist - Ferrol, Spain (2021/96)
1925-1005 Herbert Kretzmer* journalist/lyricist (the musical Les Misérables) - Kroonstad, Orange Free State, Union of South Africa (2020/95)
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1925-1012 Charles Gordone* actor/director/ educator - Cleveland, OH USA (1995/70)
1925-1013 Lenny Bruce* stand-up comedian - Mineola, NY USA (1966/40)
1925-1013 Armand Mouyal* French epee fencer/OB - Oran, French Algeria (1988/62)
1925-1013 Margaret Thatcher* politician - Grantham, Lincolnshire, England (2013/87)
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1925-1015 Margareta Krook* actress - Stockholm, Sweden (2001/75)
1925-1015 Ted Lerner* real estate developer/owner of the Washington Nationals - Washington D.C. USA (2023/97)
1925-1016 Daniel J. Evans* engineer/ politician/governor - Seattle, WA USA (2024/98)
1925-1016 Angela Lansbury* actress - Regent’s Park, London, England (2022/96)
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1925-1021 Virginia Zeani* opera singer/teacher/to U.S. at age 55 - Solovăstru, Romania (2023/97)
1925-1023 Johnny Carson* writer/television host (The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson) - Corning, IA USA (2005/79)
1925-1024 Helena Anhava* (b Pohjanpää) poet/ author/translator - Helsinki, Finland (2018/93)
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1925-1031 John Pople* theoretical chemist/N - Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England (2004/78)
1925-1104 Kjerstin Dellert* opera singer/ theater manager - Stockholm, Sweden (2018/92)
1925-1110 Richard Burton* actor - Pontrhydyfen, Wales (1984/58)
1925-1111 H. Jack Geiger* physician/civil rights activist - Manhattan, NY USA (2020/95)
1925-1111 June Whitfield* actress - Streatham, London, England (2018/93)
1925-1112 Toivo Hyytiäinen* athlete (javelin)/OB - Saarijärvi, Finland (1978/52)
1925-1117 Rock Hudson* actor - Winnetka, IL USA (1985/59)
1925-1120 Robert F. Kennedy* politician - Brookline, MA USA (1968/42)
1925-1122 Jerrie Mock* pioneering aviator - Newark, OH USA (2014/88)
1925-1123 Johnny Mandel* composer - Manhattan, NY USA (2020/94)
1925-1124 William F. Buckley Jr* - New York, NY USA (2008/82)
1925-1124 Simon van der Meer* physicist/N - The Hague, Netherlands (2011/85)
1925-1130 Bill Gates Sr.* attorney/ philanthropist/father of Bill Gates - Bremerton, WA USA (2020/94)
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1925-1202 **Julie **Harris* actress - Grosse Pointe, MI USA (2013/87)
1925-1204 Lino Lacedelli* mountaineer - Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy (2009/83)
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1925-1208 Sammy Davis Jr.* actor/ singer/ dancer - Harlem, NY USA (1990/64)
1925-1212 Ted Kennedy* hockey player (NHL 100)/horse breeder - Port Colborne, ON Canada (2009/83)
1925-1213 John Ehle* writer/“the father of Appalachian literature” - Asheville, NC USA (2018/92)
1925-1213 Dick Van Dyke* actor/singer/ dancer - West Plains, MO USA *******
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1925-1224 Brynolf Wendt* politician/ television host - Gothenburg, Sweden (2018/92)
1925-1225 Geulah Cohen* politician/activist - Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine (2019/93)
1925-1225 Jürgen Roland* film director/the “father of German TV crime shows” - Hamburg, Weimar Republic (2007/81)
1925-1230 Lorna Kesterson* journalist/ newspaper editor/politician - St. George, UT USA (2012/86)
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