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George VI

Athlete · born December 14, 1895 · died 1952

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George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952.

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Milestones, by age

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  1. 24Became Duke of YorkJune 3, 1920
  2. 40Became emperorDecember 11, 1936
  3. 40Became Emperor of IndiaDecember 11, 1936

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Michael Owen
athlete

Michael Owen

Athlete

1979 · United Kingdom

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1996 · Brazil

Brazilian association football player (born 1996)

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Nikolay Basov
inventor

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Inventor

1922–2001 · Russia

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scientist

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US genetics scientist

1909–1975 · United States

Edward Lawrie Tatum was an American geneticist. He shared half of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1958 with George Beadle for showing that genes control individual steps in metabolism. The other half of that year's award went to Joshua Lederberg.

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actor

Patty Duke

Politician

1946–2016 · United States

Anna Marie Duke, known professionally as Patty Duke, was an American actress. Over the course of her acting career, Duke was the recipient of an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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