Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/July 9

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[edit] Births

• 1836 - Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1908)
• 1911 - Mervyn Peake, British writer and illustrator (d. 1968)
• 1932 - Donald Rumsfeld, 12th & 20th United States Secretary of Defense
• 1935 - Wim Duisenberg, Dutch economist and politician (d. 2005)
• 1937 - David Hockney, English artist
• 1946 - Bon Scott, Australian singer (AC/DC) (d. 1980)
• 1950 - Viktor Yanukovych, Prime Minister of Ukraine
• 1955 - Jimmy Smits, American actor
• 1956 - Tom Hanks, American actor
• 1956 - Marc Almond, British singer
• 1964 - Courtney Love, American musician
• 1976 - Shelton Benjamin, American professional wrestler

[edit] Deaths

• 1850 - Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States (b. 1784)
• 1967 - Fatima Jinnah, Prominent leader of Pakistan Movement and sister of Jinnah (b. 1893)
• 1974 - Earl Warren, (pictured) 14th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1891)

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