Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/July 16

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[edit] Births

• 1796 - Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, French painter (d. 1875)
• 1821 - Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader (d. 1910)
• 1872 - Roald Amundsen (pictured), Norwegian explorer (d. 1928)
• 1889 - Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player (d. 1951)
• 1907 - Barbara Stanwyck, American actress (d. 1990)
• 1915 - Barnard Hughes, American actor (d. 2006)
• 1942 - Margaret Court, Australian tennis player
• 1963 - Fatboy Slim, English musician
• 1964 - Miguel Induráin, Spanish cyclist
• 1967 - Will Ferrell, American comedian
• 1971 - Corey Feldman, American actor

[edit] Deaths

• 1995 - Stephen Spender, British poet (b. 1909)
• 2003 - Celia Cruz, Cuban musician (b. 1924)
• 2003 - Carol Shields, Canadian author (b. 1935)

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