Gertrude Stein – the American art collector and Paris salon host – died at the age of 72 on this day – July 27, 1946 – in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
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Gertrude Stein died
Fei-Fei Li was born
on this day in 1976
Fei-Fei Li – the Chinese-born American computer scientist best known for establishing ImageNet, the dataset that enabled rapid advances in computer vision – was born on this day – July 3, 1976 in Beijing, China.
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Gertrude Stein was born
on this day in 1874
Gertrude Stein – the American writer and art collector – was born on this day – February 3, 1874 – in Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
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Annie Jacobsen was born
on this day in 1967
Annie Jacobsen — the American writer — was born on June 28, 1967 in Middletown, Connecticut.
She is the author of a number of aclaimed books including Operation Paperclip, Area 51, The Pentagon’s Brain, and Nuclear War: A Scenario.
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Xi Jinping was born
on this day in 1953
Chinese President Xi Jinping was born in Beijing on June 15, 1953.
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Marie Gluesenkamp Perez was born
on this day in 1988
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez — who represents Washington State’s 3rd district in the United States Congress — was born on this day — June 4, 1988 — in Harris County, Texas.
Representative Gluesenkamp Perez attended both Warren Wilson College and Reed College – where she earned a degree in Economics. She lives in Skamania County, Washington.
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Philip Kotler was born
on this day in 1931
Philip Kotler – the American marketing professor and textbook author – was born on this day – May 27, 1930 – in Chicago, Illinois.
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Alexander Pushkin was born
on this day in 1799
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin – the Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era – was born on this day – May 26, 1799 – in Moscow.
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Jasper Johns was born
on this day in 1930
Jasper Johns – the American painter whose work is associated with abstract expressionism, Neo-Dada, and pop art – was born on this day – May 15, 1930 – in Augusta, Georgia.
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Oliver Cromwell was born
on this day in 1599
Oliver Cromwell – the English statesman, politician and soldier – was born on this day – April 25, 1599 – in Huntingdon – in what has then the Kingdom of England.
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