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Thurgood Marshall
Featured Biography Thurgood Marshall

Thurgood Marshall, born this day in Baltimore in 1908, greatly influenced civil rights legislation in the United States, first as a lawyer and chief counsel for the NAACP and then as the first African American member of the U.S. Supreme Court.

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c.1435 — July 2, 1504
Stephen
Stephen was the voivod (prince) of Moldavia (1457–1504), who won renown...
Manuel II
November 15, 1889 — July 2, 1932
Manuel II
Manuel II was the king of Portugal from 1908 to 1910, when the republic...
Gluck
July 2, 1714 — November 15, 1787
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Christoph Willibald Gluck was a German classical composer, best known...
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May 26, 1883 — July 2, 1931
Peter Kürten
Peter Kürten was a German serial killer whose widely analyzed career...
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c.876 — July 2, 936
Henry I
Henry I was a German king and founder of the Saxon dynasty (918–1024)...
Kenneth Clarke, 2005.
July 2, 1940 —
Kenneth Harry Clarke
Kenneth Harry Clarke is a British Conservative politician who served...
Hahnemann, engraving by Anton Wachsmann, c. 1812
April 10, 1755 — July 2, 1843
Samuel Hahnemann
Samuel Hahnemann was a German physician, founder of the system of...
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July 2, 419 — March 16, 455
Valentinian III
Valentinian III was a Roman emperor from 425 to 455. At no time in...