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Born on June 16, 1910, sultry, opulent, mole-lipped, Budapest-bred blonde singer/actress Ilona Massey survived an impoverished childhood in Hungary to become a glamorous talent both here and abroad. As a dressmaker's apprentice she managed to scrape up money together for singing lessons and first danced in chorus lines, later earning roles at the Staats Opera.

A statuesque Broadway, radio and night-club performer, Ilona made her debut in the Austrian film Heaven on Earth (1935) before coming to America to duet with Nelson Eddy in a couple of his glossy operettas. In the first, Rosalie (1937), she was secondary to Mr. Eddy and Eleanor Powell, but in the second vehicle, Balalaika (1939), she was the popular baritone's prime co-star.

Billed as "the new Dietrich," Ms. Massey did not live up to the hype as her soprano voice was deemed too light for the screen and her acting talent too slight and mannered. An American citizen in 1946, continued pleasantly moody in non-singing roles in a brief movie career that included such films as the Franz Schubert biopic New Wine (1941); the action adventure International Lady (1941); the double agent Nazi thriller Invisible Agent (1942), the musical comedy Holiday in Mexico (1946), the action drama Northwest Outpost (1947) and the romantic drama Trouble in the Air (1948).

For the most part Ilona was called upon to play ladies of mystery and sophisticated temptresses in thrillers and spy intrigues. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) and Love Happy (1949), the latter starring The Marx Brothers, are her best recalled. She appeared on radio as a spy in the Top Secret program and, on TV, co-starred in the espionage series Rendezvous (1952). The ABC mystery-drama had glamorous Ilona as a nightclub owner.

In the mid-50s, in addition to singing appearances on "Cavalcade of Stars," "The Milton Berle Show," "The Robert Q. Lewis Show," The Colgate Comedy Hour" and "The Ken Murray Show" and acting guest spots on such anthologies as "Lux Video Theatre," "Cameo Theatre" and "Studio One in Hollywood," Ilona hosted her own musical program, The Ilona Massey Show (1954), in which she sang classy ballads. By the 1960's she was rarely seen and ended her career with an obscure bit in the film The Cool Ones (1967).

Three marriages ended in divorce, her second being to actor Alan Curtis. 64-year-old Ms. Massey died of cancer on August 20, 1974, and was survived by her fourth husband, (retired) Major Donald Shelton Dawson. She had no children.

William Peter Blatty was born on 7 January 1928 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Exorcist (1973), The Exorcist III (1990) and The Ninth Configuration (1980). He was married to Julie Alicia Witbrodt, Linda Blatty, Elizabeth Gilman and Mary Margaret Rigard. He died on 12 January 2017 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

Colin Luther Powell (April 5, 1937 - October 18, 2021) was an American politician, statesman, diplomat, and United States Army officer who served as the 65th United States Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005. He was the first African-American Secretary of State. He served as the 15th United States national security advisor from 1987 to 1989 and as the 12th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 to 1993.

Melinda Byron was born on 20 October 1936 in Evanston, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Teenage Thunder (1957), Rescue 8 (1958) and Henry, the Rainmaker (1949). She was married to Faust F. Rossi. She died on 30 May 2018 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

Howard K. Smith was born on 12 May 1914 in Ferriday, Louisiana, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), V (1984) and CBS Reports (1959). He was married to Benedicte Traberg. He died on 15 February 2002 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

Charles W. Tobey was born on 22 July 1880 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA. He died on 24 July 1953 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

Ruby Lee was born on 10 December 1922 in Walkertown, North Carolina, USA. She was married to Jim Meyers. She died on 7 March 2006 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

Joseph McCarthy was born on 14 November 1908 in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA. He was married to Jean Kerr Minetti. He died on 2 May 1957 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

Beau Biden was born on 3 February 1969 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. He was married to Hallie Olivere. He died on 30 May 2015 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

Jack Kemp was born on 13 July 1935 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Chicago Hope (1994), AFL on ABC (1960) and The NFL on NBC (1965). He was married to Joanne Main. He died on 2 May 2009 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

William J. Crowe Jr. was born on 2 January 1925 in La Grange, Kentucky, USA. He was an actor, known for Cheers (1982), The Other Angels (1995) and Atatürk (1998). He was married to Shirley Grennell. He died on 18 October 2007 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

Thurgood Marshall was born on 2 July 1908 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was married to Cissy Marshall and Vivien Burey. He died on 24 January 1993 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

Marguerite Skirvin was born on 4 November 1893 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. She was an actress, known for A Parisian Romance (1916), Passers By (1916) and The Lords of High Decision (1916). She was married to Tyson, George and Robert John Adams. She died on 26 March 1963 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

Daniel Inouye served as a United States Senator from Hawaii from 1963 until his death in 2012. A member of the Democratic Party, he was President pro tempore of the United States Senate (third in the presidential line of succession) from 2010 until his death, making him the highest-ranking Asian-American politician in US history. Inouye also chaired various Senate Committees, including those on Intelligence, Commerce and Appropriations.

Daniel Inouye fought in World War II as part of the 442nd Infantry Regiment. He lost his right arm to a grenade wound and received several military decorations, including the Medal of Honor (the nation's highest military award). Returning to Hawaii, Inouye earned a law degree, was elected to Hawaii's territorial House of Representatives in 1953, and was elected to the territorial Senate in 1957. When Hawaii achieved statehood in 1959, Inouye was elected as its first member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1962. Inouye never lost an election in 58 years as an elected official, and he exercised an exceptionally large influence on Hawaii politics.

Daniel Inouye was the first Japanese American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives and the first Japanese American to serve in the U.S. Senate. Because of his seniority, Inouye became President pro tempore of the Senate following the death of Sen. Robert Byrd on June 29, 2010, making him third in the presidential line of succession after the Vice President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. At the time of his death, Inouye was the most senior sitting US senator, the second-oldest sitting US senator (seven and one-half months younger than Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey).

Inouye was a posthumous recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Among other public structures, Honolulu International Airport has since been renamed Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in his honor.

One of America's greatest unsung leaders. Sargent Shriver was not only George McGovern's running mate in the 1972 Presidential election, but also served at one time as the Ambassador to France (1968-1970). In addition, he was the first to head up the Peace Corps, served as the first director of the Office of Economic Opportunity and, as a special assistant to President Lyndon B. Johnson, created VISTA, Head Start, Community Action, Job Corps, Legal Services, Indian and Migrant Opportunities, and Neighborhood Health Services.

Ambassador Shriver's wife, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, began the Special Olympics -- an international program of year-round sports training and athletic competition for more than one million children and adults with mental retardation. His children included newsperson Maria Shriver, producer Robert Shriver, Maryland state legislator Mark Shriver, Anthony Shriver - founder of Best Buddies, and Tim Shriver, President and CEO of the Special Olympics.

Red Auerbach is an American basketball coach of the Washington Capitols, the Tri-Cities Blackhawks and, the Boston Celtics.

After retiring from coaching, Red served as president and front office executive of the Celtics until his death. As a coach, he won 938 games (a record at his retirement) and nine National Basketball Association (NBA) championships in ten seasons (a number surpassed only by Phil Jackson, who won 11 in eighteen seasons). As general manager and team president of the Celtics, he won an additional seven NBA titles, for a grand total of 16 in a span of 29 years, making him one of the most successful team officials in the history of North American professional sports.

Red Auerbach is remembered as a pioneer of modern basketball, redefining basketball as a game dominated by team play and defense and for introducing the fast break as a potent offensive weapon. He groomed many players who went on to be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Additionally, Auerbach was vital in breaking down color barriers in the NBA. He made history by drafting the first African-American NBA player, Chuck Cooper in 1950, introduced the first African-American starting five in 1964, and hired the first African-American head coach in North American sports (Bill Russell in 1966). Famous for his polarizing nature, he was well known for smoking a cigar when he thought a victory was assured, a habit that became, for many, "the ultimate symbol of victory" during his Boston tenure.

In 1967, the NBA Coach of the Year award, which he had won in 1965, was named the "Red Auerbach Trophy", and Auerbach was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1969. In 1980, he was named the greatest coach in the history of the NBA by the Professional Basketball Writers Association of America, and was NBA Executive of the Year in 1980. In addition, Auerbach was voted one of the NBA 10 Greatest Coaches in history, was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, and is honored with a retired number 2 jersey in the TD Garden, the home of the Boston Celtics.

Herb Levinson was born on 10 October 1929 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was an actor, known for Homicide: Life on the Street (1993), Avalon (1990) and Homicide: The Movie (2000). He died on 19 November 2012 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

Beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. William Peter Blatty; brother of Christine, Michael, Mary Jo, William Jr., Jennifer and Paul. A Father Remembers......When Peter was born, I did something remarkably out of character. All my children had the names of saints: Michael Peter, William Peter, Christine Ann, Mary Joanne, Jennifer Ann. But with Peter, I found myself strangely overcome by a compulsion to give him an added middle name. A very specific one. Galahad. Whose "strength was as the strength of ten", because his heart was pure. I told Julie, Pete's Mom," I don't know, I've just got this feeling that's what he's going to turn out to be". And so he did. It's the rare individual who on first meeting Pete, that imposing young man with the quick, warm smile, didn't sense that he was somehow in the presence of an extraordinary human being. There were never any halfway measures with Peter. Fiercely loyal and fiercely faithful, his love burned brightly and intensely like the love of angels massed before God. For many years he thought everyone was built that way, and so it was easy to break his heart. But like his other namesake, Pete would have cut off the High Priest's servant's ear without a moment of hesitation. He was incredibly brave, and kind. I couldn't drive past a beggar on a median strip without Peter pleading that I give the man money. "We'll hold up traffic, son. Can't do it." "Come on Dad, PLEASE!" And did I say brave? A former Heights classmate of Peter's came by with a very young dogwood tree this week. He wanted to plant it in our yard in memory of Peter. "In gratitude," he said. He then told me a story of when he and Peter were both 15. The friend had challenged a boy from another school to a fight. They met in a field, surrounded by about 80 boys from both schools. They fought and Peter's friend won the bout. But the vanquished boy threatened he'd fetch a cousin who would then beat the friend to a pulp. Peter's friend said, "Fine. Bring him on. Bring an army." What showed up was almost worse: a hulking, muscular 26-year-old ex-convict who had just been released from prison. Within minutes, Peter's friend was on the ground, taking blow after blow to the face and head, and recognizing that he was in danger of serious injury he shouted," Stop! Stop! I give!" But the man didn't stop. Among those 80 watching the fight were two hulking football players. But they didn't intervene. No one moved. Except Peter. He slipped out of the crowd, walked up to the convict, who was flailing away, and said commandingly, "Didn't you hear him say stop? He said stop! So now do it!" And in an almost mysterious, otherworldly moment, the hulking ex-con looked up at Peter with a numb and bewildered look on his face...and then got up without a word and walked away. On the day he brought the tree to our house for planting, Peter's friend said he'd chosen a species of dogwood called, "Cherokee Brave". Youthful idealism sometimes prompts a boy to utter, "Oh, I'd give up my life for him or her." What made Peter unique was that if he ever said such a thing you knew that Peter would actually do it. Julie Blatty kept a diary of unusual statements that Peter had made from earliest childhood, and I think that recounting one or two of them now would give you a fuller, though sometimes haunting and mysterious, picture of Peter. At age 3 he once asked me, "Dad, how do you learn?" I said, "Well, most people learn from experience or principle, and I guess I learn from both." Pete said, "That's not how I learn I learn from the sky. God teaches me." At the same age the diary records that one day, while his baby brother Paul was being dressed, Peter turned away from looking out a window at the ocean and said, "Mom, do you know why I came here?" His Mother said, "No, son, why?" His answer was, "I came here to help people". As to Peter's spirituality, which was deeper than the heart of the world, the diary reveals quite an interesting range. When he was six he told his Mother that while he believed everything written in the Bible, he said, and I quote, " But Mom...I just can't get behind a talking snake!" But now jump ahead to a diary entry made in this final year of his earthly life: "Oh, Mom...if I had lived in the time of Christ and had been able to see Him and hear Him, I just know I couldn't have resisted Him!" I could go on: Peter's former Heights classmates gathered and talked about him from 8:00 p.m. until four in the morning last week, and one of them told me they still hadn't run out of stories of " wonderful Pete." So here's just one more glimpse into Peter's breathtakingly beautiful soul. He was 5 years old when he said to his Mother, and this, like the other diary quotes is word for word what he said: "Mommy, when God was making me, I was a little bit scared and a little bit sad...until I saw you." When Peter was two, his Mother was watching him as he packed a little child's tin lunchbox. "I'm a little star boy," he said, and that he was packing his suitcase for a trip. "Where are you going?" Julie asked him. Peter answered, "I'm going to a star." And now too soon, he has made that journey. Like those memorable comets that now and then flash across the night sky with a sudden and beautiful blazing brilliance and then all too quickly fade from our sight, our beloved little star boy has gone home. A Mother Remembers...... Peter's last year was one of tremendous suffering. Through it all, however, he never lost his faith in the God he loved so much. Friday, November 3rd, he went to confession and Mass with me. He spent his weekend saying,"Look on the bright side mom...I'm good with God!" He called all his closest friends and shared his good news. It was the last thing he said to many of them. Early in the morning of November 7th, our tender and merciful Lord called Peter home. He passed peacefully in his sleep. Our pain is excruciating and our human natures tremble, but there is deep peace within our souls, because we know our beloved child is finally, and forever, at peace. The official cause of death was Myocarditis. It is a rare condition, often triggered by a viral illness, in which a person's own immune system attacks their heart.

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Quentin Aanenson was born on 21 April 1921 in Luverne, Minnesota, USA. He was a director and writer, known for A Fighter Pilot's Story (1993) and The War (2007). He was married to Jacqueline Aanenson. He died on 28 December 2008 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

William O. Douglas was born on 16 October 1898 in Maine Township, Minnesota, USA. He was a writer, known for Studio One (1948), The Ken Murray Show (1950) and Howard K. Smith (1962). He was married to Cathleen Hefferman, Joan Martin, Mercedes Davidson and Mildred Riddle. He died on 19 January 1980 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

Jason Noble was born on 15 October 1971 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Any Given Sunday (1999), Meet Prince Charming (1999) and Rotating Mirror (2007). He was married to Kristin. He died on 4 August 2012 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

Frantz Fanon was born on 20 July 1925 in Martinique, France. He was a writer, known for The Wretched of the Earth (1969), J'ai huit ans (1962) and Concerning Violence (2014). He was married to Josie Dublé. He died on 6 December 1961 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

James Forrestal was born on 15 February 1892 in Mattewan, New York, USA [now Beacon, New York, USA]. He died on 22 May 1949 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

Estes Kefauver was born on 26 July 1903 in near Madisonville, Tennessee, USA. He was married to Nancy Pigott. He died on 10 August 1963 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

John Foster Dulles was born on 25 February 1888 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was married to Janet Pomeroy Avery. He died on 24 May 1959 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.