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September 12, 1928

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Robert Irwin (artist)

1928Robert Irwin, American painter and gardener (died 2023)[โ€ ]

Robert Walter Irwin was an American installation artist who explored perception and the conditional in art, often through site-specific, architectural interventions that alter the physical, sensory and temporal experience of space.

Muriel Siebert

1928Muriel Siebert, American businesswoman and philanthropist (died 2013)[โ€ ]

Muriel Faye Siebert was an American businesswoman who was the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), and the first woman to head one of the NYSE's member firms. She joined the 1,365 male members of the exchange on December 28, 1967. Siebert is sometimes known as the "first woman of finance", despite being preceded in owning a brokerage by Victoria Woodhull.

Ernie Vandeweghe

1928Ernie Vandeweghe, Canadian-American basketball player and physician (died 2014)[โ€ ]

Ernest Maurice Vandeweghe Jr. was a Canadian professional basketball player. Vandeweghe was best known for playing for the New York Knicks of the NBA and for the athletic successes of his family.

Joseph John Gerry

1928Joseph John Gerry, American Roman Catholic prelate (died 2023)[โ€ ]

Joseph John Gerry, O.S.B., was an American Benedictine monk and prelate of the Catholic Church.