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June 23, 1930

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Donn F. Eisele

1930Donn F. Eisele, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1987)[†]

Donn Fulton Eisele was a United States Air Force officer, test pilot, and later a NASA astronaut. He served as command module pilot for the Apollo 7 mission in 1968. After retiring from both NASA and the Air Force in 1972, he became the Peace Corps country director for Thailand, before moving into private business.

1930John Elliott, English historian and academic (died 2022)[†]

Sir John Huxtable Elliott was a British historian and Hispanist who was Regius Professor at the University of Oxford and honorary fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, and Trinity College, Cambridge. He published under the name J. H. Elliott.

1930Francis Newall, 2nd Baron Newall, English businessman and politician[†]

Francis Storer Eaton Newall, 2nd Baron Newall DL, is the son of Marshal of the Royal Air Force and Governor-General of New Zealand Sir Cyril Newall and his wife Olivia, and has served as a soldier, staff officer, diplomat, politician, legislator, businessman, and representative of the Crown in a variety of capacities.

1930Anthony Thwaite, English poet, critic, and academic (died 2021)[†]

Anthony Simon Thwaite OBE was an English poet and critic, widely known as the editor of his friend Philip Larkin's collected poems and letters.

Marie-ThérÚse Houphouët-Boigny

1930Marie-ThĂ©rĂšse HouphouĂ«t-Boigny, former First Lady of Ivory Coast[†]

Marie-ThérÚse Houphouët-Boigny is the former First Lady of Ivory Coast. Her husband was Félix Houphouët-Boigny, the first President of Ivory Coast from 1962 to 1993.