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June 17, 1942

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Notable Births

Mohamed ElBaradei

1942Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian politician, Vice President of Egypt, Nobel Prize laureate[†]

Mohamed Mostafa ElBaradei is an Egyptian law scholar and diplomat who served as Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from 1997 to 2009, then as vice president of Egypt on an interim basis from 14 July to 14 August 2013.

Doğu Perinçek

1942Doğu Perinçek, Turkish lawyer and politician[†]

Doğu Perinçek is a Turkish politician, doctor of law and former communist revolutionary who has been chairman of the left-wing nationalist Patriotic Party since 2015. He was also a member of the Talat Pasha Committee, an organization that denies the Armenian genocide. Politically, he is a Eurasianist who favors closer relations with China and Russia, and is one of the most anti-American politicians in Turkey.

1942Roger Steffens, American actor and producer[†]

Roger Steffens is an American actor, author, lecturer, editor, reggae archivist, photographer, and producer. Six rooms of his home in Los Angeles house reggae archives, which include the world's largest collection of Bob Marley material. Based on these archives Steffens lectures internationally with a multi-media presentation called The Life of Bob Marley. His radio career began in New York City in 1961, and he co-hosted Reggae Beat on KCRW in Los Angeles and was syndicated on 130 stations worldwide in the 1980s.

Notable Deaths

Charles Fitzpatrick

1942Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Chief Justice of Canada (born 1853)[†]

Sir Charles Fitzpatrick, was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as Minister of Justice of Canada, as Chief Justice of Canada and then as Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.