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May 25, 1948

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Notable Births

BĂŒlent Arınç

1948BĂŒlent Arınç, Turkish lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey[†]

BĂŒlent Arınç is a conservative Turkish politician. He served as the 22nd Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey from 2002 to 2007 and as a Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey between 2009 and 2015. He also co-founded the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in 2001.

1948Marianne Elliott, Northern Irish historian, author, and academic[†]

Marianne Elliott is an Irish historian who was appointed OBE in the 2000 Birthday Honours.

Klaus Meine

1948Klaus Meine, German rock singer-songwriter[†]

Klaus Meine is a German singer, best known as the longtime frontman and primary lyricist of the hard rock band Scorpions. Meine and guitarist Rudolf Schenker are the only two members of the group to appear on every Scorpions album, though he did not join the band until 1969, four years after its founding. Meine placed at number 22 on Hit Parader's 'Top Heavy Metal Vocalists of All Time' list in 2006.

Notable Deaths

Witold Pilecki

1948Witold Pilecki, Polish officer and Resistance leader (born 1901)[†]

Witold Pilecki, known by the codenames Roman Jezierski, Tomasz SerafiƄski, Druh and Witold, was a Polish World War II cavalry officer, intelligence agent, and resistance leader.