#364 Margaret Thatcher / Lenny Bruce – 13 October 1925

Margaret Thatcher

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Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS, FRIC (13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013) was a British stateswoman who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and the Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century and the first woman to have held the office. Born Margaret Hilda Roberts in Grantham, Lincolnshire. (d. 2013)

Lenny Bruce

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Lenny Bruce (October 13, 1925 – August 3, 1966) was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist, and screenwriter. He was renowned for his open, free-style and critical form of comedy which integrated satire, politics, religion, sex, and vulgarity. His 1964 conviction in an obscenity trial was followed by a posthumous pardon. Born Leonard Alfred Schneider in Mineola, New York. (d. 1966)

Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Bruce

Also born on this day:

Armand Mouyal was a French epee world champion fencer.
Carlos Robles Piquer was a Spanish diplomat and politician.
Charlie Parsley was a professional basketball player.
Dan Lindsley was an American geneticist.
Frank D. Gilroy was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film producer and director.
Geoffrey Connard was the member for Higinbotham Province in the Parliament of Victoria, Australia.
Gustav Winckler was a popular Danish singer, composer and music publisher.
James B. Linder was a flag officer and highly decorated Naval Aviator in the United States Navy.
Joe Spence was an English footballer.
John Eiseman was an American sprint canoer.
Ralph Rosenblum was an American film editor.
Robert Massin was a French graphic designer, art director and typographer.
Robert-Casimir Dosseh-Anyron was a Togolese Roman Catholic archbishop.
Stephen Henderson was a professor of African-American literature and culture.
Tommy Sloan was a Scottish professional footballer.

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