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Zair Azgur
Arts & Music
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Zair Azgur

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๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus
1908-01-15 โ€“ 1995-02-18 (87 years old)

Master monumental sculptor of the twentieth century whose expressive portrait sculptures of national figures (Kupala, Kolas) and vast monuments shaped the monumental cityscape of Minsk.

Minsk, Belarus
Rachid Baba Ahmed
Arts & Music
4
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Rachid Baba Ahmed

ุฑุดูŠุฏ ุจุงุจุง ุฃุญู…ุฏ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1946 โ€“ 1995 (48 years old)

Visionary Tlemcenian music producer who revolutionized Raรฏ with synthesizers and drum machines, producing early hits for Cheb Khaled, Cheb Mami, and Chaba Zahouania.

Tlemcen, Algeria
Ould Abderrahmane Kaki
Arts & Music
18
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Ould Abderrahmane Kaki

ูˆู„ุฏ ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ุฑุญู…ู† ูƒุงูƒูŠ (ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ู‚ุงุฏุฑ ูˆู„ุฏ ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ุฑุญู…ู†)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1934 โ€“ 1995 (60 years old)

Visionary Algerian playwright and theatrical director from Mostaganem who synthesized traditional popular storytelling (Meddah) with Brechtian epic theater in classics like '132 Years'.

Mostaganem, Algeria
Azzedine Medjoubi
Arts & Music
12
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Azzedine Medjoubi

ุนุฒ ุงู„ุฏูŠู† ู…ุฌูˆุจูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1945 โ€“ 1995 (49 years old)

Giant of Algerian stage and cinema, director of the National Theatre of Algiers (TNA), assassinated outside his theater during the Dark Decade for defending free artistic expression.

Algiers, Algeria
Rachid Mimouni
Literature & Poetry
15
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Rachid Mimouni

ุฑุดูŠุฏ ู…ูŠู…ูˆู†ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1945 โ€“ 1995 (49 years old)

One of Algeria's greatest post-independence novelists whose daring allegorical works, including 'The Honor of the Tribe' and 'The Damned', boldly scrutinized bureaucratic decay and religious extremism.

Boumerdรจs, Algeria
Cheikh Sadek El Bรฉjaoui
Arts & Music
4
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Cheikh Sadek El Bรฉjaoui

ุตุงุฏู‚ ุงู„ุจุฌุงูˆูŠ (ุจูˆุญูŠ ุจู† ุงู„ุณุนูŠุฏ)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1907 โ€“ 1995 (87 years old)

Master and educator of the Andalusian and Hawzi musical school of Bejaรฏa, composer of 'Ya Qalbi Isbar', who trained El Hachemi Guerouabi and Djamel Allam.

Bejaรฏa, Algeria
Prince Souphanouvong
Statesmanship & Statesmen
34
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Prince Souphanouvong

เบชเบธเบžเบฒเบ™เบธเบงเบปเบ‡ (The Red Prince)
๐ŸŒ Laos
1909 โ€“ 1995 (85 years old)

Royal prince of Laos known as 'The Red Prince' who renounced aristocratic privilege to lead the Pathet Lao liberation movement and became the first President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic in 1975.

Vientiane, Laos
Carlos Monzรณn
Sports & Athletics
33
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Carlos Monzรณn

Carlos Roque Monzรณn
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina
7 August 1942 โ€“ 8 January 1995 (52 years old)

Carlos Monzรณn was an Argentine boxing titan who reigned as the undisputed World Middleweight Champion for seven dominant years (1970โ€“1977), completing 14 consecutive title defenses and never losing a championship fight. Renowned for his piercing left jab, icy cold-blooded composure, and devastating right hand, he retired as champion with an astonishing record of 87 wins and only 3 career defeats.

near Santa Rosa de Calchines, Santa Fe, Argentina
Joe Slovo
Resistance & Human Rights
44
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Joe Slovo

Yossel Mashel Slovo
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania
23 May 1926 โ€“ 6 January 1995 (68 years old)

Lithuanian-born South African politician and anti-apartheid leader who was chief of staff of the ANC's armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe and formulated the crucial 'sunset clauses' enabling the peaceful transition to multiracial democracy.

Johannesburg, South Africa
Music
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Ephraim Amu

Ephraim Kwaku Amu
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghana
1899-09-13 โ€“ 1995-01-02 (95 years old)

Revered composer and ethnomusicologist celebrated as the father of Ghanaian art music, who composed the patriotic anthem 'Yen Ara Asaase Ni' and championed indigenous African instruments.

Peki, Ghana
Politics
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Dennis Osadebay

Dennis Chukude Osadebay
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria
1911-06-29 โ€“ 1994-12-26 (83 years old)

Pioneering West African poet, lawyer, and statesman who served as the first Premier of the Mid-Western Region of Nigeria and published the classic poetry collection 'Africa Sings'.

Asaba, Nigeria
Samia Gamal
Arts & Music
15
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Samia Gamal

ุณุงู…ูŠุฉ ุฌู…ุงู„
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt
1924 โ€“ 1994 (70 years old)

World-renowned Oriental dancer and Golden Age actress who fused traditional Egyptian baladi with classical European ballet, famously dancing barefoot and starring alongside Farid al-Atrash.

Cairo, Egypt
Sadeq Naihoum
Literature & Poetry
13
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Sadeq Naihoum

ุตุงุฏู‚ ุงู„ู†ูŠู‡ูˆู…
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libya
1937 โ€“ November 15, 1994 (57 years old)

Brilliant Libyan novelist, philosopher, and iconoclastic essayist whose razor-sharp prose, satirical wit, and profound critique of Islamic political theology revolutionized contemporary Arabic intellectual discourse.

Benghazi, Libya
Wilma Rudolph
Sports & Athletics
31
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Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Glodean Rudolph
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
23 June 1940 โ€“ 12 November 1994 (54 years old)

Wilma Rudolph was an inspirational American sprinter who overcame childhood polio, scarlet fever, and wearing leg braces until age twelve to become 'the fastest woman in the world'. At the 1960 Rome Olympics, she became the first American woman in history to win three gold medals at a single Olympic Games (100m, 200m, 4x100m relay), returning home to demand the complete desegregation of her hometown parade.

Brentwood, Tennessee, United States
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