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Abeid Karume
Politics
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Abeid Karume

Abeid Amani Karume
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ Tanzania
1905-08-04 โ€“ 1972-04-07 (66 years old)

First President of the People's Republic of Zanzibar who led the 1964 Zanzibar Revolution toppling the Arab sultanate, signed the Articles of Union creating Tanzania, and redistributed land.

Zanzibar City, Tanzania
Woodrow Lloyd
Politics
1
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Woodrow Lloyd

Woodrow Lloyd
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada
16 July 1913 โ€“ 7 April 1972 (58 years old)

Principled Saskatchewan premier whose steadfast resolve implemented North America's first universal public medical care insurance in July 1962 despite a 23-day doctors' strike.

Regina, Canada
Music
1
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Franklin Boukaka

Franklin Boukaka
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Republic of the Congo
1940-10-10 โ€“ 1972-02-23 (31 years old)

Legendary singer-songwriter whose deep, haunting baritone and immortal Pan-African freedom hymn 'Le Bรปcheron' ('Aye Africa!') made him the musical voice of African liberation, executed in 1972.

Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
Paul Grรผninger
Humanitarian & Peace
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Paul Grรผninger

Paul Grรผninger
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland
27 October 1891 โ€“ 22 February 1972 (80 years old)

Paul Grรผninger was a Swiss police commander in the Canton of St. Gallen who saved approximately 3,600 Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany and Austria following the 1938 Anschluss. Defying strict Swiss federal orders to close the border, Grรผninger falsified entry dates and documents to grant refugees legal status, sacrificing his career, pension, and reputation in poverty before posthumous rehabilitation.

St. Gallen, Switzerland
Art
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John Grierson

Father of Documentary Film
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
26 April 1898 โ€“ 19 February 1972 (73 years old)

Scottish-Canadian cinema pioneer who coined the term "documentary" and drafted the National Film Act of 1939, founding the National Film Board of Canada.

Deanston, United Kingdom
Ali Ben Ayed
Arts & Music
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Ali Ben Ayed

ุนู„ูŠ ุจู† ุนูŠุงุฏ
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
1930 โ€“ 1972 (41 years old)

Visionary giant who revolutionized modern Tunisian dramatic arts as director of the Tunis Municipal Troupe from 1958 to 1971, directing immortal adaptations of Hamlet, Oedipus Rex, and Caligula.

Tunis, Tunisia
Zahir Raihan
Arts & Music
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Zahir Raihan

เฆœเฆนเฆฟเฆฐ เฆฐเฆพเฆฏเฆผเฆนเฆพเฆจ
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh
1935-08-19 โ€“ 1972-01-30 (36 years old)

Visionary filmmaker and novelist whose legendary documentary 'Stop Genocide' alerted the world to the 1971 Bangladesh Genocide, martyred on January 30, 1972, while searching for his abducted brother.

Dhaka, Bangladesh
Religion
2
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Sidi Muhammad ibn al-Habib al-Amghari

ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุจู† ุงู„ุญุจูŠุจ ุงู„ุฃู…ุบุงุฑูŠ ุงู„ูุงุณูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1876 โ€“ 1972 (96 years old)

Revered 20th-century Moroccan spiritual guide of the Shadhili-Darqawi order based in Meknes, whose mystical poetry compilation (Diwan) is sung and studied globally.

Meknes, Morocco
Education
2
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Eyo Ita

Eyo Ita
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria
1903-01-01 โ€“ 1972-01-01 (69 years old)

Distinguished Nigerian philosopher and educator who led the Nigerian Youth Movement in the East, founded the West African Peoples' Institute, and was first Leader of Government Business in Eastern Nigeria.

Calabar, Nigeria
Vikram Sarabhai
Sciences & Discovery
29
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Vikram Sarabhai

Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
1919 โ€“ 1971 (52 years old)

Visionary Indian physicist and industrialist recognized as the 'Father of the Indian Space Programme', who founded the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and launched satellite television education for rural villages.

Ahmedabad (Gujarat), India
Sir Grantley Adams
Politics
1
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Sir Grantley Adams

Sir Grantley Herbert Adams
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ง Barbados
1898-04-28 โ€“ 1971-11-28 (73 years old)

Barbadian national hero, labor advocate, and statesman who served as the first Premier of Barbados, sole Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation, and founder of the Barbados Labour Party.

Bridgetown, Barbados
Politics
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Wasfi al-Tal

ูˆุตููŠ ุงู„ุชู„
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey
19 January 1919 โ€“ 28 November 1971 (52 years old)

Formidable three-time Prime Minister of Jordan who defended state sovereignty and spearheaded forestry and agricultural development.

Amman, Jordan
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