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Abdelaziz Belal

ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ุนุฒูŠุฒ ุจู„ุงู„
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1932 โ€“ 1982 (49 years old)

Morocco's foremost 20th-century development economist and progressive thinker whose landmark thesis on non-dependent economic development and human liberation influenced economic planning across Africa and the Third World.

Casablanca, Morocco
Gara Garayev
Music
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Gara Garayev

Qara Qarayev
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan
1918-02-05 โ€“ 1982-05-13 (64 years old)

Colossal twentieth-century composer and disciple of Shostakovich whose ballets 'Seven Beauties' and 'The Path of Thunder' and three symphonies achieved global classical acclaim.

Baku, Azerbaijan
Ville Ritola
Sports & Athletics
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Ville Ritola

Vilho Eino Ritola
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland
18 January 1896 โ€“ 24 April 1982 (86 years old)

Vilho 'Ville' Ritola was a formidable Finnish long-distance runner and premier member of the legendary 'Flying Finns' of the 1920s. At the 1924 Paris Olympic Games, he produced one of the most astonishing endurance exhibitions in history, winning four gold medals and two silvers, setting world records in the 10,000 meters and 3,000m steeplechase, and defeating rival Paavo Nurmi in the 1928 Olympic 5,000m.

Helsinki, Finland
Abdel Waress Assar
Arts & Music
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Abdel Waress Assar

ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ูˆุงุฑุซ ุนุณุฑ
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt
1894 โ€“ 1982 (87 years old)

Beloved 'Dean of Arabic Diction' and screen master whose 70-year acting career, screenplays for Mohammed Abdel Wahab, and textbook Fan al-Ilqa' trained three generations of Arab actors in classical speech.

Cairo, Egypt
Music
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Wilfrid Pelletier

Wilfrid Pelletier
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada
1896 โ€“ 1982 (85 years old)

Visionary conductor who served as maestro at the Metropolitan Opera in New York for eighteen seasons and founded the Orchestre Symphonique de Montrรฉal (OSM) and the Conservatoire de musique du Quรฉbec.

Montreal, Canada
William Giauque
Science
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William Giauque

William Giauque
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada
12 May 1895 โ€“ 28 March 1982 (86 years old)

Niagara Falls-born physical chemist who invented magnetic cooling (adiabatic demagnetization) to approach absolute zero, winning the 1949 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

El Cerrito, United States
Military
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Sultan al-Atrash

ุณู„ุทุงู† ุงู„ุฃุทุฑุด
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ Syria
5 March 1891 โ€“ 26 March 1982 (91 years old)

Legendary commander who united Syrians of all sects to launch the historic Great Syrian Revolt of 1925 against French colonial rule.

Al-Qurayya, Syria
Literature & Poetry
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Georges Perec

Georges Perec
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
1936 โ€“ 1982 (45 years old)

Innovative French author and premier craftsman of the Oulipo group whose 1969 novel La Disparition was written entirely without the letter 'E', and whose 1978 monumental jigsaw masterpiece La Vie mode d'emploi won the Prix Mรฉdicis.

Paris, France
Firaq Gorakhpuri
Literature & Poetry
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Firaq Gorakhpuri

เคซเคผเคฟเคฐเคพเค•เคผ เค—เฅ‹เคฐเค–เคชเฅเคฐเฅ€
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
1896 โ€“ 1982 (85 years old)

Renowned Indian Urdu poet and intellectual who rejuvenated the classical ghazal tradition with Indian sensuality and Western romanticism, winning the Jnanpith Award in 1969.

Gorakhpur, India
Jean Bolikango
Politics
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Jean Bolikango

Jean Bolikango Akpolokaka
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Congo
1909-02-04 โ€“ 1982-02-17 (73 years old)

Respected educator and founding father of Congolese civil administration who taught thousands of future leaders, founded the PUNA party, and served as Deputy Prime Minister during the early years of the republic.

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Luke Anguhadluq
Art
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Luke Anguhadluq

Luke Anguhadluq
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada
c. 1895 โ€“ February 1982 (87 years old)

Revered Caribou Inuit camp leader whose minimalist, radiating colored pencil drawings captured the ancient migration paths and hunting circles of the Barren Grounds.

Baker Lake, Canada
History
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Boubou Hama

Boubou Hama
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช Niger
1906-01-01 โ€“ 1982-01-29 (76 years old)

Monumental Nigerien historian, philosopher, and statesman who served as President of the National Assembly and wrote foundational works on Songhai and Sahelian civilization.

Niamey, Niger
Eduardo Frei Montalva
Politics
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Eduardo Frei Montalva

Eduardo Nicanor Frei Montalva
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile
1911-01-16 โ€“ 1982-01-22 (71 years old)

President of Chile (1964โ€“1970) whose 'Revolution in Liberty' instituted historic Agrarian Reform, Chileanization of copper mines, and mass educational expansion, assassinated by DINA agents in 1982.

Santiago, Chile
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