1999 Jay Pritzker, billionaire, founded the Hyatt hotel chain, dies at 76
1997 Saudi Arab billionaire Prince al-Waleed bin Talal aquires 5% of Apple Computer
1994 Billionaire J Paul Getty, Jr. marries Victoria Holdsworth on Barbados
1994 Anna Nicole Smith (26) weds billionaire J. Howard Marshall II (89)
1994 Mexican businessman and billionaire Angel Losada kidnap
1994 Mexican banker/billionaire Alfredo Harp Helu kidnapped
1993 Francis Bouygues, French entrepreneur/billionaire, dies at 70
1992 Billionaire Leona Helmsly is sent to jail for tax evasion
1992 Sam Walton, Billionaire CEO (Wal-Mart), dies of cancer at 74
1991 Robert Maxwell, Billionaire publisher (New York Daily News), dies at 68
1978 John D Rockefeller III, U.S. billionaire/philanthropist, dies at 71
1978 John D MacArthur, U.S. insurance billionaire, dies at 80
1976 J Paul Getty, oil magnate/billionaire, dies at 83 in London
1976 Jean Paul Getty, U.S. oil magnate/billionaire, dies at 83
1976 Howard Hughes, reclusive billionaire, dies at 72
1972 Billionaire Howard Hughes says Clifford Irving's bio is a fake
1951 Gerald Grosvenor, English 6th duke of Westminster/billionaire
1946 Donald Trump, billionaire/master builder, Trump Towers/Plaza/Castle
1941 Lord Vestey, British food magnate/billionaire, Union International
1940 David Sainsbury, English billionaire/founder, Dutch Soc-Dem
1935 Karim Aga Khan, prince/billionaire/husband of Rita Hayworth
1935 Adnan Khashoggi, Saudi businessman/billionaire/arms dealer
1932 J. P. Getty, US/British oil magnate/billionaire, Getty Oil
1930 H Ross Perot, Texas, billionaire/presidental candidate 1992
1927 John Sainsbury, English billionaire
1927 Garfield Weston, English industrial/billionaire, Twinings Tea
1926 Hans Rausing, Swedish/British industrial/billionaire, Tetra Pak
1923 Robert Maxwell, [Jan Hoch], Czechoslovakia, billionaire/CEO, New York Daily News
1920 Leona Helmsley, wife of Harry, real estate billionaire/tax cheat
1918 Sam Walton, billionaire CEO, Wal-Mart
1914 Perry Bass, Texas billionaire
1914 John Kluge, Chemnitz Germany, media CEO, Metromedia, /billionaire
1909 Harry B. Helmsley, born in New York City, billionaire builder, Empire State Building
1906 John D. Rockefeller, billionaire philanthropist, oil
1905 Howard Hughes, reclusive billionaire, Hughes Aircraft, inventor
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