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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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