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1995 Ota Adler, Czechoslovakian/British fur trader (Jewish Aid Fund), dies at 83

1984 Rudolf Hagelstange, German author (Zeit fur ein Lacheln), dies at 72

1976 Adolph Zukor, Hungarian/U.S. fur trader/movie producer, dies at 103

1973 Guy Middleton, actor (Fur Collar, Now and Forever), dies at 65

1958 Jane Wiedlin, Wisconsin, singer/guitarist, GoGos, Fur, Rush Hour

1950 Stephen Chatman, born in Faribault, Minnesota, Canadian composer, received Fulbright grant for study at Hochschule fur Misik in Cologne, since 1976 has served as professor and Head of the Composition Division at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver

1915 Philip Friend, Horsham England, actor, Vulture, Fur Collar

1911 Ota Adler, Czechoslovakian/British fur trader/founder, Federal Trust

1848 John Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84

1810 John Jacob Astor organizes Pacific Fur Co (Astoria, Oregon)

1804 James Bridger, scout, fur trader and mountain man par excellance

1799 Jedediah Strong Smith, U.S. fur trader/explorer

1783 Alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader

1763 John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in U.S., banker/fur trader

1558 Czar Ivan IV gives parts of North-Russia to fur traders


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