2013 Event With a personal fortune of $73 billion dollars, Mexican business magnate Carlos Slim, tops the list of the 'Forbes' list of wealthiest people 1996 Death Muhammad al-Badr, magnate of Northern Yemen (1962), dies 1996 Death Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, advertising magnate, dies at 89 1995 Death Orville Reddenbacher, popcorn magnate, drowns in bathtub at 88 1994 Death Robert Michael Payton, pizza magnate, dies at 50 1993 Death William Randolph Hearst, U.S. newspaper magnate (Pulitzer), dies at 85 1992 Death Lady Rothermere, Bubbles, wife of British newspaper magnate, dies 1985 Death Axel Springer, German newspaper magnate (Bild Zeitung), dies at 73 1983 Event Police free kidnapped beer magnate Alfred Heineken in Amsterdam 1982 Death William Bernbach, advertising magnate, dies at 71 1982 Death John Hay Whitney, U.S. newspaper magnate, dies at 76 1981 Death John S Knight, U.S. newspaper magnate, dies at 86 1976 Death J Paul Getty, oil magnate/billionaire, dies at 83 in London 1976 Death Jean Paul Getty, U.S. oil magnate/billionaire, dies at 83 1975 Death Charles H Revson, U.S. cosmetic magnate, dies at 69 1975 Death Aristotle S Onassis, Greek shipping magnate, dies at 69 1974 Death Samuel Goldwyn, Polish/English/US film magnate (MGM), dies at 91 1972 Death J Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank, industrialist/film magnate 1969 Death Abigail Folger, U.S., coffee magnate (Folgers), murdered 1966 Event Newspaper magnate Thomson purchases "The Times" 1962 Death Enrico Mattei, Italian oil magnate, dies at 58 1958 Death Michael Todd, film magnate, killed in an New Mexico air crash 1951 Death Alfred Hugenberg, German RC president-director of Krupp/media magnate, dies 1950 Birthday Leonard van Spirit, Dutch/British fruit and food magnate 1944 Birthday Robert Michael Payton, pizza magnate 1943 Birthday Charles Saatchi, English magnate, Saatchi and Saatchi 1942 Birthday Chananjit Vohra, Kenyan/British hotel magnate/multi-millionaire 1941 Birthday Lord Vestey, British food magnate/billionaire, Union International 1940 Death Samuel H Chang, U.S. newspaper magnate, murdered in Shanghai 1939 Birthday Topham Brinton, English carpet magnate/multi-millionaire 1939 Death Henri W A Deterding, Dutch oil magnate (Royal Oil, Shell), dies at 72 1936 Birthday David Thompson, British food magnate and multi-millionaire 1935 Birthday John B Coleman, Boston, hotel magnate, Ritz Carlton 1935 Birthday Vincent Weir 3rd baron Inverforth, Scottish shipping magnate 1934 Birthday David Barclay, British hotel magnate/multi-millionaire 1934 Birthday Frederick Barclay, British hotel magnate/multi-millionaire 1933 Birthday Nurdin Jivraj, Tanzanian/British hotel magnate, Buckingham International 1932 Birthday J. P. Getty, US/British oil magnate/billionaire, Getty Oil 1932 Birthday Adrian Swire, British aircraft magnate, Cathay Pacific 1930 Birthday W Hambleden Smith, English newspaper magnate 1929 Birthday John Zochonis, British multi-millionaire soap magnate 1928 Birthday Ken Scowcroft, English insurance magnate/multi-millionaire 1927 Birthday John Swire, British aircraft magnate, Cathay Pacific 1925 Birthday Viscount Rothermere, English press magnate, Daily Mail, Evening News 1923 Birthday Richard Lumley, English insurance magnate/multi-millionaire 1922 Death Alfred CW Harmsworth, 1st viscount Northcliffe/newspaper magnate, dies 1912 Birthday Axel Springer, German newspaper magnate 1910 Birthday Lord Cayzer, British financier/swcheeps magnate/multi-millionaire 1909 Birthday Stavros Niachos, born in Greece, shipping magnate, Those Fabulous Greeks 1908 Birthday Charles Forte, Italian/British hotel magnate, Savoy 1907 Birthday Paul Mellon, U.S., oil magnate/president, Washington National Gallery of Art 1906 Birthday Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, advertising magnate 1906 Birthday Aristotle Onassis, born in Greece, rich shipping magnate 1904 Birthday Enrico Mattei, Italian oil magnate 1902 Birthday Darryl F Zanuck, film magnate/president, 20th Century Fox 1896 Birthday John Moores, British gambling magnate/multi-millionaire 1892 Birthday J Paul Getty, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, oil magnate, Getty Oil 1888 Birthday Joseph Arthur Rank, English film magnate/baron 1866 Birthday Henri WA Deterding, Dutch oil magnate, Royal Oil, Shell 1865 Birthday Alfred Hugenberg, German RC president-director of Krupp/media magnate 1850 Birthday Thomas Johnstone Lipton, Glasgow, yachtsman/tea magnate, Lipton Tea 1810 Birthday Phineas T Barnum, circus magnate
