1996 Muhammad al-Badr, magnate of Northern Yemen (1962), dies
1996 Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, advertising magnate, dies at 89
1995 Orville Reddenbacher, popcorn magnate, drowns in bathtub at 88
1994 Robert Michael Payton, pizza magnate, dies at 50
1993 William Randolph Hearst, U.S. newspaper magnate (Pulitzer), dies at 85
1992 Lady Rothermere, [Bubbles], wife of British newspaper magnate, dies
1985 Axel Springer, German newspaper magnate (Bild Zeitung), dies at 73
1983 Police free kidnapped beer magnate Alfred Heineken in Amsterdam
1982 William Bernbach, advertising magnate, dies at 71
1982 John Hay Whitney, U.S. newspaper magnate, dies at 76
1981 John S Knight, U.S. newspaper magnate, dies at 86
1976 J Paul Getty, oil magnate/billionaire, dies at 83 in London
1976 Jean Paul Getty, U.S. oil magnate/billionaire, dies at 83
1975 Charles H Revson, U.S. cosmetic magnate, dies at 69
1975 Aristotle S Onassis, Greek shipping magnate, dies at 69
1974 Samuel Goldwyn, Polish/English/US film magnate (MGM), dies at 91
1972 J Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank, industrialist/film magnate
1969 Abigail Folger, U.S., coffee magnate (Folgers), murdered
1966 Newspaper magnate Thomson purchases "The Times"
1962 Enrico Mattei, Italian oil magnate, dies at 58
1958 Michael Todd, film magnate, killed in an New Mexico air crash
1951 Alfred Hugenberg, German RC pres-dir of Krupp/media magnate, dies
1950 Leonard van Spirit, Dutch/British fruit and food magnate
1944 Robert Michael Payton, pizza magnate
1943 Charles Saatchi, English magnate, Saatchi and Saatchi
1942 Chananjit Vohra, Kenyan/British hotel magnate/multi-millionaire
1941 Lord Vestey, British food magnate/billionaire, Union International
1940 Samuel H Chang, U.S. newspaper magnate, murdered in Shanghai
1939 Topham Brinton, English carpet magnate/multi-millionaire
1939 Henri W A Deterding, Dutch oil magnate (Royal Oil, Shell), dies at 72
1936 David Thompson, British food magnate and multi-millionaire
1935 John B Coleman, Boston, hotel magnate, Ritz Carlton
1935 Vincent Weir 3rd baron Inverforth, Scottish shipping magnate
1934 David Barclay, British hotel magnate/multi-millionaire
1934 Frederick Barclay, British hotel magnate/multi-millionaire
1933 Nurdin Jivraj, Tanzanian/British hotel magnate, Buckingham Intl
1932 J. P. Getty, US/British oil magnate/billionaire, Getty Oil
1932 Adrian Swire, British aircraft magnate, Cathay Pacific
1930 W Hambleden Smith, English newspaper magnate
1929 John Zochonis, British multi-millionaire soap magnate
1928 Ken Scowcroft, English insurance magnate/multi-millionaire
1927 John Swire, British aircraft magnate, Cathay Pacific
1925 Viscount Rothermere, English press magnate, Daily Mail, Evening News
1923 Richard Lumley, English insurance magnate/multi-millionaire
1922 Alfred CW Harmsworth, 1st viscount Northcliffe/newspaper magnate, dies
1912 Axel Springer, German newspaper magnate
1910 Lord Cayzer, British financier/swcheeps magnate/multi-millionaire
1909 Stavros Niachos, born in Greece, shipping magnate, Those Fabulous Greeks
1908 Charles Forte, Italian/British hotel magnate, Savoy
1907 Paul Mellon, U.S., oil magnate/president, Washington National Gallery of Art
1906 Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, advertising magnate
1906 Aristotle Onassis, born in Greece, rich shipping magnate
1904 Enrico Mattei, Italian oil magnate
1902 Darryl F Zanuck, film magnate/president, 20th Century Fox
1896 John Moores, British gambling magnate/multi-millionaire
1892 J Paul Getty, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, oil magnate, Getty Oil
1888 Joseph Arthur Rank, English film magnate/baron
1882 Samuel Goldwyn, [Gelbfisch], film magnate, MGM
1866 Henri WA Deterding, Dutch oil magnate, Royal Oil, Shell
1865 Alfred Hugenberg, German RC pres-dir of Krupp/media magnate
1850 Thomas Johnstone Lipton, Glasgow, yachtsman/tea magnate, Lipton Tea
1810 Phineas T Barnum, circus magnate
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