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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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