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Wilkes
1975 Ice thickness measured at 4776 m, Wilkes Land, Antarctica

1968 Josue Teofilo Wilkes, composer, dies at 85

1953 "Keith" Jamaal Wilkes, NBA forward, Golden State-Rookie of Yr 1975

1946 Michael Wilkes, commander, UK Field Army

1923 Servaas "Faas" Wilkes, Dutch soccer star, Xerxes/Fortuna/Inter Milan

1913 Maurice Wilkes, inventor, stored program concept for computers

1883 Josue Teofilo Wilkes, composer

1865 John Wilkes Booth, assassin, is shot dead near Bowling Green Virginia at 27

1865 President Lincoln shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater

1865 Abraham Lincoln, at 7:22 am, assassinated by John Wilkes Booth

1865 President Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth

1840 American Charles Wilkes discovers Shackleton Ice Shelf, Antarctica

1840 Antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (US claim)

1838 John Wilkes Booth, actor/assassin, President Lincoln

1838 John Wilkes Booth, American Criminal

1838 Wilkes' expedition to South Pole sails

1798 Charles D. Wilkes, Commander Union Navy, died in 1877

1797 John Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72

1784 Mary Mead, wife of English journalist John Wilkes, dies

1764 John Wilkes thrown out of Engl House of Commons for "Essay on Women"

1763 English journalist John Wilkes injured at duel

1763 London Journalist John Wilkes confined in the Tower

1725 John Wilkes, English journalist/MP, N Briton



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