Nina Petrova
(1893-1945)

WWII sniper, one of only four women to be full cavalier of Order of Glory (1893-1945) – Nina Petrova was born in Lomonosov (Town in Russia) on July 27th, 1893 and died in Daleszewo (Village of Poland) on May 1st, 1945 at the age of 51. Today Nina Petrova would be 130 years old.

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*July 27th, 1917, Prétot-Vicquemare †September 23rd, 1970, Paris

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Ruth Plumly Thompson

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*July 27th, 1891, Philadelphia †April 6th, 1976, Malvern

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Mero

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*July 27th, 2000, Rüsselsheim am Main

73

Maurine Dallas Watkins

American journalist

*July 27th, 1896, Louisville †August 10th, 1969, Jacksonville

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André Jousseaume

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*July 27th, 1894, Yvré-l'Évêque †May 26th, 1960, Chantilly

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Myisha Mohd Khairul

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*July 27th, 2002, Johor Bahru

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Hans Fischer

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*July 27th, 1881, Höchst †March 31st, 1945, Munich

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Peggy Fleming

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*July 27th, 1948, San Jose

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Hansi Müller

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*July 27th, 1957, Stuttgart

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Olivier Guichard

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*July 27th, 1920, Néac †January 20th, 2004, Paris

71

Don Galloway

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*July 27th, 1937, Augusta †January 8th, 2009, Reno

80

Louise von Lengefeld

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*July 27th, 1743, Wolkramshausen †December 11th, 1823, Rudolstadt

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Giosuè Carducci

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*July 27th, 1835, Valdicastello Carducci †February 8th, 1907, Bologna

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Marielle Franco

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*July 27th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro †March 14th, 2018, Rio de Janeiro

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Guy Carawan

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*July 27th, 1927, Los Angeles †May 2nd, 2015

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Marie Schumann

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*July 27th, 1921, Klaipėda †March 25th, 2017, Hohenlimburg

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Christopher Dean

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*July 27th, 1958, Nottingham

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Jean Baudrillard

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*July 27th, 1929, Reims †March 6th, 2007, Mozambique

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Donnie Yen

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*July 27th, 1963, Guangzhou

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Alexandre Dumas fils

French writer and dramatist (1824–1895)

*July 27th, 1824, Paris †November 27th, 1895, Marly-le-Roi

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Vera Karalli

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*July 27th, 1889, Moscow †November 16th, 1972, Baden

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Kriti Sanon

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*July 27th, 1990, New Delhi

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Maya Ali

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*July 27th, 1989, Lahore

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Joseph Mitchell

American writer (1908–1996)

*July 27th, 1908, Robeson County †May 24th, 1996, New York City

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Jenny Schaffer-Bernstein

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*July 27th, 1888, Vienna †January 1st, 1943, Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp

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Jessi Combs

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*July 27th, 1980, Rapid City †August 27th, 2019, Alvord Desert

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Mientje Kling

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*July 27th, 1894, Amsterdam †February 26th, 1966, Amsterdam

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Nelly van Doesburg

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*July 27th, 1899, The Hague †October 1st, 1975, Meudon

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Maureen McGovern

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*July 27th, 1949, Youngstown

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Enrique Granados

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*July 27th, 1867, Lleida †March 24th, 1916, United Kingdom

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Mao Zedong

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*December 26th, 1893, Shaoshan †September 9th, 1976, Zhongnanhai

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Albert Szent-Györgyi

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*September 16th, 1893, Budapest †October 22nd, 1986, Woods Hole

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Cedric Gibbons

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*March 23rd, 1893, Dublin †July 26th, 1960, Hollywood

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Marie Jonas

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*January 12th, 1893, Primorsk †November 30th, 1943, extermination camp

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Elisabeth Voigt

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*August 5th, 1893, Leipzig †November 8th, 1977, Leipzig

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Walter Donaldson

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*February 15th, 1893, Manhattan †July 15th, 1947, Santa Monica

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Hermann Göring

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*January 12th, 1893, Rosenheim †October 15th, 1946, Nuremberg Court Prison

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Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt

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*March 31st, 1893, Königsberg †October 9th, 1982, Lübeck

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Joachim von Ribbentrop

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*April 30th, 1893, Wesel †October 16th, 1946, Nuremberg

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Lillian Gish

American actress (1893–1993)

*October 14th, 1893, Springfield †February 27th, 1993, New York City

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Harold Urey

American physical chemist

*April 29th, 1893, Walkerton †January 5th, 1981, La Jolla

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Ernst Theodor Eichelbaum

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*June 23rd, 1893, Berlin †April 16th, 1991, Schleswig-Holstein

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Harold Lloyd

American actor and comedian (1893–1971)

*April 20th, 1893, Burchard †March 8th, 1971, Beverly Hills

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Hans Scharoun

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*September 20th, 1893, Bremen †November 25th, 1972, West Berlin

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Hans Siburg

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*June 24th, 1893, Saarburg †February 27th, 1976, Lüneburg

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Jomo Kenyatta

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*October 20th, 1893, Gatundu †August 22nd, 1978, Mombasa

74

Herbert Edward Read

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*December 4th, 1893, Muscoates †June 12th, 1968, Stonegrave

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Cicely Courtneidge

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*April 1st, 1893, Sydney †April 26th, 1980, Putney

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Wout Buitenweg

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*December 24th, 1893, Utrecht †November 10th, 1976, Utrecht

73

Dorothy Parker

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*August 22nd, 1893, West End †June 7th, 1967, New York City

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Joan Miró

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*April 20th, 1893, Barcelona †December 25th, 1983, Palma

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Leslie Howard

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*April 3rd, 1893, London †June 1st, 1943, Cedeira

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Alfred Rosenberg

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*January 12th, 1893, Tallinn †October 16th, 1946, Nuremberg

36

Vladimir Mayakovsky

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*July 7th, 1893, Baghdati †April 14th, 1930, Moscow

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Soong Ching-ling

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*January 27th, 1893, Shanghai †May 29th, 1981, Beijing

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Fritz Baade

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*January 23rd, 1893, Neuruppin †May 15th, 1974, Kiel

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Palmiro Togliatti

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Ernst Toller

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*December 1st, 1893, Szamocin †May 22nd, 1939, New York City

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Hattie McDaniel

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George Grosz

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Nina Petrova