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1956

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  • culture1956

    Tom Hanks

    Two-time Oscar-winning actor.

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    Theresa May

    Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2019.

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    Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

    6th President of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 2005 to 2013.

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  • culture1956

    Mel Gibson

    American actor, director, producer and screenwriter.

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  • world1956

    Tsai Ing-wen

    14th and 15th President of Republic of China (Taiwan).

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  • culture1956

    Carrie Fisher

    American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016).

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  • sports1956

    Martina Navratilova

    Czech-American tennis player.

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    Anthony Bourdain

    American chef and television personality (1956-2018).

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  • science

    Neutrino detected

    Cowan and Reines detected the elusive neutrino, a particle Wolfgang Pauli proposed 26 years earlier.