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Barack Obama

Born on August 4, 1961

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The 66th anniversary falls on August 4, 2027, in 283 days.

44th President of the United States and the first African American to hold the office.

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1805–1875

Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen ( AN-dər-sən; Danish:; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish writer. A prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is also best remembered for his literary fairy tales.

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1926–1962

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe ( MAIR-ə-lin mən-ROH; born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962) was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic "Blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as well as an emblem of the era's sexual revolution.

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1901–1971

Louis Armstrong

Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American jazz and blues trumpeter and vocalist. Among the most influential figures in jazz, his career spanned five decades and several eras in the history of the genre.

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1792–1822

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley ( BISH; 4 August 1792 – 8 July 1822) was an English writer who is considered one of the major English Romantic poets.

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LiteratureDied aged 29

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