Indonesian engineer and politician, 3rd President of Indonesia (died 2019)

B. J. Habibie

Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie was an Indonesian statesman, engineer, scientist and inventor who served as the third president of Indonesia from 1998 to 1999. A little over two months after his inauguration as the seventh vice president in March 1998, he succeeded Suharto, who resigned after 32 years in office, thereby being the country's first vice president to assume the presidency intra-term. Originating from Sulawesi with Bugis-Gorontalese and Javanese ancestry, his presidency was seen as a landmark and transition to the Reform era.

Born

1936

June 25

Died

2019

Era

1930s

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Key dates

1936 Born
2019 Died

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524 The Franks are defeated by the Burgundians in the Battle of Vézeronce.
841 In the Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye, forces led by Charles the Bald and Louis the German defeat the armies of Lothair I of Italy and Pepin II of Aquitaine.
1258 War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Acre, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet sailing to relieve Acre.
1401 Schaffhausen massacre: 30 Jews were executed, following torture, after being accused of a blood libel in Schaffhausen (in present-day Switzerland).

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The world in 1936

When B. arrived

april 15 First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
april 19 The Jaffa riots commence, initiating the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine.
april 27 The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
april 3 Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., the infant son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.

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Eric Carle 1929–2021 American author and illustrator (died 2021) Louis Mountbatten 1900–1979 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, English admiral and politician, 44th Governor-General of India (born 1900) Mary Beth Peil 1940– American actress and singer Patricia Brake 1942–2022 English actress (died 2022) Sam Francis 1923–2005 American historian and journalist (born 1947) Sidney Lumet 1924–2011 American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1924) Yann Martel 1963– Spanish-born Canadian author Yasuhito 1902– Prince Chichibu of Japan (died 1953)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1936

Silvio Berlusconi 1936–2023 Italian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Italy (born 1936) Anthony Lester 1936– Baron Lester of Herne Hill, English lawyer and politician (died 2020) Anthony Payne 1936–2021 English composer (born 1936) Antonin Scalia 1936–2016 American lawyer and judge, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (born 1936) Bill Mazeroski 1936– American baseball player and coach (died 2026) Bobby Ross 1936– American football player and coach Brian Blessed 1936– English actor Canaan Banana 1936–2003 Zimbabwean minister and politician, 1st President of Zimbabwe (died 2003) Carl Icahn 1936– American businessman and investor

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