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C. Wright Mills American sociologist and author (died 1962)

Charles Wright Mills was an American sociologist, and a professor of sociology at Columbia University from 1946 until his death in 1962. Mills published widely in both popular and intellectual journals, and is remembered for several books, such as The Power Elite, White Collar: The American Middle Classes, and The Sociological Imagination. Mills was concerned with the responsibilities of intellectuals in post–World War II society, and he advocated public and political engagement over disinterested observation. , in a 1960 open letter "Letter to the New Left".

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1916

August 28

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1910s

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475 The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna.
489 Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths, defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy.
632 Fatimah, daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, dies, with her cause of death being a controversial topic among the Sunni Muslims and Shia Muslims.
663 Silla–Tang armies crush the Baekje restoration attempt and force Yamato Japan to withdraw from Korea in the Battle of Baekgang.

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april 18 World War I: During a mine warfare in high altitude on the Dolomites, the Italian troops conquer the Col di Lana held by the Austrian army.
april 24 Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.
april 24 Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.
april 25 Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.

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Andrei Platonov 1899–1951 Russian author and poet (died 1951) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749–1832 German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat (died 1832) Paul Plishka 1941– American opera singer Quvenzhané Wallis 2003– American actress Robert Greenwald 1943– American director and producer Ruth Riley 1979– American basketball player

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Ahmad Abd al-Ghafur Attar 1916–1991 Saudi Arabian writer and journalist (born 1916) Bill Durnan 1916–1972 Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1972) Billy Hitchcock 1916–2006 American baseball player, coach, manager (born 1916) Chick Hearn 1916–2002 American sportscaster (born 1916) Colin McCool 1916– Australian cricketer (died 1986) Deendayal Upadhyaya 1916– Indian economist, sociologist, and journalist (died 1968) Dom Mintoff 1916–2012 Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta (born 1916) Don Tallon 1916–1984 Australian cricketer (died 1984) Dorothy Bliss 1916–1987 American invertebrate zoologist, curator at the American Museum of Natural History (born 1916)

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