American politician, author, and civil rights activist (died 2019)

Harris Wofford

Harris Llewellyn Wofford Jr. was an American attorney, civil rights activist, and Democratic Party politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1991 to 1995. A noted advocate of national service and volunteering, Wofford was also the fifth president of Bryn Mawr College from 1970 to 1978, served as chairman of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party in 1986, served as Pennsylvania Secretary of Labor and Industry in the cabinet of Governor Bob Casey Sr. from 1987 to 1991, and was a surrogate for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.

Born

1926

April 9

Died

2019

Era

1920s

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1926 Born
2019 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

193 The distinguished soldier Septimius Severus is proclaimed emperor by the army in Illyricum.
475 Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the Monophysite christological position.
537 Siege of Rome: The Byzantine general Belisarius receives his promised reinforcements, 1,600 cavalry, mostly of Hunnic or Slavic origin and expert bowmen. Despite shortages, he starts raids against the Gothic camps and Vitiges but is forced into a stalemate.
1241 Battle of Liegnitz: Mongol forces defeat the Polish and German armies.

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The world in 1926

When Harris arrived

april 21 Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
april 24 The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
april 6 Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
april 7 Violet Gibson attempts to assassinate Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on April 9

Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan 1285–1320 Emperor Renzong of Yuan (died 1320) Charles E. Burchfield 1893–1967 American painter (died 1967) Chorão 1970–2013 Brazilian singer-songwriter (died 2013) Cynthia Nixon 1966– American actress Elias Lönnrot 1802–1884 Finnish physician and philologist (died 1884) Erich Ludendorff 1865–1937 German general and politician (died 1937) Gian Maria Volonté 1933–1994 Italian actor (died 1994) Heinz Meyer 1916– German Fallschirmjäger (paratrooper) during World War II (died 1987) Henrik Rysensteen 1624– Dutch military engineer (died 1679)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1926

A. N. R. Robinson 1926–2014 Trinbagonian politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (born 1926) Alfredo Di Stéfano 1926–2014 Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (died 2014) Anahit Tsitsikian 1926– Armenian violinist and educator (died 1999) Andy Griffith 1926–2012 American actor, singer, and producer (born 1926) Avraham Adan 1926–2012 Israeli general (died 2012) Bernard Nathanson 1926–2011 American physician and activist (born 1926) Beryl Cook 1926–2008 English painter and illustrator (born 1926) Boris Chetkov 1926–2010 Russian painter (died 2010) Bruno Bartoletti 1926–2013 Italian conductor (died 2013)

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