Canadian-American stage magician and author (died 2020)

James Randi

James Randi was a Canadian-American stage magician, author, and scientific skeptic who extensively challenged paranormal and pseudoscientific claims. He was the co-founder of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI), and founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF). Randi began his career as a magician under the stage name The Amazing Randi and later chose to devote most of his time to investigating paranormal, occult, and supernatural claims. Randi retired from practicing magic at age 60, and from his foundation at 87.

Born

1928

August 7

Died

2020

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1920s

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461 Roman Emperor Majorian is beheaded near the river Iria in north-west Italy following his arrest and deposition by the magister militum Ricimer.
626 The Avar and Slav armies leave the siege of Constantinople.
768 Pope Stephen III is elected to office, and quickly seeks Frankish protection against the Lombard threat, since the Byzantine Empire is no longer able to help.
936 Coronation of King Otto I of Germany.

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The world in 1928

When James arrived

april 12 The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
august 27 The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
december 17 Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.
december 4 Cosmo Gordon Lang was enthroned as the Archbishop of Canterbury, the first bachelor to be appointed in 150 years.

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Jimmy Wales 1966– American-British entrepreneur, co-founder of Wikipedia David Duchovny 1960– American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Elizabeth Báthory 1560–1614 Hungarian countess and purported serial killer (born 1560) Henri Le Sidaner 1862– French painter (died 1939) Louis Leakey 1903–1972 Kenyan-English palaeontologist and archaeologist (died 1972) Ralph Bunche 1904–1971 American political scientist, academic, and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1971) Walid Jumblatt 1949– Lebanese journalist and politician

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Alan J. Pakula 1928–1998 American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1998) Alexander Grothendieck 1928–2014 German-French mathematician and theorist (died 2014) Andy Warhol 1928–1987 American painter, photographer and film director (died 1987) Anne Sexton 1928–1974 American poet and academic (died 1974) Anthony Franciosa 1928–2006 American actor (born 1928) Barbara Ann Scott 1928–2012 Canadian figure skater (died 2012) Billy Martin 1928–1989 American baseball player and manager (born 1928) Bob Cousy 1928– American basketball player and coach Bob Wilber 1928– American clarinetist and saxophonist (died 2019)

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