Russian-Swiss businessman and philanthropist

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky, sometimes known by his initials MBK, is an exiled Russian businessman, oligarch, and opposition activist, now residing in London. In 2003, Khodorkovsky was believed to be the wealthiest man in Russia, with a fortune estimated to be worth $15 billion, and was ranked 16th on Forbes list of billionaires. He had worked his way up the Komsomol apparatus, during the Soviet years, and started several businesses during the period of glasnost and perestroika in the late 1980s. In 1989, he became chairman of the Board of Bank Menatep, which he founded.

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1963

June 26

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4 Augustus adopts Tiberius.
221 Roman emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and grants him the title of Caesar.
363 Roman emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sasanian Empire.
684 Pope Benedict II is the last pope to require confirmation by the Byzantine emperor before taking office.

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The world in 1963

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april 10 One hundred twenty-nine American sailors die when the submarine USS Thresher sinks at sea.
april 11 Pope John XXIII issues Pacem in terris, the first encyclical addressed to all Christians instead of only Catholics, and which described the conditions for world peace in human terms.
april 12 The Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-33 collides with the Finnish merchant vessel M/S Finnclipper in the Danish straits.[citation needed]
april 16 U.S. civil rights campaigner Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. writes his open letter from Birmingham Jail, sometimes known as "The Negro Is Your Brother", while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama, for protesting against segregation.

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Claudio Abbado 1933–2014 Italian conductor (born 1933) Dave Grusin 1934– American pianist and composer Derek Jeter 1974– American baseball player Don Valentine 1932– American venture capitalist (died 2019) Olive Morris 1952–1979 Jamaican-English civil rights activist (born 1952) Paul Thomas Anderson 1970– American director, producer, and screenwriter Simon Mann 1952–2025 British military officer and mercenary (died 2025) Warren Farrell 1943– American author and educator

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Alberto Nisman 1963–2015 Argentinian lawyer (died 2015) Alec Stewart 1963– English cricketer Andrea Leadsom 1963– English politician Anne-Sophie Mutter 1963– German violinist Arthur Adams 1963– American comic book artist and writer Brian Greene 1963– American physicist Brian Robbins 1963– American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Chip Kelly 1963– American football player and coach Conan O'Brien 1963– American television host, comedian, and writer

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