German-American historian, author, and academic (died 2015)

Peter Gay

Peter Joachim Gay was a German-American historian, educator, and author. He was a Sterling Professor of History at Yale University and former director of the New York Public Library's Center for Scholars and Writers (1997–2003). He received the American Historical Association's (AHA) Award for Scholarly Distinction in 2004. He authored over 25 books, including The Enlightenment: An Interpretation ; Weimar Culture: The Outsider as Insider (1968); and the widely translated Freud: A Life for Our Time (1988).

Born

1923

June 20

Died

2015

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1920s

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451 Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory.
1180 First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan.
1295 The Treaty of Anagni, an attempt mediated by the papacy to end the War of the Sicilian Vespers, is signed by the crown of Aragon, the kingdom of France and kingdom of Naples.
1622 The Battle of Höchst takes place during the Thirty Years' War.

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The world in 1923

When Peter arrived

april 15 Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
april 15 Racially motivated Nihon Shōgakkō fire lit by a serial arsonist kills 10 children in Sacramento, California.
april 26 The Duke of York (the future King George VI) weds Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey.
april 28 Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.

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Alexander Winton 1860– Scottish-American race car driver and engineer (died 1932) Billy Werber 1908–2009 American baseball player (born 1908) Charles W. Chesnutt 1858– American novelist and short story writer (died 1932) Danny Aiello 1933–2019 American actor (born 1933) James Tolkan 1931–2026 American actor and director (died 2026) Joan Kirner 1938–2015 Australian educator and politician, 42nd Premier of Victoria (born 1938) Len Dawson 1935– American football player (died 2022) Paul Tiulana 1921–1994 Iñupiat artist and dancer (born 1921) Quinton Jackson 1978– American mixed martial artist and actor

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Also born in 1923

Avram Davidson 1923–1993 American soldier and author (died 1993) Beate Sirota Gordon 1923–2012 Austrian-American director and producer (born 1923) Bobby Thomson 1923– Scottish-American baseball player (died 2010) Daniel Carleton Gajdusek 1923– American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008) Dante Lavelli 1923– American football player (died 2009) Doc Watson 1923–2012 American bluegrass singer-songwriter and musician (died 2012) Don Adams 1923–2005 American actor and director (died 2005) Edward Oliver LeBlanc 1923–2004 Dominican lawyer and politician, Premier of Dominica (born 1923) Elizabeth Jolley 1923–2007 English-Australian author and academic (born 1923)

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