American admiral and academic, 12th Director of Central Intelligence (died 2018)

Stansfield Turner

Stansfield Turner was an admiral in the United States Navy who served as President of the Naval War College (1972–1974), commander of the United States Second Fleet (1974–1975), and Supreme Allied Commander NATO Southern Europe (1975–1977), and was Director of Central Intelligence (1977–1981) in the Carter administration. A graduate of Exeter College, Oxford and the United States Naval Academy, Turner served for more than 30 years in the Navy, commanding warships, a carrier group, and NATO's military forces in southern Europe, among other commands.

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1923

December 1

Died

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1920s

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1923 Born

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800 A council is convened in the Vatican, at which Charlemagne is to judge the accusations against Pope Leo III.
1420 Henry V of England enters Paris alongside his father-in-law King Charles VI of France.
1577 Courtiers Christopher Hatton and Thomas Heneage are knighted by Queen Elizabeth I of England.
1640 End of the Iberian Union: Portugal acclaims as King João IV of Portugal, ending 59 years of personal union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of the Philippine Dynasty.

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The world in 1923

When Stansfield 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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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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