Eli Cohen (December 26, 1924 – May 18, 1965) was an Egyptian-born Israeli spy. He is best known for his espionage work in Syria between 1961 and 1965, where he developed close relationships with the Syrian political and military hierarchy. [Wikipedia]
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Avraham Mordechai Alter (December 25, 1865 – June 13, 1948), was also known as the Imrei Emes after the works he authored. He was fourth Rebbe of the Hasidic dynasty of Ger. [Wikipedia]
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Yafa Yarkoni (December 24, 1925 – January 1, 2012) was an Israeli singer. She won the Israel Prize in 1998 for her contributions to Hebrew music. She was dubbed Israel’s “songstress of the wars” due to her frequent performances for Israel Defense Forces soldiers, especially in wartime. [Wikipedia]
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Barney Ross (December 23, 1909 – January 17, 1967) was an American professional boxer. Ross held world championships in three weight divisions from lightweight to welterweight, and was a decorated veteran of World War II. [Wikipedia]
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Myer Prinstein (December 22, 1878 – March 10, 1925) was a Poland-born American track and field athlete who held the world record for the long jump in 1900 and won four gold medals in three Olympic Games for the long jump and triple jump. [Wikipedia]
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Michael Tilson Thomas (December 21, 1944) is an American conductor, pianist, and composer. He is Artistic Director Laureate of the New World Symphony, an American orchestral academy in Miami Beach, Florida, Music Director Laureate of the San Francisco Symphony, and Conductor Laureate of the London Symphony Orchestra. [Wikipedia]
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Alain de Botton (December 20, 1969) is a Swiss-born British author and public speaker. His books discuss various contemporary subjects and themes, emphasizing philosophy’s relevance to everyday life. He published Essays in Love (1993), which went on to sell two million copies. [Wikipedia]
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Mitchell Feigenbaum (December 19, 1944 – June 30, 2019) was an American mathematical physicist whose pioneering studies in chaos theory led to the discovery of the Feigenbaum constants. [Wikipedia]
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Marc Rich (December 18, 1934 – June 26, 2013) was a Belgian-American commodities trader, financier, and businessman. [Wikipedia]
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Duff Goldman (December 17, 1974) is an American businessman, pastry chef, television personality, and writer. [Wikipedia]
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Steven Bochco (December 16, 1943 – April 1, 2018) was an American television writer and producer. He developed a number of television series, mostly crime dramas, including Hill Street Blues; L.A. Law; Doogie Howser, M.D.; Cop Rock; and NYPD Blue. [Wikipedia]
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Jason Brown (December 15, 1994) is an American figure skater. He is a two-time Four Continents medalist (2020 silver, 2018 bronze), a nine-time Grand Prix medalist, a 13-time Challenger Series medalist, and the 2015 U.S. national champion. [Wikipedia]
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Morey Amsterdam (December 14, 1908 – October 28, 1996) was an American actor, comedian, writer and producer. Between 1948 and 1950, he hosted his own TV sitcom The Morey Amsterdam Show. He played Buddy Sorrell on CBS’s The Dick Van Dyke Show from 1961 to 1966.
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Yitzhak Zuckerman (December 13, 1915 – June 17,1981), also known by his nom de guerre “Antek”, was one of the leaders of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943 against Nazi Germany during World War II. [Wikipedia]
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