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- Charles Stevenson was born on 13 October 1887 in Sacramento, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Grandma's Boy (1922), Hot Water (1924) and The Shriek of Araby (1923). He died on 4 July 1943 in Palo Alto, California, USA.
- Karl Armster was born on 4 December 1883 in Krefeld, Germany. He was an actor, known for Das Medium (1921), Fasching (1921) and Jenseits des Stromes (1922). He died on 4 July 1943 in Hebron-Damnitz, Poland.
- Fyodor Bogdanov was born in 1885. He was an actor, known for Polden (1931), Purga (1927) and Mogila Panburleya (1928). He died on 4 July 1943 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].
- Wladyslaw Eugeniusz Sikorski was a Polish military and political leader. Prior to the First World War, Sikorski established and participated in several underground organizations that promoted the cause for Polish independence. He fought with distinction in the Polish Legions during the First World War, and later in the newly created Polish Army during the Polish-Soviet War of 1919 to 1921. In that war, he played a prominent role in the decisive Battle of Warsaw (1920). In the early years of the Second Polish Republic, Sikorski held government posts, including serving as prime minister (1922 to 1923) and as minister of military affairs (1923 to 1924). Following Józef Pilsudski's May Coup of 1926 and the installation of the Sanation government, he fell out of favor with the new regime.
During the Second World War, Sikorski became prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile, Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Armed Forces, and a vigorous advocate of the Polish cause in the diplomatic sphere. He supported the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between Poland and the Soviet Union, which had been severed after the Soviet pact with Germany and the 1939 invasion of Poland-however, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin broke off Soviet-Polish diplomatic relations in April 1943 following Sikorski's request that the International Red Cross investigate the Katyn Forest massacre.
In July 1943, a plane carrying Sikorski plunged into the sea immediately after takeoff from Gibraltar, killing all on board except the pilot. The exact circumstances of Sikorski's death have been disputed and have given rise to a number of different theories surrounding the crash and his death. Sikorski had been the most prestigious leader of the Polish exiles, and his death was a severe setback for the Polish cause.