Luxembourgian-French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1963)

Robert Schuman

Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Robert Schuman was a Luxembourg-born French statesman. Schuman was a Christian democratic political thinker and activist. Twice Prime Minister of France, a reformist Minister of Finance and a Foreign Minister, he was instrumental in building postwar European and trans-Atlantic institutions and was one of the founders of the European Communities, the Council of Europe and NATO. He was the one who proposed the Schuman Declaration, which established the European Coal and Steel Community, ultimately a predecessor of the European Union.

Born

1886

June 29

Died

1963

Era

1880s

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1886 Born
1963 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

226 Cao Rui succeeds his father as emperor of Wei.
1149 Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi.
1170 A major earthquake hits Syria, badly damaging towns such as Hama and Shaizar and structures such as the Krak des Chevaliers and the cathedral of St. Peter in Antioch.
1194 Sverre is crowned King of Norway, leading to his excommunication by the Catholic Church and civil war.

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The world in 1963

When Robert departed

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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Same-day contemporaries

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Anne-Sophie Mutter 1963– German violinist Eddie Mabo 1936–1992 Australian land rights activist (born 1936) George Ellery Hale 1868–1938 American astronomer and academic (born 1868) Giacomo Leopardi 1798–1837 Italian poet and philosopher (born 1798) Kawhi Leonard 1991– American basketball player Kim Little 1990– Scottish footballer Nelson Eddy 1901–1967 American singer and actor (died 1967) Petronilla of Aragon (died 1173) 1136– Quintin Demps 1985– American football player

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1886

Art Ross 1886–1964 Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (born 1886) Charlie Macartney 1886–1958 Australian cricketer and soldier (died 1958) Ed Wynn 1886–1966 American actor and comedian (born 1886) Edward Weston 1886–1936 English-American chemist (born 1850) Florence Goodenough 1886–1959 American child psychologist (born 1886) Fred Quimby 1886–1965 American animation producer (died 1965) Hella Wuolijoki 1886–1954 Estonian-Finnish author and politician (born 1886) Joyce Kilmer 1886–1918 American soldier, author, and poet (died 1918) Jun'ichirō Tanizaki 1886–1965 Japanese author (died 1965)

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