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- Victoria Mary Sackville-West was born on 9th March 1892 at Knole in Kent, her family's ancestral home. Her family was both aristocratic, (they held the title of Earl of Dorset), and literary. Two of her ancestors, Thomas Sackville (1536-1608), and Charles Sackville (1638-1706) were distinguished poets. Vita, as she was known to her friends and family, was educated at home. She became a prolific writer, and her published work spans a number of different genres. Her literary output includes family history, ('Knole and Sackvilles', which was first published in 1922), and verse. Her poem 'The Land' won the Hawthornden Prize in 1927. She married the writer and diplomat Harold Nicolson on 1st October 1913. They had two sons, Ben, born 6th August 1914, and Nigel, born 19th January 1917. In 1930 Vita and Harold bought Sissinghurst Castle in Kent, where they created their famous garden. Vita was also romantically linked to Violet Trefusis. The novelist Virginia Woolf was a close friend of Vita's and Virginia used Vita as the inspiration for the eponymous protagonist of Woolf's 1928 novel 'Orlando'. Vita's own novels include 'The Edwardians' (1930) and 'All Passion Spent' (1931). 'All Passion Spent' was dramatized for television by the BBC in 1986. In this dramatization Wendy Hiller played the part of Lady Slane. Vita's last novel, 'No Signposts in the Sea', was published in 1961 and takes the form of a journal written by Edmund Carr, a Fleet Street journalist taking an ocean cruise. Vita Sackville-West died at Sissinghurst on 2nd June 1962.
- Æneas MacKenzie was born on 15 August 1889 in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK. Æneas was a writer, known for The Ten Commandments (1956), Reign of Terror (1949) and Against All Flags (1952). Æneas was married to Frances Flake. Æneas died on 2 June 1962 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
Jack Dodds was born on 22 May 1928 in Ohio, USA. He was an actor. He died on 2 June 1962 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Dennis Taylor was born on 12 June 1921 in Sidcup, London, England, United Kingdom. He died on 2 June 1962 in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
- Aleksandr Vyrubov was born on 21 July 1882 in Yalta, Crimea, Russian Empire. He was an actor, known for Zhenshchina vampir (1915), Deti veka (1915) and Potop (1915). He died on 2 June 1962 in Cormeilles-en-Parisis, Val-d'Oise department, Île-de-France, France.
- Hertha von Hagen was born on 20 February 1876 in Agram, Austria-Hungary [now Zagreb, Croatia]. She was an actress, known for Eine große Liebe (1949), Jenny und der Herr im Frack (1941) and Les amours de Blanche Neige (1947). She died on 2 June 1962 in Munich, West Germany.
- Fran Saleski Finzgar was born on 9 February 1871 in Doslovce pri Breznici, Slovenia. He was a writer, known for Lucija (1965) and Na petelina (1966). He died on 2 June 1962 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
- Gwido Trzywdar-Rakowski was born on 1 July 1889. He was an actor, known for Dziesieciu z Pawiaka (1931), Szlakiem hanby (1929) and In die poylishe velder (1929). He died on 2 June 1962.