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Yasir Arafat was born Muhammad 'Abd Ar-Ra'uf Al-Qudwah Al-Husayni on August 24, 1929 in Cairo, Egypt, to a Palestinian father and an Egyptian mother. He was raised in Cairo but always considered himself Palestinian. In the late 1940s, while a student in Egypt, he became an ardent Arab nationalist and adopted the name Yasir, after Yasir al Birah, a famous Arab resistance leader. When Arafat as 14, he was involved in gunrunning for Arab guerrillas in Gaza, a task he continued to perform during the Arab-Israeli War of 1948. After the war, Arafat entered the University of Cairo, earning a degree in engineering in 1955.
During his student days, he began to train secretly as a guerrilla, becoming an expert in demolitions and taking part in raids on British installations near the Suez Canal. After his graduation from the university, Arafat was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Egyptian army. He saw some combat at Port Said and Abu Kabir during the Suez war of October 29-November 6, 1956. In the mid-1960s, Arafat emerged as the chief military and political leader of the Palestinian homeland movement. From his residence in Kuwait where he ran a successful engineering concern, he published the major nationalist organ, Our Palestine, and established Al Fatah, an acronym for the Movement for the Liberation of Palestine.
In 1967, after the Arab defeat in the Six-Day War, he became the chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) where throughout the 1970s he directed the PLO in a series of terrorist attacks against Israel and its Western allies. In an effort to garner broader support for his movement in the 1980s he began to distance himself from the PLO's more violent factions like the Abu Nidal group, but has not firmly renounced terrorism as a means of achieving his goals to create a Palestinian state within Israel. He had residences in Gaza and Tunis, where the PLO has its headquarters. He died after a short illness in November 2004, aged 75.- Actor
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Dayton Allen was born on 24 September 1919 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Cotton Club (1984), The Monster Master (1966) and The Deputy Dawg Show (1959). He was married to Elvi Allen. He died on 11 November 2004 in Hendersonville, North Carolina, USA.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Jacques Dynam was born on 30 December 1923 in Montrouge, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He was an actor, known for Fantomas (1964), Madame Bovary (1991) and Fantomas Unleashed (1965). He died on 11 November 2004 in Paris, France.- Actor
- Producer
Leonard Shoemaker was born on 18 December 1930 in Texas, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Escape to Passion (1971) and Boogievision (1977). He died on 11 November 2004 in Palm Springs, California, USA.- Sean P. Huey was born on 15 September 1976 in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Heather Huey. He died on 11 November 2004 in Habbaniyah, Iraq.
- Actor
- Casting Department
Joe Zammit Cordina was born on 29 September 1929 in Hamrun, Malta. He was an actor, known for Midnight Express (1978), Kill Cruise (1990) and Sweeney 2 (1978). He was married to Mary Yvonne Cordina. He died on 11 November 2004 in Malta.- Tony Nancy was born on 14 November 1929 in Barberton, Ohio, USA. He died on 11 November 2004 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Writer
Grandfather Semu Haute was born on 8 August 1908 in Ventura County, California, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Eternity (1990), Out (1982) and The Beginning of the Chumash (2002). He died on 11 November 2004 in Pima, Arizona, USA.- Music Department
Helen Sneddon was born on 28 April 1919 in Herrick, South Dakota, USA. She is known for The Black Hole (1979), A Swingin' Summer (1965) and Paratroop Command (1959). She died on 11 November 2004 in Brea, California, USA.- Production Designer
- Art Director
- Animation Department
Zvonimir Loncaric was born on 13 July 1927 in Zagreb, Croatia. He was a production designer and art director, known for Ponedjeljak ili utorak (1966), Carevo novo ruho (1961) and Da li je umro dobar covjek? (1962). He died on 11 November 2004.- Fanny Bertelli was an actress, known for Thomas... ...gli indemoniati (1970), Balsamus l'uomo di Satana (1970) and La mazurka del barone, della santa e del fico fiorone (1975). She died on 11 November 2004 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.