cowboy, rodeo starBorn: (probably) 12/5/1870Birthplace: Williamson County, Tex. After quitting school in the fifth grade, Pickett became a full-time ranch hand and developed into a skilled horseman…
Born: 6/22/1922 Birthplace: Fort Wayne, Ind fashion designer known for his classic yet elegant designs favored by Nancy Reagan, Brooke Astor, and Jessye Norman. He was also an adept marketer,…
actor, screenwriter, comedianBorn: 9/21/1950Birthplace: Willmette, Illinois Like so many of his fellow Saturday Night Live (SNL) alumni, Bill Murray honed his improvisational comedic skills as part…
Born: Nov. 30, 1868Football college star at Amherst College and then Harvard; first Black player to be selected as an All-American (1892-93); also the first Black man admitted to the American Bar…
(William Henry Gates III)software industry pioneer, philanthropistBorn: 10/28/1955Birthplace: Seattle, Wash. After years of tinkering with computers, Gates dropped out of Harvard at age 19 to form…
(Wolfgang Grajonca)rock music promoter/managerBorn: 1931Birthplace: Berlin, Germany After fleeing Nazi Germany with his parents and serving in the U.S. Army in Korea, he settled in San Francisco…
(Mary William Ethelbert Appleton)actressBorn: 8/7/1885Birthplace: Washington, D.C. The daughter of a singing clown in the Barnum & Bailey Circus, Burke began acting at a young age and starred…
actor, producerBorn: 12/17/1954Birthplace: Hornell, New York Playing the President of the United States in the film Independence Day (1996) was not Bill Pullman's original plan. Years before…
composerBorn: 4/13/1942Birthplace: Providence, Rhode Island An incredibly prolific composer, he first earned critical acclaim for scoring Vittorio de Sica's Oscar-winning The Garden of the Finzi-…
The Question: What kind of car is on the back of the $10 bill? The Answer: According to the U.S. Treasury Department: "The engraved die of the Treasury…
