Born: Nov. 23, 1934Australian tennis player 2-time Wimbledon winner (1956-57); won Australian, French and Wimbledon titles in 1956, but missed capturing Grand Slam at Forest Hills when beaten by…
Born: 1936Birthplace: Forest Hills, N.Y. Apparatus and method for detecting cancer in tissue—Damadian invented the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner that has revolutionized diagnostic…
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(Encyclopedia) Victor Emmanuel II, 1820–78, king of Sardinia (1849–61) and first king of united Italy (1861–78). He fought in the war of 1848–49 against Austrian rule in Lombardy-Venetia and ascended…
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J. K. Rowling Trivia Learn more about the author of the Harry Potter books by Ann-Marie Imbornoni and Dana Quigley Did you know: J.K. Rowling Biography Her last name rhymes with "bowling…
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(Elliott Tucker Merrick III)writerBorn: 1906Birthplace: Montclair, New Jersey In the 1940s, Merrick gained popularity as a writer of books set in Labrador and northern Vermont. The best-selling…
