keyboardistDied: September 15, 2008Best Known as: keyboardist and founding member of Pink Floyd Deathplace: London, England Richard Wright was one of the founding…
politician, law professor
Born: 7/10/1933
Birthplace: Michigan City, Ind.
Hatcher was elected mayor of Gary, Ind., in 1967, and he remained in office for the next 20 years. A…
Richard Gordon KleindienstU.S. attorney generalBorn: 8/5/1923 President Nixon's attorney general who served for one year during the Watergate scandal. When he learned of the break-in shortly after…
merchantBorn: 12/7/1863Birthplace: Stewartville, Minn. Though the Sears family had been wealthy, his father lost the family fortune through speculative investments. Upon his father's death, young…
physicianBorn: 1904Birthplace: Washington, D.C. Born in Washington, D.C., Drew earned advanced degrees in medicine and surgery from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, in 1933 and from Columbia…
Born: 1/9/1913Birthplace: Yorba Linda, Calif. Richard Milhous Nixon was born in Yorba Linda, Calif., on Jan. 9, 1913, to Midwestern-bred parents, Francis A. and Hannah Milhous Nixon, who raised…
director, actorBorn: 8/29/1923Birthplace: Cambridge, England Academy Award-winning director and actor best known for his sweeping biopics, including Gandhi (1982) Cry Freedom (1987) and Elizabeth (…
