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Richard Chamberlain

actor, producerBorn: 3/31/1935Birthplace: Los Angeles The chisel-chinned, boyish star of TV's Dr. Kildare (1961–66), he later appeared in leading roles in a number of TV specials and miniseries,…

Slim Pickens

(Louis Bert Lindley, Jr.)actor, cowboyBorn: 6/29/1919Birthplace: Kingsburg, California Pickens worked as a rodeo star before landing his first movie role in the western Rocky Mountain (1950). His…

Pramod Karan Sethi Biography

doctorDied: January 6, 2008 (Jaipur, India) Best Known as: inventor of a prosthesis called the Jaipur foot Dr. Sethi invented the first affordable prosthetic foot…

Shelley Long

actressBorn: 8/23/1949Birthplace: Fort Wayne, Indiana Originally a TV producer and host, Long broke into film acting in the early 1980s, notably in Night Shift (1982) with Henry Winkler and Michael…

Kate Hudson

actressBorn: 4/19/1979Birthplace: Los Angeles The vivacious actress, the daughter of Goldie Hawn and comedian-singer Bill Hudson, has inherited her mother's infectious charm, beauty, and the…

Mark Dean

Born: 1957Birthplace: Jefferson City, Tenn. Microcomputer with bus control means for peripheral devices—The work of these IBM scientists is what allows IBM and IBM-compatible computer components…

Omar Sharif

(Michael Shalhoub; Omar El-Sharif)actorBorn: 4/10/1932Birthplace: Alexandria, Egypt Already a star of Egyptian films, Sharif came to international prominence for his role in Lawrence of Arabia (…

Long, Huey Pierce

(Encyclopedia) Long, Huey Pierce, 1893–1935, American political leader, b. Winnfield, La.; brother of Earl Long. Originally a farm boy, he was an extremely successful traveling salesman before…

penicillin

(Encyclopedia) penicillin, any of a group of chemically similar substances obtained from molds of the genus Penicillium that were the first antibiotic agents to be used successfully in the treatment…