Born: Oct. 28, 1937Basketball NBA's all-time winningest coach; MVP of 1960 NIT as Providence guard; played 15 years in NBA, including 4 as player-coach; MVP of 1971 All-Star Game; coached Seattle…
journalistBorn: 4/10/1847Birthplace: Mako, Hungary Newspaperman who emigrated to the United States in 1864 and began a successful career as editor and publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He…
The Question: Has Beverly Cleary ever won a Newbery Award? The Answer: Yes. In 1991, Cleary's Dear Mr. Henshaw won the Newbery Medal for Best Book. In addition,…
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inventorBorn: 12 March 1918Best Known as: inventor of the mobile communication system Amos Joel invented the first mobile communication system, allowing people to…
Herbert Alexander Simonsocial scientist and economistBorn: 6/15/1916Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisconsin polymath who won several awards, including the 1978 Nobel Prize in Economics, for his theory on…
(Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien)Born: 4/16/1939Birthplace: Hampstead, London, England soulful British singer whose hits included '60s songs “Son of a Preacher Man” and “Wishin' and Hopin…
(Allen Stewart Konigsberg)writer, actor, playwrightBorn: 12/1/1935Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Academy Award-winning film director, writer, actor and playwright whose films range from comic…
The Question: What boat was the first to cross the Panama Canal? The Answer: The first boat to cross the Panama Canal once it was opened was the S.S. Ancon,…
