Born: 1886Birthplace: Nellore, India Synthesis of vitamin B1—Williams isolated thiamine in crystalline form and synthesized vitamin B1. He was instrumental in achieving enrichment of flour,…
Born: 1919Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pa. ENIAC data translating device—Engineers Eckert and Mauchly invented ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator), the first multipurpose computer,…
business executiveBorn: 1936Birthplace: West Point, Miss. He worked in his family's food business, Bryan Foods, beginning in 1960, and grew it until it was sold to Consolidate Foods (which later…
publisher, lawyer, media personalityBorn: 11/25/1960Birthplace: Washington, D.C. The son of President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, John F. Kennedy Jr. was born on November 25,…
actorBorn: 11/17/1950Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland Rollins gained critical acclaim for his role as a young black man in search of justice in the film Ragtime (1981), a performance that earned an…
The Life and Times of JFK, Jr. July 16 marks the anniversary of Kennedy's tragic plane crash by Beth Rowen John F. Kennedy, Jr., and his wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, died in a…
(Encyclopedia) Osiander, AndreasOsiander, Andreasändrāˈäs ōzēänˈdər [key], 1498–1552, German reformer. His original name was Hosemann or Heiligmann. Ordained a priest in 1520, Osiander joined the…
(Encyclopedia) Cajetan [Lat.,=from Gaeta], 1469?–1534, Italian prelate, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, b. Gaeta. His original name was Giacomo de Vio. He joined the Dominicans (c.1484),…
(Encyclopedia) Servetus, MichaelServetus, Michaelsərvēˈtəs [key], 1511–53, Spanish theologian and physician. His name in Spanish was Miguel Serveto. In his early years he came in contact with some of…
