(Encyclopedia) Carey, Hugh Leo, 1919–2011, American politician, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., grad. St. John's Univ. (1942), St. John's Univ. School of Law (1951). A liberal Democrat, Carey was elected to…
(Encyclopedia) Varadkar, Leo Eric, 1979–, Irish politician, b. Dublin, grad. Trinity College Dublin (2003). The son of an Irish nurse and an Indian doctor, he practiced as a junior doctor before…
Born: July 27, 1905Baseball managed in NL 24 years; won 2,015 games, including postseason; 3 pennants with Brooklyn (1941) and NY Giants (1951,54); won World Series in 1954.Died: Oct. 7, 1991
Born: 1898Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary Nuclear reactor—Szilard was awarded a patent for the nuclear fission reactor along with Enrico Fermi. Throughout his life, Szilard made significant…
Born: 1908 Benzodiazepines. With the assistance of Lowell Randall and Earl Reeder, he discovered a new class of drugs, called benzodiazepines. Librium (1960) and Valium (1963), the first two drugs…
novelist, philosopherBorn: 9/9/1828Birthplace: Yasnaya Polyana, Russia Novelist and philosopher considered one of the greatest writers of all time. His pacifist beliefs were often reflected in his…
(Reginald McKern)actorBorn: 3/16/1920Birthplace: Sydney, Australia With distinctly oversized nose and ample girth, this character actor had a long career in film and stage before achieving popular…
Born: 1863Birthplace: Ghent, Belgium Synthetic resins—Baekeland developed the thermosetting synthetic resin bakelite which helped found the modern plastics industry. He also invented Velox…
(Encyclopedia) Tolstoy, Leo, Count, Rus. Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoi (lyĕf), 1828–1910, Russian novelist and philosopher, considered one of the world's greatest writers.
About 1876 the doubts that…
