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Joe McCarthy

Born: Apr. 21, 1887Baseball first manager to win pennants in both leagues (Chicago Cubs in 1929 and NY Yankees in 1932); greatest success came with Yankees when he won seven pennants and six World…

Childhood Diseases: Measly Measles

Measly MeaslesChildhood DiseasesIntroductionThe Polio PanicChickenpoxEar AchesMeasly MeaslesMumpsRubellaDeadly DiphtheriaPertussis, or Whooping CoughTerrifying TetanusThe Importance of Childhood…

World Series—2007

Boston Red Sox defeated Colorado Rockies, 4 games to 0. Series MVP: Mike Lowell. 1st Game—Boston, Oct. 24Colorado 1, Boston…

Stars Grouped by Size

Supergiants are the largest stars, and may have diameters several hundred times the size of the Sun. Giants are more common than Supergiants, and have diameters 10 to 100 times as large as the…

Henry Grinnell

merchant, philanthropistBorn: 1799Birthplace: New Bedford, Mass. After seven years as a clerk in New York City, he and two brothers founded a shipping company in which he worked for the next 25…

Ronald Perelman

turnaround specialistBorn: 1935Birthplace: Greensboro, N.C. Educated in boardroom behavior at his father's knee, Perelman began attending board meetings for Belmont Industries when he was only 11.…

Adrian Paul

actorBorn: 5/29/1959Birthplace: London, England Paul played Duncan MacLeod for six years on the television show, Highlander-The Series (1992– ). The former model studied jazz and ballet before…

Gene Simmons

(Eugene Klein, born Chaim Witz)musicianBorn: 8/25/1949Birthplace: Haifa, Israel A founding member of the rock group Kiss (1973–present), a band noteworthy as much for its members' theatrical…