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Alfred A. Knopf

book publisherBorn: 9/12/1892Birthplace: New York City A premier book publisher who paid as much attention to the typestyle and materials of the books he published as to the quality of the…

Benjamin A. Rubin

Born: 1917Birthplace: New York City Bifurcated vaccination needle—Until 1967 smallpox killed at least 2 million people annually. In 1980 the World Health Organization declared that smallpox had…

Reginald A. Fessenden

Born: 1866Birthplace: East Bolton, Quebec, Canada Apparatus for signaling by electromagnetic waves—Canadian Reginald Fessenden made history in 1906 when he broadcast the world's first radio…

Edwin A. Link

Born: 1904 Link Trainer/Simulator. While working in his father's piano and organ factory, Link was inspired to use organ parts and compressed air to build the first flight simulator. During World…

A. Bartlett Giamatti

Born: Apr. 4, 1938Scholar and 7th commissioner of baseball banned Pete Rose for life for betting on Major League games and associating with known gamblers; also served as president of Yale (1978-86…

Ben A. Jones

Born: Dec. 31, 1882Horse racing Calumet Farm trainer (1939-47); saddled 6 Kentucky Derby champions, including 2 Triple Crown winners—Whirlaway in 1941 and Citation in '48.Died: June 13, 1961

Robert Douglas FRANKS, Congress, NJ (1951-2010)

FRANKS, Robert Douglas, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Hackensack, Bergen County, N.J., September 21, 1951; attended public schools; B.A., DePauw University, 1973; J.D., Southern…

Thomas A. BURKE, Congress, OH (1898-1971)

Senate Years of Service: 1953-1954Party: DemocratBURKE, Thomas A., a Senator from Ohio; born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, October 30, 1898; attended parochial schools; graduated from…

Applegarth, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Applegarth, Robert, 1834–1924, English trade union leader, a carpenter by trade. A charter member of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, he became in 1862 its general…

Fergusson, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Fergusson, Robert, 1750–74, Scottish poet, b. Edinburgh. He was a precursor of Robert Burns, who proclaimed his debt to Fergusson's Poems (1773). After careers in the clergy and in…