astronomerBorn: 11/9/1934Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York America's most famous astronomer, who specialized in exobiology, the field of biology that investigates extraterrestrial life, wrote more…
Born: July 23, 1918Baseball SS member of Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 1940-58; led NL in runs scored (132) in 1949 and stolen bases (30) in 1952; hit over .300 in a season once (.309 in 1954…
(Lady Diana Frances Spencer)former princessBorn: 7/1/1961Birthplace: Sandringham, Norfolk, England Popular member of the British royal family whose death in a spectacular car accident caused a…
Romanian statesman and president Born: 1/26/1918Birthplace: Scornicesti, Romania A member of the communist party from age 15, Ceausescu rose through the ranks to become President of the State…
political activist, authorBorn: 1/26/1944Birthplace: Birmingham, Ala. A graduate student of political philosopher Herbert Marcuse at Brandeis University, Davis became a member of the Communist…
politicianBorn: 3/24/1902Birthplace: Owosso, Mich. A prominent lawyer and district attorney in New York City (1937–41), Dewey went on to serve as governor of New York from 1943 to 1955. He ran for…
(William Edward Burghardt Du Bois)writer, teacherBorn: 2/23/1868 African-American author and teacher who helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). A…
Czechoslovakian statesmanBorn: 11/27/1921Birthplace: Uhrovek, Slovakia Dubcek joined the Communist Party in 1939 and became the Party's first secretary in 1968. His economic and political reforms,…
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…
industrialist, philanthropistBorn: 2/1/1828Birthplace: Langnau, Switzerland Having emigrated to the United States in 1847, he began manufacturing stove polish, then switched to retailing,…
