James Taylor was a big part of the folk revolution of the 1960s and early 1970s, recording hits like "Carolina in My Mind," "Sweet Baby James," and Carole King's "You've Got A Friend." Taylor was…
Born: Apr. 23, 1932Running author who popularized the sport of running; his 1977 bestseller The Complete Book of Running, is credited with helping start America's fitness revolution; died of a…
Luther Burbank is widely regarded as the father of modern plant breeding. Beginning in 1870, Luther Burbank developed more than 800 new strains of fruits, vegetables, flowers and grasses; his ideas…
Tony Hawk is the George Washington of skateboarding, a founding father whose charisma and bag of tricks fueled the sport's growth in the 1980s and 1990s. Hawk won dozens of pro tournaments and was…
Name at birth: Maximilien François Marie Isidore de RobespierreInfluenced by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Robespierre went from being active in the National Assembly of France to being a leader of the…
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier was a French chemist whose persistence in precise experiments led to the law of conservation of mass. A Parisian aristocrat, Lavoisier studied law but went into science. He…
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi became Crown Prince in 1925, when his father, Reza Shah Pahlavi, became the official monarch of modern Iran. His father was forced into exile in 1941 and Mohammad Reza…
Born: 1924Birthplace: St. Louis, Mo. Fused silica optical waveguide—The inventors, Maurer, Keck, and Schultz. designed and produced the first optical fiber with light loss during transmission low…
Born: 1941Birthplace: Lansing, Mich. Fused silica optical waveguide—The inventors, Maurer, Keck, and Schultz. designed and produced the first optical fiber with light loss during transmission low…
Born: 1942Birthplace: Brooklyn, N.Y. Fused silica optical waveguide—The inventors, Maurer, Keck, and Schultz. designed and produced the first optical fiber with light loss during transmission low…
