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Maurice Richard

Maurice RichardBorn: Aug. 4, 1921Hockey RW the “Rocket”; 8-time NHL 1st team All-Star; MVP in 1947; 1st to score 50 goals in one season (1944-45); 544 career goals; played on 8 Stanley Cup…

Michael Schumacher Biography

Michael SchumacherBorn: Jan. 3, 1969German auto racer auto racer; Formula One’s all-time win leader with 82 grand prix victories (and counting); 7-time world champion (1994-95,2000-04); broke…

U.S. Open, 2003

(Flushing Meadow, N.Y., Aug. 25–Sept. 7, 2003)Men's singles—Andy Roddick defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero, 6–3, 7–6, 6–3.Women's singles—Justine Heniin-Hardenne defeated Kim Clijsters, 7–5, 6–1.…

Capt. Chester Chet Lee 2000 Deaths

Capt. Chester “Chet” LeeAge: 80 U.S. Navy captain and NASA mission director who supervised six Apollo launches, including the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission, during which an oxygen tank exploded…

Edward Levi 2000 Deaths

Edward LeviAge: 88 former attorney general who was called upon during the country's darkest hour to rehabilitate the Justice Department following the Watergate scandal. He is widely…

Milo Speriglio 2000 Deaths

Milo SperiglioAge: 62 publicity-hungry gumshoe who modeled himself on television's classic private detectives. He handled more than 35,000 cases in his 20–year career. He was convinced…

Dolph Camilli Biography

Dolph CamilliAge: 90 the 1941 National League MVP and star first baseman with the Brooklyn Dodgers; spent 12 years in the majors with Dodgers, Cubs, Phillies and Red Sox; helped the Dodgers…

Darrell Halloran 1998 Deaths

Darrell HalloranAge: 47 head basketball coach at Pace University died during halftime of a game against American International College; Halloran, whose team won the ECAC Div. 2 title in 1990…

Browning Ross 1998 Deaths

Browning RossAge: 74 formed the Philadelphia Road Runners Club in 1957 which expanded into a national organization a year later and became what is today the 180,000-member Road Runners Club…

Joeseph Papa Joe Smith Sr. 1998 Deaths

Joeseph “Papa Joe” Smith Sr. Age: 60 drag racer; killed when his car never slowed down after crossing the finish line at 127 mph and slammed into a cement retaining wall at Heartland…