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Buddy Rogers Biography

Buddy Rogers(Charles Rogers)Age: 94 dashing star of Wings (1927), the first film to win an Oscar. He was a versatile actor and musician who was also known for his 42-year marriage to “America…

Clifford Shull 2001 Deaths

Clifford ShullAge: 85 former M.I.T. professor who shared a 1994 Nobel Prize in Physics for helping to “answer the question of where atoms are.” He developed a technique, called neutron…

Solomon Robert Guggenheim Biography

Solomon Robert Guggenheimbusiness executive, art collectorBorn: 1861Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pa. After studying in Zurich, he became a partner in the Swiss needlework importing business…

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…

Frank Brimsek 1998 Deaths

Frank BrimsekAge: 83 NHL goalie dubbed "Mr. Zero" after shutting out the opposition in six of his first eight professional games; recorded 42 shutouts in his career with the Boston Bruins…

Constance Cummings 2005 Deaths

Constance CummingsAge: 95 American actress who won a Tony Award for her role as aviator Emily Stilson in the Broadway production of Wings. She lived most of her life in England. Her other…

Jesse (TV Show)

NBCThursday 8:30–9:00 p.m.; on hiatusCast:Christina Applegate, George Dzundza, Rafer Weigel, Eric Lloyd, John Lehr and Jennifer Milmore A cushy spot in NBC's Thursday Must See TV lineup no…

Nick Nolte Biography

Nick NolteactorBorn: 2/8/1941Birthplace: Omaha, Nebraska Nominated for an Academy Award in 1991 for his role as a sensitive, wounded hero of Barbra Streisand'sThe Prince of Tides, Nolte typically…

William D. Coolidge

William D. CoolidgeBorn: 1873Birthplace: Hudson, Mass. Vacuum tube—Coolidge invented ductile tungsten, the filament material still used in incandescent lamps. He also invented the “Coolidge…

Charles Martin Hall

Charles Martin Hall Born: 1863 Birthplace: Thompson, Ohio Manufacture of aluminum—Hall discovered the modern…