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Charles Goodyear
Charles Goodyear Born: 1800 Birthplace: New Haven, Conn. Improvement in India-rubber fabrics—Goodyear discovered the…Charles Best
Charles BestBorn: 1899 Purified Insulin. Canadian scientists Banting, Best, and Collip determined that insulin injections would help keep diabetics alive and developed techniques for extracting,…Charles Kaman
Charles Kaman Born: 1919 Rotor Control Mechanism for Rotary Aircraft. In 1947, Kaman revolutionized helicopter safety and…Black History
Notable Speeches and Letters by African Americans, From Benjamin Banneker to Barack Obama Selected Essays in Black History Contents Sojourner Truth, the Libyan Sibyl by Harriet Beecher Stowe…1998 Deaths: R - Z
Ellis RabbEddie RabbittEarl M. RamerJennings RandolphJames Earl RayGene RaymondBebe RebozoJheri ReddingEberhard F. M. ReesHugh ReillyClaude RetherfordRonald RidenhourRisen StarJerome RobbinsT…Mantle, Mickey
(Encyclopedia) Mantle, Mickey (Mickey Charles Mantle), 1931–95, American baseball player, b. Spavinaw, Okla. In 1951, he joined the New York Yankees of the American League; eventually he replaced Joe…Carter, Angela
(Encyclopedia) Carter, Angela, 1940–92, English writer. She was a newspaper reporter before studying at the Univ. of Bristol (B.A., 1965), where she explored medieval literature, Freud, surrealism,…Berkeley, Sir William
(Encyclopedia) Berkeley, Sir William, 1606–77, colonial governor of Virginia. Appointed governor in 1641, he arrived in Virginia in 1642. Berkeley defeated the Native Americans and the Dutch,…A Guide to Inventions and Discoveries From Adrenaline to the Zipper
From Adrenaline to the Zipper See also Famous Firsts in Aviation, Nobel Prizes.Adrenaline:(isolation of) John Jacob Abel, U.S., 1897.Aerosol can:Erik Rotheim, Norway, 1926.Air brake:George…Sontag, Henriette
(Encyclopedia) Sontag, HenrietteSontag, Henriettehĕnrēĕtˈə zônˈtäk [key], later Contessa RossiSontag, Henriettekôntĕsˈsä rôsˈsē [key], 1806–54, German operatic soprano, studied at the Prague…Trending
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