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Cindy Adams Biography

Cindy Adamsgossip columnist A native New Yorker, Adams started writing for small city papers. Her big break came in 1979 when she cancelled a dinner with a New York Post editor because she wanted to…

Connie Mack

Connie MackBorn: Dec. 22, 1862Baseball owner managed Philadelphia A's until he was 87 (1901-50); all-time major league wins leader with 3,755, including World Series; won 9 AL pennants and 5…

John Colin Emmett

John Colin Emmett Born: 1939Birthplace: Bradford, England Antiulcer compounds and compositions—Durant, Emmett and Ganellin discovered the drug cimetidine (trade name Tagamet) which inhibits the…

Tony Dorsett

Tony DorsettBorn: Apr. 7, 1954Football RB won Heisman Trophy leading Pitt to national title in 1976; 3rd all-time in NCAA Div. I-A rushing with 6,082 yards; led Dallas to Super Bowl title as…

George Jackson 2000 Deaths

George JacksonAge: 42 media executive who began his career in film, moved to the music industry, and finally onto the Internet, where he created the Urban Box Office Network, a group of sites…

Helena Mroczkowska Dow 1998 Deaths

Helena Mroczkowska DowAge: 80 a four-time national fencing champion and former U.S. Olympic Team member who was part of what is believed to be the only mother-father-son trio in U.S. Olympic…

Falco Biography

Falco(Johann Hoelzel)singer, musicianBorn: 2/19/1957Birthplace: Vienna, Austria A classically trained child prodigy and an internationally successful pop artist, he is best known for his…

Darrell Wayne Lukas

Darrell Wayne LukasBorn: Sept. 2, 1935Horse racing 4-time Eclipse-winning trainer who saddled Horses of Year Lady's Secret in 1988 and Criminal Type in 1990; first trainer to earn over $100…

John Ericsson

John Ericsson Born: 1803Birthplace: Vermland, Sweden Propeller—Ericsson's propeller—still the main form of marine propulsion 150 years later—replaced the inefficient and vulnerable steam-…

Carl Chester VAN DYKE, Congress, MN (1881-1919)

VAN DYKE Carl Chester , a Representative from Minnesota; born in Alexandria, Douglas County, Minn., February 18, 1881; attended the common and high schools of Alexandria; taught school in Douglas…