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Napoleon (Nap) Lajoie

Napoleon (Nap) LajoieBorn: Sept. 5, 1874Baseball 2B led AL in batting 3 times (1901,03-04); batted .422 in 1901; hit .339 for career with 3,251 hits.Died: Feb. 7, 1959Guy LafleurK - MJack…

Kenesaw Mountain Landis

Kenesaw Mountain LandisBorn: Nov. 20, 1866U.S. District Court judge who became first baseball commissioner (1920-44) banned eight Chicago Black Sox from baseball for life.Died: Nov. 25,…

Eddie Murray

Eddie MurrayBorn: Feb. 24, 1956Baseball 1B-DH AL Rookie of Year in 1977; became 20th player in history, but only 2nd switch hitter (after Pete Rose) to get 3,000 hits; one of only 3 men (…

Dat Nguyen

Dat NguyenBorn: Sept. 25, 1975Football LB selected by Dallas Cowboys in 3rd round of 1999 draft; set career records at Texas A&M in tackles (517) and consecutive starts (51); Lombardi…

1999 Deaths: G - L

Felix GalimirWilliam (Bill) GardinerW. Arthur Garrity, Jr.William (Pop) GatesGermain GliddenColby GoodwinRaisa GorbachevMeg GreenfieldCalvin GriffithErnest GrossJerzy GrotowskiHowie HaakHuntz…

Leopoldo Galtieri 2003 Deaths

Leopoldo GaltieriAge: 76 repressive general and military dictator of Argentina who ordered the ill-fated 1982 invasion of the British-held Falkland Islands. The move led to a 74-day war with…

Viktor Hamburger 2001 Deaths

Viktor HamburgerAge: 100 experimental embryologist who analyzed the developing nervous system. In 1954, he and two colleagues, Rita Levi-Montalcini and Stanley Cohen, discovered the first…

John Lyday Biography

John LydayAge: 78 surgeon who was the inspiration for the fictional character Trapper John in the film and television series M*A*S*H. He served as a combat surgeon in Korea and later as chief…

David Guralnik 2000 Deaths

David GuralnikAge: 79 lexicographer who served as editor in chief of Webster's New World dictionaries from 1948 to his retirement in 1985. He died of colon cancer. Died: Shaker Heights, Ohio…

Christopher Midgett 1998 Deaths

Christopher MidgettAge: 22 a junior reserve defensive end in 1997, he was a part of a Northeastern football team that posted an 8-3 record, the team's best in 34 years; of gun shot wounds…