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Joseph Greenberg 2001 Deaths

Joseph GreenbergAge: 85 prominent linguist who specialized in classifying the 5,000 languages of the world. He organized Africa's 1,500 languages into four families: Niger-Kordofanian,…

Joseph Farwell Glidden Biography

Joseph Farwell Gliddeninventor of barbed wireBorn: 1/18/1813Birthplace: Charlestown, N.H. Glidden grew up on his father's farms in New Hampshire and (later) New York State. In 1837 he married…

Joseph Jones Reynolds Biography

Joseph Jones ReynoldsUnion generalBorn: 1/4/1822Birthplace: Flemingsburg, Ky. Born in Kentucky, Reynolds moved to Lafayette, Ind., with his family in 1837. A year later he entered Wabash…

(Joseph) Lane Kirkland Biography

(Joseph) Lane KirklandAge: 77 president of the AFL–CIO from 1979 to 1995. As head of the federation, Kirkland fought to sustain the unions' waning power, in part by bringing renegades such as…

Joseph Kibwetere, 2000 News

Ugandan cult leader, duped scores of Ugandans into surrendering their possessions to him and joining his sect, Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God. In March, as many…

Joseph Zimmerman 2004 Deaths

Joseph ZimmermanAge: 92 engineer who invented the first telephone answering machine, the Electronic Secretary. He sold the contraption to General Telephone and Electronics Inc. in 1957. Died…

Joseph Cullman 2004 Deaths

Joseph CullmanAge: 92 former CEO of Philip Morris (1957 to 1978) who transformed the company into one of the biggest in the U.S. He led the fight against the government's ban on cigarette…

Joseph Wilson, 2004 News

Joseph Wilson, former ambassador, was partially discredited in July with the release of the Senate Intelligence Committee report. Wilson visited Niger in February 2002 to investigate a claim…

Joseph Darby, 2004 News

U.S. reservist military police officer in Iraq, turned over to U.S. Army officials the infamous CD containing the appalling photographs of fellow soldiers abusing and humiliating Iraqi…

Joseph Maher 1998 Deaths

Joseph MaherAge: 64 actor of the stage and screen who held the record for the most Tony award nominations for supporting actor.Died: July 17, 1998.Sadie MageeM - QEarl (The Goat) Manigault…