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Meaning of "Iacta alea est"
The Question: I'm not sure, but I think Alexander the Great said, "The die is cast." Please set me straight as to who, when, and where. The…Phil Esposito
Phil EspositoBorn: Feb. 20, 1942Hockey C 1st NHL player to score 100 points in a season (126 in 1969); 6-time All-NHL 1st team with Boston (1969-74); 2-time MVP (1969,74); 5-time scoring…Rex Barney Biography
Rex BarneyAge: 72 public address announcer for the Baltimore Orioles for more than 20 years and a former Dodgers pitcher who tossed a no-hitter on Sept. 9, 1948; a member of the team's hall…Lavern Baker 1997 Deaths
LaVern BakerR&B singer Baker, an influential blues musician of the 1950s, saw her career flag in the 1960s but made a triumphant return in the late 1980s. Her recordings, which mixed…Lady Dilhorne 2004 Deaths
Lady DilhorneAge: 93 trained carrier pigeons to carry secret messages from resistance fighters and secret agents in Germany to her home west of London during World War II. Her daughter Eliza…Douglas Fairbanks Jr. 2000 Deaths
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.Age: 90 debonair actor, producer, and diplomat who starred in 75 films, including The Prisoner of Zenda and Gunga Din. The son of silent film legend Douglas Fairbanks,…Rona Barrett Biography
Rona Barrettgossip columnist, entrepreneurBorn: 10/8/1936Birthplace: New York, N.Y. In 1957 Barrett became a gossip columnist for the Bell-McClure-NANA newspaper syndicate. In 1966 she began…Alfred Nobel Biography
Alfred Nobel Born: 1833Birthplace: Stockholm Improved explosive compound: dynamite—Accidents in the manufacturing and handling of nitroglycerin made Nobel aware of its danger in the fluid state…Kary Banks Mullis
Kary Banks MullisBorn: 1944Birthplace: North Carolina PCR, Polymerase chain reaction—Mullis invented PCR, the process for amplifying nucleic acids, in 1993 while at Cetus Corporation. PCR…The Names of the Months
The Legacy of the Roman Calendar The modern Gregorian calendar has roots in the Roman calendar, specifically the calendar decreed by Julius Caesar. So, the names of the months in English all have…Trending
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