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Bill Walsh

Bill Walsh Born: Nov. 30, 1931 Football Hall of Fame coach and GM of 3 Super Bowl winners with San Francisco (…

Assassinations and Attempts in U.S. Since 1865

Lincoln, Abraham (president of U.S.): Shot April 14, 1865, in Washington, DC, by John Wilkes Booth; died April 15.Seward, William H. (secretary of state): Escaped assassination (though…

Edward Teller 2003 Deaths

Edward TellerAge: 95 Hungarian-born atomic physicist who helped to establish the nuclear era with his advocacy for and work on the atomic bomb and later the hydrogen bomb. He was widely…

Jack Bruen Biography

Jack BruenAge: 48 turned a struggling Colgate basketball team which had endured 14 straight losing seasons into a winner during his nine years (1989-97) as head coach; led the Red Raiders to…

Harold Nichols Biography

Harold NicholsAge: 79 a national champion wrestler who became one of the sport's most respected coaches; retired following the 1984–85 season; at Iowa St., where he coached for 32 years, he…

Clinton, Hillary Rodham

(Encyclopedia) Clinton, Hillary RodhamClinton, Hillary Rodhamrŏdˈəm [key], 1947–, U.S. senator and secretary of state, wife of President Bill Clinton, b. Chicago, grad. Wellesley College (B.A. 1969…

Laura Nyro 1997 Deaths

Laura NyroAge: 49singer, songwriter Considered one of the most important women in rock history, Nyro's introspective ballads combined elements of folk, soul and gospel. She loomed large among…

Seymour Cray

Seymour Cray Born: 1925Birthplace: Chippewa Falls, Wis. Computer vector register processing—Known as the supercomputer. Supercomputers are defined as computers that have extraordinary high…

Harry Duncan Biography

Harry Duncanprinter, editorBorn: 1917Birthplace: Keokuk, Iowa A skilled hand printer of literary works, he is well known for printing Robert Lowell's first book of poetry, The Land of…

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

Author:Dave EggersPublisher:Simon & Schuster Taken at face value, the premise of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius would lead one to assume that the "memoir" based on a true story…