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Pete Rozelle
Pete RozelleBorn: Mar. 1, 1926Football NFL Commissioner from 1960-89; presided over growth of league from 12 to 28 teams, merger with AFL, creation of Super Bowl and advent of huge TV rights…Carly Patterson
Carly PattersonBorn: February 4, 1988American Gymnast Won gold in the women's all-around competition, a first for an American in a non-boycotted Olympics, and earned a silver in the team…apostle
(Encyclopedia) apostleapostleəpŏsˈəl [key] [Gr.,=envoy], one of the prime missionaries of Christianity. The apostles of the first rank are saints Peter, Andrew, James (the Greater), John, Thomas,…Margaret Murie 2003 Deaths
Margaret MurieAge: 101 conservationist who championed the preservation of wilderness. Murie and her husband Olaus successfully campaigned for the creation of the Arctic National Wildlife…Alfred Nzo 2000 Deaths
Alfred NzoAge: 74 African politician who began fighting apartheid in South Africa as a student with the African National Congress Youth League. He spent his entire career with the A.N.C. and…Ray Ewry
Ray EwryBorn: Oct. 14, 1873Track & Field won 10 gold medals (although 2 are not recognized by IOC) over 4 consecutive Olympics (1900,04,06,08); all events he won (Standing HJ, LJ and TJ)…Keizo Obuchi 2000 Deaths
Keizo ObuchiAge: 62 Japanese prime minister who fell into a coma after suffering a stroke in April. He was plucked to be prime minister in 1998 by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and…Diana Mosley 2003 Deaths
Diana MosleyAge: 93 glamorous British intellect and socialite who created a scandal in 1932 when she left her husband, Bryan Guinness, for Oswald Mosley, a leader of the British Union of…Frank Gorshin 2005 Deaths
Frank GorshinAge: 72 versatile actor and impressionist who played the wisecracking, green-clad Riddler on television's Batman. He recently won praise for his impersonation of George Burns in…Gabe Paul 1998 Deaths
Gabe PaulAge: 88 renowned wheeling and dealing baseball executive partly responsible for building the Reds' teams of the 1960s and the Yankees' teams of the 1970s; briefly worked with the…Trending
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