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Peter Snell

Peter SnellBorn: Dec. 17, 1938Track & Field New Zealander who won gold medal in 800m at 1960 Olympics, then won both the 800m and 1,500m at 1964 Games.Sam SneadR - TDuke Snider

Peter Ueberroth

Peter UeberrothBorn: Sept. 2, 1937Organizer of 1984 Summer Olympics in LA 1984 Time Man of Year; baseball commissioner from 1984-89; headed Rebuild Los Angeles for one year after 1992 riots.U…

Peter Schultz

Peter SchultzBorn: 1942Birthplace: Brooklyn, N.Y. Fused silica optical waveguide—The inventors, Maurer, Keck, and Schultz. designed and produced the first optical fiber with light loss during…

Peter Wolf

Sleepless Artemis There aren't many singers who could land both Mick Jagger and Keith Richards as musical guests on their album, but then again, Peter Wolf isn't your fun-of-the-mill rocker.…

Gordon, Patrick

(Encyclopedia) Gordon, Patrick, 1635–99, Scottish soldier of fortune and Russian general, b. Scotland. After serving alternately on both sides in the war between Sweden and Poland (1655–60), he…

Apraksin, Feodor Matveyevich

(Encyclopedia) Apraksin, Feodor MatveyevichApraksin, Feodor Matveyevichfyôˈdər mətvyāˈəvĭch əpräkˈsyĭn [key], 1671–1728, Russian admiral. He helped Peter I (Peter the Great) create the Russian navy…

Henry II, Spanish king of Castile and León

(Encyclopedia) Henry II or Henry of TrastámaraHenry IItrăstəmărˈə [key], 1333?–1379, Spanish king of Castile and León (1369–79), illegitimate son of Alfonso XI. After taking part in several…

Peter I, duke or count of Brittany

(Encyclopedia) Peter I (Pierre Mauclerc), d. 1250, duke or count of Brittany (1213–37). The son of Robert II, count of Dreux, he married Alix, half-sister and heiress of Arthur I duke of Brittany.…

Allen Ginsberg Biography

Allen GinsbergAge: 70poet The voice of the Beat Generation, Ginsberg was at the fore of 1960s political protest movements and the counterculture. Best said by Ginsberg's longtime friend…