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John Guedel 2001 Deaths

John GuedelAge: 88 prolific television producer of the 1940s and '50s who began his career in radio before turning to TV when it was a nascent medium. Guedel, who had a fondness for the inane…

Luther Burbank Biography

Luther Burbank Born: 1849Birthplace: Lancaster, Mass. Peach—Burbank developed more than 800 new strains and varieties of plants including varieties of potato, plums, prunes, berries, flowers…

Antietam campaign

(Encyclopedia) Antietam campaignAntietam campaignăntēˈtəm [key], Sept., 1862, of the Civil War. After the second battle of Bull Run, Gen. Robert E. Lee crossed the Potomac to invade Maryland and…

Einar Gustafson 2001 Deaths

Einar GustafsonAge: 65 young baseball fan, whose battle with a rare form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 1948 inspired the Jimmy Fund, a cancer research organization and the official charity of…

Kim Hunter Biography

Kim HunterJanet ColeactressBorn: November 12, 1922 Birthplace: Detroit, Mi. Hunter was a actress famous for her Oscar-winning role as Stella in the film and stage versions of Tennessee…

Walter H. Brattain

Walter H. Brattain Born: 1902 Birthplace: Amoy, China Transistor—Bardeen, Shockley and Brattain shared the 1956 Nobel…

Bryant Gumbel

Bryant Gumbeltelevision journalistBorn: 9/29/1948Birthplace: New Orleans Television journalist who attained his fame on NBC's Today Show from 1982 to 1997. Before joining Today, Gumbel…

Kim Hunter

Kim HunterJanet ColeactressBorn: November 12, 1922 Birthplace: Detroit, Mi. Hunter was a actress famous for her Oscar-winning role as Stella in the film and stage versions of Tennessee…

Bryant Gumbel Biography

Bryant Gumbeltelevision journalistBorn: 9/29/1948Birthplace: New Orleans Television journalist who attained his fame on NBC's Today Show from 1982 to 1997. Before joining Today, Gumbel…

Bryan Brown Biography

Bryan BrownactorBorn: 6/23/1947Birthplace: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia An Australian actor who first gained fame in the critically acclaimed film Breaker Morant (1980), he also garnered…