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Youngest Nobel Prize Winner

The Question: Who is the youngest Nobel prize winner? The Answer: The youngest person to receive a Nobel prize was Sir William Lawrence Bragg (Physics…

Ralph Boston

Ralph BostonBorn: May 9, 1939Track & Field medaled in 3 consecutive Olympic long jumps— gold (1960), silver (1964), bronze (1968).Mike BossyA - CRay Bourque

The 2008 Class of Inductees

The following inventors—seven are living and eight are received posthumous recognition—were honored because their accomplishments have improved human lives. LED, the solar cell, and…

Carl Djerassi

Carl DjerassiBorn: 1923Birthplace: Vienna, Austria Oral contraceptives—Along with developing the oral contraceptive Djerassi's research has included work with steroids, antibiotics, synthesis of…

Suzanne Lenglen

Suzanne LenglenBorn: May 24, 1899French tennis player dominated women's tennis from 1919-26; won both Wimbledon and French singles titles 6 times.Died: July 4, 1938Ivan LendlK - MSugar Ray…

Michael Houser 2002 Deaths

Michael HouserAge: 40 singer and guitarist of Widespread Panic, a Georgia-based jam band. He died of pancreatic cancer. Died: Athens, Ga., Aug. 10, 2002Billy Ray HobleyG - LHarlan Howard…

Jennings Randolph 1998 Deaths

Jennings RandolphAge: 96 former U.S. senator from West Virginia who authored the twenty-sixth amendment of the Constitution, giving 18-year-olds the right to vote.Died: May 8, 1998.Earl M.…

Jeannette Nolan 1998 Deaths

Jeannette Nolanactress Versatile actress whose 300 television credits range from Alfred Hitchcock Presents to Charlie's Angels.Born: 1912?Died: 1998Ray NobleM - QMaidie Norman

George Cooper 2002 Deaths

George CooperAge: 85 naval officer who was a member of the Golden 13, the first group of black U.S. Navy officers to earn their commissions. Died: Centerville, Ohio, May 20, 2002Ray ConniffA…