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King Walter

Career PBA Tour money leader Walter Ray Williams Jr. continued to shine in 1998 with another monster year.PBA Tour He was the PBA Player of the Year in 1996 and 1997. He had 24 titles to his…

Roland (Rolly) Schwartz 1998 Deaths

Roland (Rolly) SchwartzAge: 85 active in amateur boxing for almost 60 years as coach, referee and administrator; manager and part-time coach of 1976 U.S. Olympic boxing team which won five…

Thor Heyerdahl 2002 Deaths

Thor HeyerdahlAge: 87 Norwegian explorer and anthropologist who, in 1947, traveled 4,300 miles from Peru to the Tuamotu Archipelago near Tahiti in a primitive raft he called the Kon-Tiki to…

Eavan Boland Biography

Eavan BolandpoetBorn: 9/24/1944Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland The daughter of an Irish diplomat, Boland spent much of her youth living in London and New York City. One of Ireland's few recognized women…

Jackie Robinson Biography

Jackie RobinsonBorn: Jan. 31, 1919Baseball 1B-2B-3B 4-sport athlete at UCLA (baseball, basketball, football and track); hit .387 with Kansas City Monarchs of Negro Leagues in 1945; signed by…

1998 Deaths: M - Q

Sadie MageeJoseph MaherEarl (The Goat) ManigaultE. G. MarshallDaniel MasseyGinette MathiotHedley MattinglyBob McAllisterLinda Eastman McCartneyWilliam McChesney MartinJason McCrayDr. David C…

2004 Academy Awards

The 2004 Academy Awards were presented Feb. 27, 2005 at the Kodak Theatre.Best PictureThe Aviator Finding NeverlandMillion Dollar Baby Ray SidewaysBest Animated PictureThe Incredibles (Pixar…

Hal Newhouser 1998 Deaths

Hal NewhouserAge: 77 Detroit Tigers Hall of Fame left-hander who won back-to-back MVP awards in 1944 and 1945; a native of Detroit, Newhouser played for his hometown team from 1939-53; won…

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Biography

Subrahmanyan ChandrasekharastrophysicistBorn: 10/19/1910Birthplace: Lahore, India (now Pakistan) Chandrasekhar was one of ten children born to a civil servant and an intellectual mother who…

Chevy Chase Biography

Chevy Chase(Cornelius Crane Chase)actor, comedianBorn: 10/8/1943Birthplace: New York City Joined the Saturday Night Live crew in 1975 and amused audiences with his deadpan humor and…