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Julie Reitan Biography

Julie ReitanAge: 21 starting outfielder for the two-time defending national champion Arizona softball team; a standout in cross country and track as well as softball at Sahuaro High School;…

John Roberts 2001 Deaths

John RobertsAge: 56 music producer and entrepreneur who was a founder of 1969's monumental Woodstock Music and Art Fair. Roberts and his partners expected 50,000 people to attend the festival…

Fred Astaire Biography

Fred Astaire(Frederick Austerlitz)dancer, actorBorn: 5/10/1899Birthplace: Omaha, Nebraska Dancer and actor who appeared with dancing partner Ginger Rogers in several romantic comedies that elevated…

Gregory Corso Biography

Gregory Corsopoet and social criticBorn: 3/26/1930Birthplace: New York City iconoclastic poet and social critic who was a founder of the Beat movement. His poems, including “Elegiac Feelings…

Pelé Biography

PeléBorn: Oct. 23, 1940Brazilian soccer F given name—Edson Arantes do Nascimento; led Brazil to 3 World Cup titles (1958,62,70); came to U.S. in 1975 to play for NY Cosmos in NASL; scored 1,…

George Steinbrenner

George SteinbrennerBorn: July 4, 1930Baseball principal owner of NY Yankees since 1973; teams have won 9 pennants and 6 World Series (1977-78,96,98,99,00); has changed managers 21 times and…

The 1960 U.S. Hockey Team

U.S. hockey's original golden boys by Mike Morrison The 1960 US Olympic Hockey Team Related Links 2014 Winter OlympicsIce Hockey Through the YearsEncyclopedia: Ice HockeyMemorable…

Brewer's: Bontemps

Roger Bontemps (French). The personification of “Never say die.” The phrase is from Béranger. Vous pauvres, pleins d'envie; Vous riches, desireux; Vous, dont le char dévie Après un cours…

July 2009 Current Events: World News

U.S. News | Business/Science News Here are the key events in world news for the month of July 2009. U.S. Military Taking Back Afghan Valley from Taliban (July 2): In an attempt to take back the…