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Jim Valvano Biography

Jim Valvano Born: Mar. 10, 1946Basketball coach at N.C. State whose team upset Houston to win national title in 1983; in 19 seasons as a coach appeared in 8 NCAA tournaments; twice voted ACC…

Baruch Blumberg

Baruch Blumberg Born: 1925Birthplace: New York City Test and vaccine for hepatitis B—Blumberg and Millman: The use of the test reduced the occurrence of hepatitis B after blood transfusions.…

Irving Millman

Irving MillmanBorn: 1923Birthplace: New York City Test and vaccine for hepatitis B—Blumberg and Millman:The use of the test reduced the occurrence of hepatitis B after blood transfusions. The…

Robert Gallo

Robert GalloBorn: 1937 HIV Isolation and Identification. Robert Gallo and Luc Montagnier both discovered HIV, determining that the virus was the cause of AIDS, and making it more possible to…

Bobb McKittrick 2000 Deaths

Bobb McKittrickAge: 64 San Francisco 49ers offensive line coach who worked with five Super Bowl-winning teams over 21 years; coaching career began as an assistant at his alma mater, Oregon St…

Dan Turk 2001 Deaths

Dan TurkAge: 38 half of the first brother-to-brother, long snapper-to-punter combination in NFL history; drafted by Pittsburgh in 1987; played 15 seasons at center with Tampa Bay, L.A./…

God Said “Ha!”

Director/Writer: Julia Sweeney Miramax; PG-13; 87 minutes Release: 2/99 Cast: Julia Sweeney “Courageous” is a word on the endangered species list, a term that has suffered…

Alice Bauer 2002 Deaths

Alice BauerAge: 35 one of the 13 founding members of the Ladies Professional Golf Association; colorful and outgoing, she began her career by touring the country in the 1940s with her sister…

Luc Montagnier

Luc Montagnier Born: 1932 HIV Isolation and Identification. Robert Gallo and Luc Montagnier both discovered HIV, determining…

Doug Wickenheiser Biography

Doug WickenheiserAge: 37 St. Louis Blues center from 1983-87, best remembered for his overtime playoff goal in 1986 that became known as the "Monday Night Miracle"; on May 12, 1986 St. Louis…