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Jeremiah Millbank Biography

Jeremiah Millbankfinancier, philanthropistBorn: 1887Birthplace: New York City With the money he made from founding his own investment banking firm on in 1926, he established the Institute for…

Astor, Brooke

socialite, philanthropistBirthplace: Portsmouth, N.H.Born: 3/30/1902Died: 8/13/2007Astor's third husband was Vincent Astor, heir to the real estate fortune of John Jacob Astor. When Vincent…

Khun Sa Biography

guerrilla leaderDied: Oct. 26, 2007 (Yangon, Myanmar) Best Known as: drug lord of Myanmar Drug lord of Myanmar (formerly Burma), a country that once…

Suharto, 2000 News

former president of Indonesia, failed twice in Sept. to show up in court to face charges of embezzling $570 million in state funds for himself. His lawyers insisted he was too ill to stand…

Slobodan Milosevic, 2001 News

former president of Yugoslavia, was arrested in April after a 26-hour armed standoff with police at his Belgrade home. He was charged with corruption and stealing state funds during his 13-…

Ginger Ehn Lew Biography

Ginger Ehn Lewgovernment officialBirthplace: San Francisco, Calif. area Lew received a B.A. in political science from UCLA and a law degree from the University of California at Berkeley in…

Nobel Prize History

History of the world's most famous prizes by Beth Rowen Quiz: Nobel Prize History Quiz: Nobel Peace Prize Winners Quiz: Women Nobel Prize Winners Prizes by Year 2016 Winners…

Richard Branson Biography

Richard Bransonentrepreneur, adventurerBorn: 1950Birthplace: Sharnley Green, Surrey, England With little formal education, he began a mail-order business for discount records in 1969, then…

Robert Somers Brookings Biography

Robert Somers Brookingsbusiness executive, philanthropistBorn: 1/22/1850Birthplace: Cecil County, Md. With little formal education, he established himself as a St. Louis businessman first in…