C. Eric LincolnAge: 75 scholar and writer who wrote several authoritative books about the African American religious experience. His works include The Black Muslims in America and The Avenue…
Joseph H. LewisAge: 93 versatile filmmaker known for his briskly paced, stylish low-budget films, including The Jolson Story and Gun Crazy. Died: Marina del Rey, Calif., August 30, 2000Edward…
Dave DeBusschereAge: 62 Hall of Fame basketball forward who played for the New York Knicks when the team won NBA Championship titles in 1970 and 1973. He started his career in 1962 with the…
Celia CruzAge: 77 Cuban singer whose rich contralto voice, persistently upbeat songs, and effusive stage presence earned her the title of Queen of Salsa. Cuban-born, Cruz arrived in the U.S.…
Alex LoweAge: 40 perhaps the greatest American mountaineer in recent years. Lowe climbed the nose of El Capitan in 10 hrs. and made the first solo ascent of the north face of Wyoming's Grand…
József CsérmákAge: 68 first Olympic champion to break the 60-meter mark in the hammer throw at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics; won 1954 European Championships; coached 1968 Olympic hammer…
J.W. (Wobble) DavidsonAge: 79 a three-sport star at Mississippi who was an assistant football coach for 22 seasons under John Vaught; as an assistant from 1947-68 he saw the Rebels win 16…
John BardeenBorn: 1908Birthplace: Madison, Wisconsin Transistor—Bardeen, Shockley and Brattain shared the 1956 Nobel Prize for Physics for the invention of the transistor. The transistor replaced…
Arnold O. BeckmanBorn: 1900Birthplace: Cullom, Ill. Apparatus for testing acidity—Beckman founded Beckman Instruments, Inc. in 1935 with the development of a pH meter for measuring acidity…
Herman HollerithBorn: 1860Birthplace: Buffalo, N.Y. Art of compiling statistics—Hollerith invented a punch card tabulation machine system that revolutionized statistical computation. His…
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