Emmett KellyclownBorn: 12/9/1898Birthplace: Sedan, Kansas A clown who made his character of Weary Willie a living character in the circus scene. Through the 1930s, he developed the act with…
Roger Ebertfilm criticBorn: 6/18/1942Birthplace: Urbana, Illinois Best known as co-host with Gene Siskel of the popular television programs Siskel & Ebert (1986–1999) and At the Movies (PBS,…
Georgie Tapps(Mortimer Ambrose Becker)tap dancerBorn: 11/6/1911Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York A tap dancer and choreographer, Tapps performed in films of the 1930s and 1940s, including 52nd Street (…
Roy Rogers(Leonard Frank Sly)actor, singerBorn: 11/5/1911Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio Actor and singer who starred in more than 80 Westerns, earning the moniker “King of the Cowboys.” He…
Emmett KellyclownBorn: 12/9/1898Birthplace: Sedan, Kansas A clown who made his character of Weary Willie a living character in the circus scene. Through the 1930s, he developed the act with…
Roy EvansAge: 88 longtime president of the International Table Tennis Federation who is credited with coming up with the idea of Ping-Pong Diplomacy, the 1971 initiative that paved the way…
Augusto PinochetAge: 91 dictator who gained control of Chile in a 1973 military coup, overthrowing Salvador Allende's Marxist government with United States support. His rule was marked by…
Leslie Carondancer, actressBorn: 7/1/1931Birthplace: Boulogne-Billancourt, France Caron had been dancing with the Ballet des Champs-Elysees since she was sixteen when she was cast opposite…
