Ben HoganAge: 84 one of the greatest golfers ever to play the game; career numbers include 63 victories (second to only Sam Snead's 81 and Jack Nicklaus' 70), nine major championships, four…
History of Traditional Harness-Racing StakesDan Patch Awards Oliver Wendell Holmes, the famous Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, wrote that the running horse was a gambling toy, but that the…
Historical BackgroundA major effort to promote national unity accompanied America's involvement (1917-1918) in World War I. As a part of this effort, Congress enacted a number of laws…
Leon BarzinAge: 98 famous conductor who headed the National Orchestra Association for 36 years. He was also the musical head of the New York City Ballet in the 1940s and '50s. Died: Naples,…
Joey DunlopAge: 48 five-time motorcycle champion who was awarded an OBE, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for his charity work and an MBE, or Member of the Order of the British…
Herman BallAge: 88 Washington Redskins head coach from 1949 through part of the 1951 season; won seven career games; spent eight years on the Redskins' coaching staff before stints with…
Viktor HamburgerAge: 100 experimental embryologist who analyzed the developing nervous system. In 1954, he and two colleagues, Rita Levi-Montalcini and Stanley Cohen, discovered the first…
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