Robert N. HallBorn: 1919Birthplace: New Haven, Conn. High-voltage, high-power semiconductor pin rectifier—Hall's invention boosted efficiency and reduced wasted power and destructive heat…
W. C. Fields(William Claude Dukenfield)comic actorBorn: 1/29/1880Birthplace: Philadelphia Comic stage, film, and radio actor best known for his raspy voice, bulbous nose, and portrayals of…
Arthur C. Dantophilosopher and art criticBorn: 1/01/1924Birthplace: Ann Arbor, Michigan Philosophy professor at Columbia University (1966–87) whose major works include Nietzsche as…
The Sunday preceding Shrove Tuesday; the next day is called Hall' Monday, and Shrove Tuesday eve is called Hall' Night. The Tuesday is also called Pancake Day, and the day preceding Callop…
Henry C. Yuenhigh technology entrepreneurBorn: 1951Birthplace: China Yuen's family moved came to the United States from China when he was 17 years old. He received a B.S. in mathematics from…
Theodore HallAge: 74 physicist and alleged atomic spy. After graduating from Harvard at age 18, Hall was hired as a physicist on the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos, N.M., becoming the…
Prince Hall clergyman, abolitionist Born: 1735 Birthplace: Barbados Hall established the African Lodge of the Honorable Society of Free and Accepted Masons of Boston in 1775. It was the first…
Mae C. Jemisonphysician, astronautBorn: 10/17/1956Birthplace: Decatur, Ala. Astronaut Mae Jemison became the first African-American woman to enter space when she served on the crew of the…
William C. DurantmanufacturerBorn: 12/8/1861Birthplace: Boston, Mass. He quit high school to begin work in his grandfather's Flint, Michigan, lumberyard. By 1885 he had organized the Flint…
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