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Jacobus Van CortlandtStephen Van CortlandtCornelius VanderbiltWilliam Henry VanderbiltSir William Cornelius Van HorneKiliaen Van RensselaerMartha Van RensselaerMatthew VassarThorstein…
Grab your sparklers and look skyward—the Fourth of July is almost upon us. The Fourth of July, also known as Independence Day, commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence…
Franklin Chang-Dìazastronaut, scientistBorn: April 5, 1950Birthplace: San Jose, Costa Rica Chang-Dìaz moved to the United States when he was in high school, and got a doctorate in applied…
Director: Mike NicholsCast: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft and Katharine Ross The defining comedy of the 1960s, The Graduate is timeless in its treatment of youthful angst and surreal suburbia…
James StockdaleAge: 81 U.S. Navy vice admiral who won the Medal of Honor in 1976. He was captured by the North Vietnamese in 1965 and imprisoned for more than seven years, enduring repeated…
Norris McWhirterAge: 78 journalist and sports announcer who, with his twin brother Ross, started the Guinness Book of World Records in 1955. More than 100 million of the books have been sold…
THAYER Harry Irving , a Representative from Massachusetts;
born in Pembroke, Plymouth County, Mass., September 10, 1869;
attended the public schools of Hanover, Mass.;
engaged in the leather…
Jaromir JagrBorn: Feb. 15, 1972Czech Hockey RW fifth overall pick by Pittsburgh (1990); NHL All- Rookie team (1991); NHL MVP (1999); Won Art Ross Trophy (1995,98,99,00,01); 7-time All-NHL…
