05/06/1856 - 02/20/1920
Robert Edwin Peary, Sr. (May 6, 1856 – February 20, 1920) was an American explorer who claimed to have led the first expedition, on April 6, 1909, to reach the geographic North Pole. Peary's claim was widely credited for most of the 20th...
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Rosemary Kennedy (Rose Marie Kennedy)
09/13/1918 - 01/07/2005
Rose Marie "Rosemary" Kennedy (September 13, 1918 – January 7, 2005) was the third child and first daughter of Rose Elizabeth Kennedy née Fitzgerald and Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr., born little...
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02/12/1809 - 04/19/1882
Darwin, Charles Robert (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882), British scientist, who laid the foundation of modern evolutionary theory with his concept of the development of all forms of life through the slow-working process of n...
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07/03/1957 - 11/15/2009
Ken Ober (July 3, 1957–November 15, 2009) was an American game show host, comedian, and actor.
03/11/1938 - 05/22/2011
Joseph Brooks was an American screenwriter, director, producer, and composer. He composed the song "You Light Up My Life" for the film of the same name that he also wrote, directed, and produ...
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10/21/1921 - 07/22/2008
Victor Almon McKusick (October 21, 1921 – July 22, 2008), internist and medical geneticist, was University Professor of Medical Genetics and Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA. He was the original author...
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03/06/1917 - 03/26/2011
Harry Wesley Coover, Jr. (March 6, 1917 – March 26, 2011) was the inventor of Eastman 910, commonly known as Super Glue.
03/06/1924 - 03/23/2006
Sarah Caldwell (March 6, 1924 – March 23, 2006) was a notable American opera conductor, impresario, and stage director of opera.
11/27/1701 - 04/25/1744
Anders Celsius (27 November 1701 – 25 April 1744) was a Swedish astronomer. He was professor of astronomy at Uppsala University from 1730 to 1744, but traveled from 1732 to 1735 visiting notable observatories in Germany, Italy and France. He...
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10/20/1919 - 07/25/2008
H. Tracy Hall, who died Friday at 88, was an American physical chemist, he was the first to synthesize diamonds in the laboratory, in 1954, fulfilling what scientists sought for at least two centuries.
07/25/1915 - 08/12/1944
Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr. (July 25, 1915 – August 12, 1944) was an American bomber pilot during World War II. He was the eldest of nine children born to Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr.,and Rose Elizabeth (née Fitzger...
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04/21/1961 - 07/24/2011
David Servan Schreiber (April 21, 1961 – July 24, 2011) was a psychiatrist and neuroscientist, who was also clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and cofounded the Center for Integrative Medicine...
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01/21/1878 - 03/16/1938
Egon Friedell born Egon Friedmann, 21 January 1878, in Vienna, died 16 March 1938, in Vienna, was a prominent Austrian philosopher, historian, journalist, actor, cabaret performer (Kabarettist) and theatre critic.
07/01/1961 - 08/31/1997
It was only when her grandfather died that she inherited the title of Lady. Diana lived in an apartment with roommates and was a nanny and a school teacher when she got engaged to the Prince of Wales, Prince Charles. They got married in the s...
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02/11/1839 - 04/28/1903
Josiah Willard Gibbs (February 11, 1839 – April 28, 1903) was an American theoretical physicist, chemist, and mathematician. He devised much of the theoretical foundation for chemical thermodynamics as well as physical chemistry.