12/24/1910 - 03/15/2004
William Hayward Pickering ONZ KBE (24 December 1910 — 15 March 2004) was a New Zealand born rocket scientist who headed Pasadena, California's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for 22 years, retiring...
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02/25/1943 - 11/29/2001
George Harrison was an English rock guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison embraced In...
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03/25/1924 - 07/08/2011
Roberts Scott Blossom (March 25, 1924 – July 8, 2011) was an American actor and poet.
02/03/1935 - 05/17/1996
Johnny "Guitar" Watson (February 3, 1935 – May 17, 1996) was an American blues and funk guitarist and singer. John Watson, Jr. was born in Houston, Texas. His father John Sr. was a pianist, and taught his son the instrument. But yo...
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01/30/1924 - 05/17/2007
Lloyd Chudley Alexander (January 30, 1924 – May 17, 2007) was a widely influential American author of more than forty books, mostly fantasy novels for children and adolescents, as well as several adult books.
08/14/1924 - 09/21/2007
Alice Margaret Ghostley (August 14, 1924 – September 21, 2007) was a Tony Award-winning American actress, who became known to television viewers for her roles as dizzy sidekicks on “Bewitched” and “Designing Women...
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06/13/1897 - 10/02/1973
Paavo Johannes Nurmi (13 June 1897 – 2 October 1973) was a Finnish runner. Born in Turku, he was known as one of the "Flying Finns"; a term given to him, Hannes Kolehmainen, Ville Ritola and others for their distinction in ru...
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03/04/1934 - 02/04/2007
Barbara McNair (March 4, 1934 – February 4, 2007) was an African American singer and actress.
07/28/1928 - 02/04/2003
Charlie Biddle, otherwise known as Charles Reed Biddle (July 28, 1926 – February 4, 2003) was a Canadian jazz bassist.
Biddle and his bass fiddle brought Jazz not only to Montreal but also to all of Quebec.
10/30/1735 - 07/04/1826
John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was the second president of the United States and the first vice president, also helped in the early years of the republic as a lawyer, writer, congressman, and public speaker. As president,...
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09/04/1929 - 03/04/2007
Thomas Francis Eagleton (September 4, 1929 – March 4, 2007) was a United States Senator from Missouri, serving from 1968–1987.
Denise Darcel (Denise Billecard)
09/08/1924 - 12/23/2011
Denise Darcel (Billecard; 8 September 1924 – 23 December 2011) was a French actress who also made films in Hollywood.
Patsy Cline (Virginia Patterson Hensley)
09/08/1932 - 03/05/1963
Patsy Cline (September 8, 1932 – March 5, 1963), born Virginia Patterson Hensley, was an American country music singer who enjoyed pop music crossover success during the era of the Nashville sound in the early 1960s. Since her death in 1963...
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Terry Fox (Terrance Stanley Fox)
07/28/1958 - 06/28/1981
Terrance Stanley "Terry" Fox, (July 28, 1958 – June 28, 1981) was a Canadian humanitarian, athlete, and cancer research activist. In 1980, with one leg having been amputated, he embarked on a cross-Canada run to raise money and awa...
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Johnny Palermo (John Joseph Palermo )
03/12/1982 - 06/08/2009
John Joseph "Johnny" Palermo (March 1982 — June 8, 2009) was an American television actor.