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Dan Rather

Name at birth: Dan Irvin Rather, Jr.Dan Rather replaced the venerable Walter Cronkite as the anchor for The CBS Evening News in 1981. Rather also served as reporter and host for prime-time news…

James Beverley SENER, Congress, VA (1837-1903)

SENER James Beverley , a Representative from Virginia; born in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Va., May 18, 1837; attended private schools and in 1859 was graduated from the University of…

Robert Novak

Newspaper columnist Robert Novak was an outspoken political commentator best known for co-hosting the rancorous political talk show Crossfire on CNN from 1980 to 2005. Novak began writing for local…

Gene Sarazen Biography

Gene SarazenAge: 97 one of the most influential professional golfers of the 20th century who helped establish the Masters as one of the world's greatest golf tournaments; holed a 235-yard…

Shepard Fairey

Name at birth: Frank Shepard FaireyShepard Fairey shot to national fame as the graphic artist behind a 2008 iconic poster of Barack Obama, a portrait labeled simply "HOPE" and in a style that could…

Daniel Evan BUTTON, Congress, NY (1917-2009)

BUTTON Daniel Evan , a Representative from New York; born in Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, N.Y., November 1, 1917; graduated from Wilmington High School, Wilmington, Del., 1933; A.B., University of…

Anne Rice

In 1976 Anne Rice published Interview With The Vampire, and within a decade the book became the best-known vampire novel since Bram Stoker's Dracula. After her death, the Associated Press said that…