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Joseph Pulitzer Biography
Joseph PulitzerjournalistBorn: 4/10/1847Birthplace: Mako, Hungary Newspaperman who emigrated to the United States in 1864 and began a successful career as editor and publisher of the St. Louis Post-…Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg's groundbreaking poem Howl began with the words, "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets…Joseph Pulitzer
Joseph Pulitzer was the 19th-century journalist and newspaper publisher whose will established the Pulitzer Prizes "for the encouragement of public service, public morals, American literature and the…Kate McKinnon
Kate McKinnon's impersonations and comic flare have earned her Emmy nominations for acting and writing with Saturday Night Live since 2012. She's perhaps best known for her parodies of former…David Stern
David Stern was the longest-tenured commissioner in the history of the National Basketball Association. He served in the job from 1984-2014. David Stern is credited with growing the NBA into a…Enrico Fermi
A key figure in the development of nuclear fission, Enrico Fermi was an Italian physicist who worked in the United States on the Manhattan Project, the top-secret plan to develop the world's first…Robert Hampton STEELE, Congress, CT (1938)
STEELE Robert Hampton , a Representative from Connecticut; born in Hartford, Conn., November 3, 1938; attended the Wethersfield, Conn., public schools; B.A., Amherst College, Mass., 1960; M.A.,…Charles Drew
Black American Dr. Charles Drew is called the father of the modern blood bank for his work in making possible the long-term storage of human plasma. Charles Drew grew up in Washington, D.C. and…Edward Said 2003 Deaths
Edward SaidAge: 67 scholar and literary critic who championed a Palestinian homeland and railed against U.S. and Israeli policy toward Palestinians and Arab nations. In his book Orientalism,…Isaac Clason DELAPLAINE, Congress, NY (1817-1866)
DELAPLAINE Isaac Clason , a Representative from New York; born in New York City October 27, 1817; pursued an academic course; was graduated from Columbia College (now Columbia University), New…Trending
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