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Pat Tillman

Pat Tillman was the professional football player who turned down a lucrative career and joined the U.S. Army in 2002, but was killed in Afghanistan in 2004 -- by his fellow troops, a fact suppressed…

Berry Gordy, Jr.

Berry Gordy, Jr. record company founder and executiveBorn: 11/28/1929Birthplace: Detroit Gordy pursued a career as a boxer and served in the U.S. Army before returning to Detroit where he…

Veronica Lake

Veronica Lake(Constance Frances Marie Ockelman)actressBorn: 11/14/1919Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Film actress mostly known for the films she made while with Paramount during World War II…

Veronica Lake Biography

Veronica Lake(Constance Frances Marie Ockelman)actressBorn: 11/14/1919Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Film actress mostly known for the films she made while with Paramount during World War II…

Berry Gordy, Jr. Biography

Berry Gordy, Jr. record company founder and executiveBorn: 11/28/1929Birthplace: Detroit Gordy pursued a career as a boxer and served in the U.S. Army before returning to Detroit where he…

Leslie Marmon Silko Biography

Leslie Marmon Silkopoet, novelistBorn: March 5, 1948Birthplace: Albuquerque, New Mexico Leslie Marmon Silko came to national attention via her first book of poems, Laguna Woman (1974), which…

Pilar Miró Romero Biography

Pilar Miró Romero director Born: 4/20/1940Birthplace: Madrid, Spain Miró was the first woman drama director to work in television in Spain, beginning as a program assistant in 1960 and…

Men: Running

RunningEvent Time Date Set Location100 meters: World 9.84Donovan Bailey, CanadaJuly 27, 1996 Atlanta Olympic 9.84Bailey (same as World)—— American 9.85Leroy BurrellJuly 6, 1994Lausanne,…