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McLean Stevenson

Name at birth: Edgar McLean Stevenson, Jr.McLean Stevenson wrote comedy bits for Tommy Smothers and was a minor player on TV sitcoms in the 1960s, but it was his stint as Lt. Col. Henry Blake in the…

MacArthur, Douglas

(Encyclopedia) MacArthur, Douglas, 1880–1964, American general, b. Little Rock, Ark.; son of Arthur MacArthur. At the beginning (1950) of the Korean War he was appointed commander of UN military…

Buzz Aldrin

Name at birth: Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr.Buzz Aldrin was the second human to walk on the moon. On July 20, 1969, he followed Neil Armstrong onto the lunar surface while a third American astronaut,…

Kim Il-sung

Name at birth: Kim Sun JuKim Il-sung headed North Korea's government from 1948 until his death in 1994. Kim gained fame in Korea as a guerilla fighter against the Japanese in Manchuria during the…

Don Draper

Don Draper is the mysterious, brusque, womanizing advertising genius at the heart of the TV show Mad Men. A super-stylish look at the culture of mass-market advertising in the early 1960s, Mad Men…

H. Richard Hornberger Biography

H. Richard Hornbergerwriter, surgeon Hornberger used his experience as a captain in the Army Medical Corps during the Korean War to craft his novel, M*A*S*H, which became a hit movie…

Daniel Chappie James, Jr. Biography

Daniel “Chappie” James, Jr.generalBorn: 2/11/1920Birthplace: Pensacola, Florida James joined the segregated United States Army Air Corp while attending Tuskegee Institute. He was made a…

Ted Williams 2002 Deaths

Ted WilliamsAge: 83 Boston Red Sox legend, whose passion for hitting was unrivaled, as were his results. His career .344 batting average is sixth-highest since 1900, he won the American…

Don Cornelius

Don Cornelius was the creator, producer, and longtime host of the long-running music show Soul Train. A Korean War vet, former DJ and local TV sportscaster, Don Cornelius began hosting after-school…

Gordon Willis

Gordon Willis is a cinematographer best known for his work on Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather and its sequels. Born to a couple of New York entertainers, WIllis got into filmmaking while in…