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Hernando De Soto
Hernando de Soto was a Spanish conquistador who landed in present-day Florida in 1539, then tore around the southeastern and midwestern parts of North America until he died in 1542. Little is known…Mike Berticelli 2000 Deaths
Mike BerticelliAge: 48 men's soccer coach at Notre Dame who compiled a 104-80-19 record over 10 seasons and led the Irish to NCAA tournament appearances in 1993, 94 and 96; won two Midwestern…Cole Porter
Cole Porter wrote hit Broadway musicals and many 20th-century pop standards, including the songs "You're The Top," "Night and Day" and "Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)." Porter was one of the…David Byrne Biography
David Byrne composer, musician, director, actorBorn: 5/14/1952Birthplace: Dumbarton, Scotland A video and performance artist and the leader of the influential '80s rock group the Talking Heads,…Chad Everett
Name at birth: Raymon Lee CramtonChad Everett became a star playing dashing young Dr. Joe Gannon on the TV medical melodrama Medical Center (1969-1976). That was the highlight of a long career in…Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg was a great voice of the American industrial age, a "people's poet" who combined the mystical patriotism of Walt Whitman with the social activism of Woody Guthrie. Sandburg's special…Garrison Keillor
Garrison Keillor is an author, storyteller, humorist, and creator of the weekly radio show A Prairie Home Companion. The show began in 1974 as a live variety show on Minnesota Public Radio, where…James Thurber
James Thurber's witty short stories and lumpy cartoons were a popular mainstay of The New Yorker magazine in the 1930s and 1940s. A Midwestern boy with an urbane twist, Thurber mixed comical…Harry S. Truman
Harry Truman became president of the United States after the death of Franklin Roosevelt on 12 April 1945. President Truman led the U.S. through the end of World War II and made the decision to use…Heather Graham
The very image of the luscious and wide-eyed Midwestern ingenue, Heather Graham has been an idealized sweetheart in films from Boogie Nights to The Hangover. She grew up near Los Angeles, appeared…Trending
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