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John Chancellor Biography

John Chancellorjournalist, television news anchorBorn: 7/14/1927Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois Award-winning journalist whose assignments included the 1957 desegregation of Central High in…

Doris Roberts

Name at birth: Doris May GreenDoris Roberts had a career on stage and screen for six decades, but she was best known for her Emmy-winning role on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005,…

Iva Toguri D'Aquino 2006 Deaths

Iva Toguri D'AquinoAge: 94 Japanese-American woman who returned to Japan in 1941 to care for a sick relative and got stranded there after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. She went to work as an…

Ellen Burstyn Biography

Ellen Burstyn(Edna Rae Gillooly)actressBorn: 12/7/1932Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan A successful Broadway actress, she later garnered Academy Award nominations for her roles in the films The Last…

William J. Kroll

William J. KrollBorn: 1889Birthplace: Luxembourg Method for manufacturing titanium and alloys thereof—Metallurgist William Kroll invented the Kroll process, a technique for producing titanium…

Mark Dean

Mark DeanBorn: 1957Birthplace: Jefferson City, Tenn. Microcomputer with bus control means for peripheral devices—The work of these IBM scientists is what allows IBM and IBM-compatible…

Fred Willard

Comic actor Fred Willard appeared hundreds of times in TV sitcoms and feature films, usually playing harmless and inept side characters in films such as Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show, and TV…

Lon Chaney Biography

Lon Chaney(Alonso Chaney)actorBorn: 4/1/1883Birthplace: Colorado Springs, Colorado Actor known as “the man of a thousand faces. ” Chaney specialized in using make-up to transform himself…

Other 2006 Grand Slam Champions

French Open (Paris, France, May 28-June 11, 2006) Men's singles—Rafael Nadal defeats Roger Federer 1-6 6-1 6-4 7-6 (4) Women's singles—Justine…

2006 TD Banknorth U.S. Alpine Championships

(March 24–29, 2006, Sugarloaf, Maine)MenDownhill—1. Bode Miller, Bretton Woods, N.H.; 2. Daron Rahlves, Sugar Bowl, Calif.; 3. J. J. Johnson, Park City, UtahSuper G—1. Daron Rahlves, Sugar…