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Tom HanksactorBorn: 7/9/1956Birthplace: Concord, California Academy Award-winning comic and dramatic actor who won consecutive Oscars for Philadelphia (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994). He also starred…

Sherman Alexie

Name at birth: Sherman Joseph Alexie, Jr.Sherman Alexie is a novelist, poet and filmmaker who wrote The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, a best-selling, semi-autobiographical novel that…

Fritz Shurmur Biography

Fritz ShurmurAge: 67 innovative and well-respected defensive coordinator for five NFL teams over two decades; instrumental in Green Bay's run to consecutive Super Bowls after the 1996 and…

Scott Oki Biography

Scott Oki computer executiveBorn: 1948Birthplace: Seattle, Wash. Born to a Japanese-American family, Oki attended the University of Washington, leaving after 18 months to join the Air Force.…

January 2000 Disasters

Jan. 4, Rena, Norway: 2 trains collided head-on after one of the drivers failed to stop for a red signal. Nineteen people killed and 35 injured in the crash.Jan. 18, off Rio de Janeiro:…

Howard Schultz

Howard Schultz is the businessman who made Starbucks a household name for coffee drinkers, then turned his attention to flirting with a run for the United States presidency. He grew up in New York…

Clyde Gilman DOYLE, Congress, CA (1887-1963)

DOYLE Clyde Gilman , a Representative from California; born in Oakland, Alameda County, Calif., July 11, 1887; attended public schools in Oakland, Calif., Seattle, Wash., Los Angeles and Long…

Jerry Rice

Wide receiver Jerry Rice retired in 2006 as the National Football League's all-time leader in receptions, yards and touchdowns scored. Jerry Rice played college ball at Mississippi Valley State,…

Natalie Merchant

MotherlandElektra The former lead singer for 10,000 Maniacs has floundered frequently since her 1995 solo debut Tigerlily, but there are traces of some much needed spark on her latest release…

Quincy Jones

Name at birth: Quincy Delight Jones, Jr.Quincy Jones has worked as an arranger, composer and producer for some of the greatest performers of swing, jazz, blues and hip-hop, from Miles Davis and Frank…