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Kenneth Williams, 2002 News

FBI agent, testified at a May Congressional hearing about a memo he wrote in July 2001, in which he had speculated that a large number of al-Qaeda members enrolled in U.S. flight schools…

Constantin Stanislavki

The Question: I'm a second-year student in a local college here in Malaysia and I'm currently taking introductory theater as one of my subjects. I'm assigned…

Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Gagarin flew into orbit aboard the Soviet spacecraft Vostok I on 12 April 1961, becoming the first man in space. He orbited the Earth once (his capsule was controlled from the ground) before…

The Sundance Kid

Name at birth: Harry Alonzo LongabaughOne of the most famous outlaws of the American west, The Sundance Kid was a member of Butch Cassidy's gang of thieves known as The Wild Bunch. After years of…

Christopher Mintz-Plasse

Comic actor Christopher Mintz-Plasse was still in high school when he landed the role of Fogell -- a.k.a. "McLovin" -- in the Seth Rogen comedy Superbad (2007). Although he had been involved in…

Fats Waller

Name at birth: Thomas Wright WallerFats Waller played stride piano and pipe organ, and his rollicking songs made him one of America's most famous early jazz composers. Fats Waller began his career…

Neil Mallon Bush

Neil Mallon Bush is the third son of George and Barbara Bush and the younger brother of former president George W. Bush. Neil Bush attended Tulane University, where he got a bachelor’s degree in…

Nodar Kumaritashvili

Nodar Kumaritashvili is the luger from the country of Georgia who was killed during a practice run just before the opening of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Kumaritashvili died on 12 February 2010, as he…

John Dewey

Although he is no longer widely known, John Dewey was a writer, lecturer and philosopher whose theories had a profound influence on public education in the first half of the 20th century, especially…

Lisa P. Jackson

Lisa Jackson became Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in 2009 under President Barack Obama. She served in that post until 2013. She was the first African American to head the…