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Alfred Peet Biography
specialty coffee makerDied: Aug. 29, 2007 (Ashland, Oregon) Best Known as: leader of coffee revolution Coffee guru known as the “grandfather of specialty…J. C. Watts Biography
J. C. WattspoliticianBorn: 11/18/1957Birthplace: Eufaula, Oklahoma A former University of Oklahoma quarterback, Watts worked as a Baptist minister before being elected to Congress in 1994.…Carlos Lage Davila
Name at birth: Carlos Lage DavilaCarlos Lage is the Vice President of the Council of State and the Secretary of the Council of Ministers for Cuba. Trained as a pediatrician, Dr. Lage has been active…Bessie Coleman
Bessie Coleman was the world's first licensed Black aviator and one of America's most famous early female pilots. Bessie Coleman grew up in Texas, moved to Chicago, and got interested in flying…Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet became a certified tennis prodigy at age 12, when he won Les Petit As -- "the unofficial world junior title," as the BBC called it. Both his father and mother were tennis teachers,…Alex Comfort
Dr. Alex Comfort was the author of the groundbreaking 1972 how-to manual The Joy of Sex. Alexander Comfort was a trained biologist and psychiatrist, and his early career was devoted to the study of…The Congress of Women: The Woman Who Has Come
by Mrs. Charlotte C. Holt The Women Writers of CaliforniaGöethe and SchillerThe Woman Who Has Come Mrs. Charlotte C. Holt was born at New Orleans, La. Her parents were John C. Cushing and…Our Top 5 Stories for the Week of November 1, 2021
It’s been a busy week, from a historical election day in the US to tragedies all over the world. Who has time to keep track of it all? That’s why we’ve boiled it all down to our top five stories of…Benjamin Franklin Fairless Biography
Benjamin Franklin Fairless(Benjamin Franklin Williams)industrialistBorn: 1890Birthplace: Pigeon Run, Ohio When adopted as a child he took the name of his adoptive family. He trained in civil…Frankie Laine Biography
singer and musicianBorn: March 30, 1913Birthplace: ChicagoDied: Feb. 6, 2007 (San Diego) Singer of many hits in the 1940s and 50s, including "That's My…Trending
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