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Danny Thomas
Name at birth: Muzyad YakhoobDanny Thomas starred in Make Room For Daddy, one of most popular TV family comedies of the 1950s. The show ran from 1953-64, but changed networks in 1957 and was titled…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…Bill Frisell
Bill Frisell grew up in Colorado, then moved east to Boston and New York to study guitar in the late 1970s. He toured Europe and began recording in the early 1980s, and his first album, In Line was…James STEPHENSON, Congress, VA (1764-1833)
STEPHENSON James , a Representative from Virginia; born in Gettysburg, Pa., March 20, 1764; moved to Martinsburg, Va. (now West Virginia); volunteer rifleman under General St. Clair in his…Wernher von Braun
Wernher von Braun was a German rocket scientist who helped build the massive rockets that sent American astronauts to the moon in the years after World War II. Born and raised in Germany, von Braun…Stephen Frears Biography
Stephen FrearsdirectorBorn: 6/20/1941Birthplace: Leicester, England Known for his mordant sense of humor, he became a leading director of the 1980s with a string of critical successes including My…Taylor Momsen
Taylor Momsen played Jenny Humphrey, the crafty and social-climbing young blonde on the prime-time soap opera Gossip Girl, from 2007-11. In later years she has been better known as the frontwoman for…Ray Charles 2004 Deaths
Ray CharlesAge: 73 singer, pianist, and composer whose soulful tunes combined gospel, blues, pop, country, and jazz. A pioneer in rock music whose songs ranged from pop standards to love…Poems by Emily Dickinson: VI ("If you were coming")
by EmilyDickinsonSurrenderWith a FlowerVI If you were coming in the fall, I'd brush the summer by With half a smile and half a spurn, As housewives do a fly. If I could see you in a year…Charles Brooks HOARD, Congress, NY (1805-1886)
HOARD Charles Brooks , a Representative from New York; born in Springfield, Windsor County, Vt., June 5, 1805; attended the public schools; moved to Antwerp, N.Y., where he was postmaster during…