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WBFriday 8:30–9:00 p.m.Cast:Reagan Dale Neis, Julia Sweeney, Fred Willard, Patrick Levis A well-written sitcom about a 15-year-old teenager (Neis) who's mortified by her parents. Well-written…Helen Keller
Helen Keller was, during the first half of the 20th century, the most famous disabled person in the world. A severe fever at age 19 months left Keller blind and deaf and barely able to communicate.…Nick Holonyak Biography
inventorBorn: 28 November 1928Best Known as: inventor of the first III-V alloy visible LEDs Nick Holonyak invented the first light-emitting diodes (LEDs), which…What Works Are Protected
Copyright protects “original works of authorship” that are fixed in a tangible form of expression. The fixation need not be directly perceptible so long as it may be communicated with the…Arthur C. Clarke
Sci-fi superstar Arthur C. Clarke wrote the 1953 novel Childhood's End, which went on to become one of most popular and acclaimed science fiction novels of all time. Yet he is still better known for…Jacob
Jacob enters the Old Testament in the twenty-fifth chapter of Genesis. He is the brother of Esau, the younger son of Rebecca and Isaac and the grandson of Abraham and Sarah. While Esau wandered off…Kathy Keeton Guccione 1997 Deaths
Kathy Keeton Guccionemagazine executive With her husband, Bob Guccione, Kathy Keeton founded Penthouse, Omni, and Longevity magazines. She was president and chief operation officer of…Claude Shannon 2001 Deaths
Claude ShannonAge: 84 mathematician and computer scientist whose pioneering work with binary code helped to establish digital communications networks. Later in his career, Shannon…Matt Lauer
Matt Lauer was a television news anchor and a co-host of NBC's Today, from 1997 until 2017, when he was abruptly fired by the network in for "inappropriate sexual conduct." Lauer went to Ohio…Charles Hard Townes
Charles Hard Townes Born: 1915 Birthplace: Greenville, South Carolina Masers—Townes constructed the maser (microwave…Trending
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