Born: 1912 Global Positioning System—GPS. During the 1950s, Getting advanced the concept of using a system of satellites to allow the calculation of precise positioning data for rapidly moving…
actorBorn: 10/17/1920Birthplace: Omaha, Nebraska Fine-featured, highstrung movie actor who often played sensitive loners. His films include Red River (1946), A Place in the Sun (1951), From Here…
Born: July 2, 1937Auto racer 7-time winner of Daytona 500; 7-time NASCAR national champ (1964,67,71-72,74-75,79); first stock car driver to win $1 million in career; all-time NASCAR leader in races…
adventurerDied: January 11, 2009 (France) Best Known as: young British adventurer British mountain climber and adventurer Rob Gauntlett fell to his death on…
hotelierBorn: 12/25/1887Birthplace: San Antonio, New Mexico Having begun his career working in his father's store, he expanded the business and after his father's death began building a hotel…
rock musicianBorn: 1969 Lead singer, guitarist, and Moog-synthesizer-meister of the group Brainiac, Taylor was killed in a car accident just as the band was gaining national attention. The nouveau-…
