musicianBorn: 7/22/1940Birthplace: Kannapolis, North Carolina Musician who pioneered the funk style of rock in the 1970s with his band Parliament-Funkadelic. Nicknamed “Dr. Funkenstein,” Clinton is…
announcer, actorBorn: 11/10/1919Birthplace: Beijing, China He was the announcer/straight man opposite Groucho Marx on the hit TV quiz show You Bet Your Life (1950–61), as well as the announcer on…
comedian, writerBorn: 5/12/1937Birthplace: Bronx, New York A high school drop-out, Carlin joined the Air Force, then worked as a radio disc jockey before moving to Los Angeles in 1962. Once he…
writer, editor, actorBorn: 3/18/1927Birthplace: New York City Tall professional author and editor who also makes cameo appearances in films. Thoroughly educated, first at Phillips Exeter Academy in…
(George Stevens Hamilton IV)actor, producer, hostBorn: 8/12/1939Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee Handsome, well-tanned film, actor adept at playing rich playboys. He began his prolific career in…
musicianBorn: 2/25/1943Birthplace: Liverpool, England Guitarist and songwriter sometimes referred to as “the quiet Beatle,” but nonetheless a key element in the group's success and a major rock and…
actor, producerBorn: 10/1/1928Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan Perhaps most famous for his role opposite Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), Peppard has extensive acting credits in film…
Born: 1854Birthplace: Waterville, N.Y. Method and apparatus for coating plates for use in photography—Before Eastman, photographers used glass plates with light-sensitive emulsions on them. Eastman…
Born: 1846Birthplace: Central Bridge, N.Y. Steam-power brake devices—Westinghouse invented a system of railroad brakes that would centralize control in the hands of the engineer. Westinghouse,…
Born: 1939 Far Electrograph Ultraviolet Camera. The Far Ultraviolet Camera and Spectrograph uses ultraviolet light to study Earth's upper atmosphere, stars, and interstellar space. It went to the…
