silversmithBorn: 8/31/1866Birthplace: Raadvad, Denmark Jensen is largely responsible for the revival of artistry in Danish silversmithing, opening his own smithy in Copenhagen (1904). His business…
pioneer of London omnibuses Born: 1797Birthplace: London, England Having founded a coach-building enterprise in Paris (1925), he expanded to include buses. In 1829, he introduced the first bus…
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 Louis Scheafer)director, producerBorn: 12/16/1920Birthplace: Wallingford, Connecticut In the early 1950s and 1960s, Schaefer directed the first TV versions of several Shakespearean plays…
manufacturer, social reformerBorn: 9/19/1839Birthplace: Birmingham, England With his brother Richard, he took over his father's failing chocolate business and built it into the highly successful…
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…
