Born: 2/22/1732Birthplace: Westmoreland County, Va. George Washington was born on Feb. 22, 1732 (Feb. 11, 1731/2, old style) in Westmoreland County, Va. While in his teens, he trained as a…
actorBorn: 4/20/1937Birthplace: Los Angeles Takei will likely be forever associated with hit sci-fi series Star Trek. He joined the franchise in 1966 as helmsman Hikaru Sulu and has appeared each…
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…
boxer, actorBorn: 1/10/1949Birthplace: Marshall, Texas Heavyweight boxer who won the world championship as a 24-year-old, lost it a year later, and then improbably won it back 20 years later at the…
(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…
actorBorn: 5/6/1961Birthplace: Lexington, Kentucky Film and television actor who briefly appeared in several television shows including E/R (1984), The Facts of Life (1985–86), and Roseanne (1988–…
directorBorn: 7/7/1899Birthplace: New York City Academy Award-winning film and stage director known for his high quality, classy films, which include The Philadelphia Story (1940), Gaslight (1944…
