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Dee Ward Hock

financial services pioneerBorn: 1930Birthplace: Utah Lack of a formal education did not prevent Hock from foreseeing the future of financial services, where he catapulted his own bank-card firm,…

Rich Mullins

Christian singer, songwriterBorn: 10/21/1955Birthplace: Richmond, Indiana After Amy Grant made a hit recording of his song “Sing Your Praise to the Lord” (1982), Mullins went on to record nine…

Vladimir Kryuchkov Biography

diplomatDied: Nov. 23, 2007 (Moscow, Russia) Best Known as: former Russian diplomat and chief of the K.G.B. Former Russian diplomat and chief of the K.G.B. He was…

Original State

The Question: The area that is the District of Columbia was originally part of what state? The Answer: Maryland. The District of…

Simon Guggenheim

business executive, philanthropistBorn: 1867Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pa. One of seven sons of Meyer Guggenheim, he worked with his brothers in the family's mining and metal processing firm. He…

John Edgar Wideman

writerBorn: 6/14/1941Birthplace: Washington, D.C. Wideman grew up in Homewood, a Black middle-class section of Pittsburgh that is the setting of one of his best-known works, The Homewood Trilogy (…

U.S. Presidents Who Were Related to Each Other

George W. Bush (the 43rd president) is the son of George Bush (the 41st president). John Quincy Adams (the 6th president) was the son of John Adams (the 2nd president). Benjamin Harrison (the…

Nancy Marchand

actressBorn: 6/19/1928Birthplace: Buffalo, New York versatile character actress who most recently portrayed feisty matriarch Livia Soprano on HBO's Sopranos. Theatrically trained, Marchand started…