Born: Oct. 13, 1953Jockey 4-time Eclipse award winner; became all-time leader in earnings in 2002; over 8,000 career victories; won Kentucky Derby (1992), 5 Preaknesses (1985,90,94-96) and 3…
fiction and nonfiction writerBorn: 10/26/1945Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia Southern writer whose career was launched in 1972 with The Water Is Wide, a nonfiction book about teaching black children…
(Noriyuki Morita)actorBorn: 8/28/1932Birthplace: Berkeley, California This Japanese-American actor, who lived in a Japanese internment camp during World War II, programmed computers before becoming…
(Patrick Floyd Garrett)lawmanBorn: 6/5/1850Birthplace: Chambers County, Alabama Western law man famous for killing Billy “The Kid”, Pat Garrett left his family's plantation in Louisiana in 1869 to…
(Layton Paulsen)comedianBorn: 7/6/1927Birthplace: South Bend, Washington During the 1960s, Paulsen was performing in folk clubs as a comic guitarist when the Smothers Brothers hired him to appear…
Born: Mar. 20, 1945Basketball coached LA Lakers to 4 of their 5 NBA titles in 1980s (1982,85,87-88); coached New York Knicks from 1991-95, then signed with Miami Heat as coach, team president and…
Born: June 14, 1952Basketball women’s basketball coach at Tennessee (1974–); entered 2004-05 season as all-time leader in career victories with 852; coached 1984 US women’s basketball team to its…
Born: Mar. 24, 1951Golfer 2-time LPGA Player of Year (1986,91); has won all four majors on LPGA tour, including 3 du Maurier Classics; inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame on Jan. 18, 1992; among…
Born: May 12, 1930U.S. diver won women's platform and springboard gold medals in both 1952 and '56 Olympics. Her daughter Kelly followed in her wake, earning a silver in the 1984 and a bronze in…
(Encyclopedia) Floyd, John Buchanan, 1807–63, U.S. Secretary of War (1857–60) and Confederate general, b. Smithfield, Va. After failing as a lawyer and cotton planter in Arkansas, he returned to…
