Born: February 5, 1971American Coxswain Won gold in the 2004 Olympics in the heavyweight men's eight; won World Championships in the heavyweight men's eight in 1997, 1998, and 1999. Attended St.…
musician; composerBorn: 5/19/1945Birthplace: London, England Townshend is one of the founding members of the rock group The Who. Their main songwriter, he is also the composer of the original rock…
Born: Aug. 31, 1915Basketball coached at Univ. of San Francisco, Michigan St. and the Univ. of California; first coach to win NIT (San Francisco-1949), NCAA (California-1959) and Olympic gold medal…
Born: Apr. 14, 1941Baseball OF-IF all-time hits leader with 4,256 and games leader with 3562; led NL in batting 3 times; regular-season MVP in 1973; World Series MVP in 1975; had 44-game hitting…
Born: Mar. 1, 1926Football NFL Commissioner from 1960-89; presided over growth of league from 12 to 28 teams, merger with AFL, creation of Super Bowl and advent of huge TV rights fees.Died:…
Born: Aug. 12, 1971Tennis No.1 player in world from 1993-98; youngest ever U.S. Open men's champion (19 years, 28 days) in 1990; his win at U.S. Open in 2002 gave him 14 grand slam singles titles…
Born: June 27, 1947Basketball NCAA scoring leader 3 times at LSU (1968-70); averaged NCAA-record 44.2 points a game over career; Player of Year in 1970; NBA scoring champ in '77 with New Orleans.…
(Encyclopedia) Best, Charles Herbert, 1899–1978, Canadian physiologist, b. West Pembroke, Maine. With F. G. Banting and J. R. R. Macleod he discovered (1921) the use of insulin in the treatment of…
ActorBorn: 2/7/1946Birthplace: Warrington, England Born in Warrington, England to working-class parents, Pete Postlethwaite spent two years in a seminary as a young boy,…
