Born: May 3, 1921Boxer arguably the greatest pound-for-pound prizefighter of all-time; world welterweight champion (1946-51); 5-time middleweight champ; retired at age 45 after 25 years in the ring…
Born: May 17, 1956Boxer light welterweight Olympic champ (1976); won world welterweight title 1979 and four more titles; retired after losing to Terry Norris on Feb. 9, 1991, with record of 36-2-1…
songwriterDied: Feb. 15, 2007 (Los Angeles) Best Known as: songwriter Evans, who won three Oscars, collaborated with Jay Livingston to write a number of hits…
inventorBorn: 24 August 1918Best Known as: inventor of extruded polystyrene foam Clarence âKellyâ Johnson invented textruded polystyrene foam which has become a…
(Encyclopedia) Dolby, Ray Milton, 1933–2013, American inventor, audio engineer, and corporate executive, B.S. Stanford, 1957, Ph.D. Cambridge, 1961. While a teenager, he worked for Ampex Corp. (1949–…
(Encyclopedia) gamma-ray astronomy, study of astronomical objects by analysis of the most energetic electromagnetic radiation they emit. Gamma rays are shorter in wavelength and hence more energetic…
(Encyclopedia) Baker, Ray Stannard, pseud. David Grayson, 1870–1946, American author, b. Lansing, Mich., grad. Michigan State College (now Michigan State Univ.), 1889. At first a Chicago newspaper…
