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  • James Abdnor, Representative and Senator from South Dakota John Arden, English plarywright and novelist Neil Armstrong, astronaut Ray Bradbury, writer Andrew Breitbart, publisher, activist Ernest Borgnine, actor Jack Bascom Brooks, U.S. Congressman Helen Gurley Brown, magazine editor, writer Dave Brubeck, jazz musician, composer Milt Campbell, athlete Don Carter, bowler Elliott Cook Carter, Jr., composer Dick Clark, TV personality Don Cornelius, TV personality Richard Dawson, actor, game show host Phyllis Diller, comedian Nora Ephron, screenwriter, director, actor

  • Ben Gazzara, actor Robin Gibb, singer, songwriter Sam Melville Gibbons, U.S. Congressman Andy Griffith, actor James Russell Grover, Jr., U.S. Congressman Larry Hagman, actor Marvin Hamlisch, composer Whitney Houston, singer, actor Daniel Ken Inouye, U.S. Senator Etta James, singer William J. Janklow, four-term Governor of South Dakota Davy Jones, musician, TV personality Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins, U.S. Congressman Rodney King, beating victim Thomas Kinkade, artist

  • George McGovern, U.S. Senator Russell Means, activist, actor Joseph E. Murray, surgeon, Nobel Prize recipient Oscar Niemeyer Soares, Brazil’s foremost 20th-century architect Donald Milford Payne, Congressman from New Jersey Joe Paterno, coach, scandal figure

  • Adrienne Rich, poet Sally Ride, astronaut Jenni Rivera, singer, actor H. Norman Schwarzkopf, military leader Tony Scott, filmmaker Maurice Sendak, illustrator, writer Yitzhak Shamir, soldier, former Prime Minister of Israel Ravi Shankar, musician, composer Josef Skvorecky, writer Arlen Specter, U.S. senator / political figure Omar Suleiman, Egyptian politician Donna Summer, singer Antoni Tàpies, Spanish abstract painter Gore Vidal, writer Mike Wallace, TV Newscaster Doc Watson, guitarist, country musician Kitty Wells, country singer Andy Williams, singer, TV personality Adam Yauch, rapper, filmmaker

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TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.

Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?

The Twelve Dancing Princesses

Current Events This Week: January 2023

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The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales

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Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?

The Twelve Dancing Princesses

Current Events This Week: January 2023

African Americans by the Numbers

Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents

The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales

  • Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?
  • The Twelve Dancing Princesses
  • Current Events This Week: January 2023
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  • Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
  • The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales