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Whose Birthday Is It? September 2, 2016

Whose Birthday Is It? September 2, 2016

Louis Bonaparte (1778) Louis was the younger brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, the first Emperor of France. He accompanied Napoleon on the Italian campaign and was his aide-de-camp in Egypt. At Napoleon’s insistence, he married Hortense de Beauharnais, but the union […]

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Whose Birthday Is It? September 1, 2016

Whose Birthday Is It? September 1, 2016

Rocky Marciano (1923) Marciano turned to professional boxing in 1947, after failing to become a professional baseball player. On his climb to the heavyweight title, he became the second boxer ever to knock out Joe Louis. He won the title […]

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Whose Birthday Is It? August 31, 2016

Whose Birthday Is It? August 31, 2016

Hermann von Helmholtz (1821) Helmholtz was one of the greatest scientists of the 19th century. He made fundamental contributions to physiology, optics, electrodynamics, mathematics, acoustics, and meteorology, but he is best known for formulating the mathematical law of conservation of […]

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Whose Birthday Is It? August 30, 2016

Whose Birthday Is It? August 30, 2016

Nancy Wake (1912) Wake, who lived to the age of 98, was one of World War II’s most decorated servicewomen. A New Zealand native, she left home at 16 and eventually settled in Paris. When the Germans occupied France, Wake […]

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Whose Birthday Is It? August 29, 2016

Whose Birthday Is It? August 29, 2016

Ingrid Bergman (1915) Bergman was a Swedish actress who specialized in portrayals of strong, sophisticated women. Her radiance and unaffected charm made her a star in films such as Casablanca, Gaslight, and Alfred Hitchcock’s Notorious. A scandal caused by her […]

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Whose Birthday Is It? August 28, 2016

Whose Birthday Is It? August 28, 2016

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749) Goethe was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, and scientist whose dramatic poem Faust is considered one of the world’s greatest poetic and philosophic creations. In it, he represents Faust, the legendary scholar who sold his […]

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Whose Birthday Is It? August 26, 2016

Whose Birthday Is It? August 26, 2016

Robert Walpole (1676) Walpole was an English statesman. Elected to the House of Commons in 1701, he later served as secretary of war. With the accession of George I, he rose rapidly to become first lord of the treasury and […]

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Whose Birthday Is It? August 25, 2016

Whose Birthday Is It? August 25, 2016

Althea Gibson (1927) Gibson, a US tennis player, was the first African-American woman to compete on the world tennis tour. Though tennis had essentially been segregated until that time, she was finally given an opportunity to play at the US […]

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Whose Birthday Is It? August 24, 2016

Whose Birthday Is It? August 24, 2016

Lavinia Fontana (1552) One of the few female Italian artists of the 16th century, Lavinia Fontana was the daughter of Italian mannerist painter Prospero Fontana. She was a fashionable portrait painter in Bologna and Rome who was especially noted for […]

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Whose Birthday Is It? August 23, 2016

Whose Birthday Is It? August 23, 2016

Gene Kelly (1912) Kelly was an American dancer, choreographer, actor, and movie director. After training at his mother’s dance school in Pittsburgh, he moved to New York in 1938 and danced in Broadway musicals. His athletic style later became a […]

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Whose Birthday Is It? August 22, 2016

Whose Birthday Is It? August 22, 2016

Deng Xiaoping (1904) Deng was a Chinese revolutionary and government leader. A veteran of the Long March, he became deputy premier in 1952 and soon joined the Politburo Standing Committee. He was ousted and reinstated several times and at one […]

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Whose Birthday Is It? August 21, 2016

Whose Birthday Is It? August 21, 2016

Christopher Robin Milne (1920) Christopher Robin Milne was the son of author A.A. Milne. When Christopher was a young child, his father wrote poetry for him, which grew into the collections When We Were Very Young and Now We Are […]

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Whose Birthday Is It? August 20, 2016

Whose Birthday Is It? August 20, 2016

Jöns Jakob Berzelius (1779) Regarded as one of the founders of modern chemistry, Berzelius was a Swedish professor who achieved an immensely important series of innovations and discoveries. He developed chemistry’s modern system of symbols and formulas, prepared a remarkably […]

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Whose Birthday Is It? August 19, 2016

Whose Birthday Is It? August 19, 2016

Madame du Barry (1743) Madame du Barry was the mistress of Louis XV. She was first the mistress of Jean du Barry, who introduced her into Parisian high society. Admired for her beauty, she joined Louis XV’s court in 1769 […]

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Whose Birthday Is It? August 18, 2016

Whose Birthday Is It? August 18, 2016

Meriwether Lewis (1774) After serving as a captain in the US army, Lewis became secretary to President Thomas Jefferson. When Congress approved a plan to find a land route to the Pacific Ocean, Jefferson selected his trusted associate, along with […]

by · August 18, 2016 · Bulletin Board