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Peggy Lee

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After getting her big break as a singer with Benny Goodman's band, Peggy Lee went on to a career that mixed jazz and pop singing with movie and TV stardom. At the height ...

Nat King Cole

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Nat Cole and three other musicians formed the "King Cole Swingers" in Long Beach and played in a number of local bars before getting a gig on the Long Beach Pik ...

Michael Jackson

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Michael began his musical career at the age of 5 as the lead singer of the Jackson 5 who formed in 1964. In these early years the Jackson 5, Jackie, Jermaine,Tito,Marlon ...

Winona Ryder

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Ryder is known for her relationship with actor Johnny Depp throughout the early 1990s. Winona Ryder also received noteworthy media attention for her participation in the ...

Liv Tyler

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A year was enough of the modeling grind, and Liv Tyler decided to become an actress. Liv Tyler was offered the part of Callie in Heavy (1995) after a single reading, and ...

Sally Field

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Sally Field is a two-time Academy Award-winner for her performances in Robert Benton's Places in the Heart (also capturing a Golden Globe) and Martin Ritt's Norma Rae. Fo ...

Mylene Farmer

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In 1984, Farmer met Laurent Boutonnat, a young film student also enrolled in Cours Florent, when Mylene Farmer replied to a newspaper ad for an actress for a small film M ...

Sophie Dahl

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As a child, Dahl was the inspiration for the character Sophie (the giant's helper) in her grandfather Roald Dahl's The BFG. Later Sophie Dahl became an author herself, wr ...

Roger Daltrey

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Roger Harry Daltrey was born in the Hammersmith area of London, but was raised in Acton, the same working class suburban neighbourhood that produced fellow Who members Pe ...

Zac Efron

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He began acting in the early 2000s, and became known to young audiences after his roles in the Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical, the WB series Summerland ...

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Fernando Abril Martoreli

Fernando_Abril_Martoreli Fernando Abril Martoreli biography: 1976-1977 - Became the Spanish agriculture minister.           - Helped organize Moncloa Pacts.                   - Fernando Abril Martoreli was the third deputy prime minister of Spain with ...

Hamed Abulnasr

Hamed_Abulnasr Hamed Abulnasr biography: 1986 - Assumed leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood and became increasingly influential.  1996 - Died in a Cairo hospital on January 20th. ...

Roberta Achtenberg

Roberta_Achtenberg Roberta Achtenberg biography: 1950 - Roberta Achtenberg was  born.1988 - Roberta Achtenberg was unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the California State Assembly.       - Roberta Achtenberg was elected as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.1993 - Roberta Achtenberg was appointed As ...

Gary Leonard Ackerman

Gary_Leonard_Ackerman Gary Leonard Ackerman biography: 1942 - Born in Brooklyn, New York on November 19, 1942. 1965 - Attended local public schools, Brooklyn Technical High School and graduated from Queens College. After college, Ackerman became a New York City School teacher where Gary Leonard Ackerman taught social studies, mathematics, and journ ...

Joseph Franklin Ada

Joseph_Franklin_Ada Joseph Franklin Ada biography: 1987-1995 - governor of Guam.         - Joseph Franklin Ada was the first governor of Guam to be reelected to a consecutive term in office.  ...

Paul Neal Adair

Paul_Neal_Adair Paul Neal Adair biography: 1915 - Born on June 18th in in Houston, Texas. 1936 - Paul Neal Adair went to work for the Southern Pacific Railroad.  1962 - Paul Neal Adair extinguished the "Devil's Cigarette Lighter" in the Sahara Desert.  1993 - Sold the Red Adair Company.   ...

John Adam

John_Adam John Adam biography: 1735 – John Adam was born on the 30th day of October this year in  1764 – John Adam married Miss Abigail Smith, the daughter of a Congregational minister, at Weymouth, Massachusetts. Their children were Abigail Amelia; future president John Quincy ; Susanna Adams; Charles; Thomas Bo ...

Brockman Adams

Brockman_Adams Brockman Adams biography: 1927 - Brockman Adams was born on the 13th of January in Atlanta, Georgia. 1944 - Brockman Adams served in the U.S. Navy for two years.1948 - Brockman Adams attended the University of Washington at Seattle where  Brockman Adams was elected president of the student     & ...

Gerard Adams

Gerard_Adams Gerard Adams biography: 1948 - Adams was born in West Belfast on October 6, 1948. 1950 - Attended Saint Finian's Primary School under the teaching of the De La Salle Christian Brothers. Gerard Adams went to Saint Mary's Christian Brothers Grammar School after passing the Eleven-Plus Exam.  1960 - Became involved ...

John Quincy Adams

John_Quincy_Adams John Quincy Adams biography: 1767 - Adams was born in Braintree, Massachusetts on July 11, 1767. 1774 - Witnessed the Battle of Bunker Hill when John Quincy Adams was seven-year-old. 1778-1780 - Acquired his education at the University of Leiden and served as an American envoy to his father. 1787 - Entered Harvar ...

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