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Tolstoy, Leo, Count
(Encyclopedia) Tolstoy, Leo, Count, Rus. Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoi (lyĕf), 1828–1910, Russian novelist and philosopher, considered one of the world's greatest writers. About 1876 the doubts that…Josephine Hutchinson 1998 Deaths
Josephine Hutchinsonactress Film and stage actress of the 1930s and 1940s whose credits include The Story of Louis Pasteur, North by Northwest and Gunsmoke.Born: 1904?Died: 1998Mary Fendrich…Clarence L. Harris Biography
Clarence L. HarrisAge: 94 lunch manager who in 1960 let four black students remain at Woolworth's whites-only counter. Harris did not serve the protesters, but his insistence that police not…Theodore Hall Biography
Theodore HallAge: 74 physicist and alleged atomic spy. After graduating from Harvard at age 18, Hall was hired as a physicist on the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos, N.M., becoming the…Max Youngstein Biography
Max Youngstein movie executive Youngstein was one of the film executives to turn around the beleaguered movie company United Artists in the 1950s. In his role as head of production and…Su Shueh-lin Biography
Su Shueh-linwriterBorn: approx 1895 distinguished Chinese writer who published more than 50 works, including essay collections, poetry, novels, and literary criticism, in her 70-year career.…Notable Female Reformers and Activists
Abbott - Crandell | Davies - King | La Flesche - Sanger | Seton - Wright Mary Church Terrell Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes…Tony Zale Biography
Tony ZaleAge: 83 middleweight champion from 1940–48, he battled Rocky Graziano for the world middleweight championship three times during the 1940's; Zale beat Graziano in the pair's first…Liz Smith Biography
Liz Smithgossip columnistBirthplace: Ft. Worth, Tex. Smith worked as a reporter, typist, and proofreader. In the 1950s. Smith broke into New York media as a news producer for Mike Wallace at…Shinichi Suzuki Biography
Shinichi Suzukimusic educatorBorn: 10/17/1898Birthplace: Nagoya, Japan The son of a violin maker, Suzuki taught at the Imperial School of Music in Tokyo before founding his own school, the…Trending
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