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I received word today (January 9th, 2011), that Major Richard “Dick” Winters passed away quietly on January 2, 2011. Although I never did get to meet him, I feel honored to have exchanged emails with him. For those of you who don’t know...
Dennis Lee Hopper was born at Dodge City, Kansas on May 17th, 1936, he died at his home at Venice, California yesterday morning. His first film role was with James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause , and he worked sporadically ever since because of his tendency...
Alexander Haig died yesterday morning at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. Raised at Philadelphia, he spent two years at Notre Dame before transferring to West Point(1947). He served on Douglas MacArthur's staff in Korea, participated in and was...
William Safire was born at New York City on 17 December 1929 and died from pancreatic cancer last Sunday. He graduated from Bronx High School of Science, then attended Syracuse University for two years. Despite dropping out, he delivered the commencement...
Edward M. Kennedy was born at Brookline, Massachusetts on 22 February 1932 and died at his Hyannis Port, Massachusetts home late on Tuesday night, 25 August 2009. Born to a large wealthy family, Teddy was the youngest of nine, his three brothers all met...
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier was born at Southampton, New York on this day in 1929. Her father was a playboy stock broker ("Black Jack" Bouvier), her mother the daughter of a bank president. She attended the finest private schools before two years...
Walter Cronkite, born at St. Joseph, Missouri on 4 November 1916, died last evening at New York City. While in high school at Houston, Texas he was a cub reporter at the Houston Post, and had a paper route, possibly the only journalist to deliver his...
Anneliese Marie Frank was born at Frankfurt, Germany on this day in 1929. The Franks were solid members of the Jewish community there, her father was involved in some banking, managed a spa, and manufactured cough drops. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor...
Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere...
Melvin Jerome Blank was born at San Francisco on this day in 1908, and grew up at Portland, Oregon. In high school he entertained his friends with jokes featuring multiple accents he picked up from his neighbors, and changed his last name to Blanc. He...