(June 11, 1925 – November 1, 2006) was an American novelist and essayist who won major literary awards for his work.Styron was best known for his novels, including: Lie Down in Darkness (1951), his acclaimed first work, published when he was 26; The Confessions of Nat Turner (1967)...
To the wider world he was perhaps most famously associated with the Berlin Philharmonic, of which he was principal conductor for 35 years. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968). American clergyman, activist, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for ...
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Alex Stepney was later to discover what it was like to have the boot on the other foot when, in 1973, he found himself in the unique position of being Manchester United's top scorer at Christmas. His goal-getting talents were first spotted in a pre-season friendly in Spain and when Uni...
in 1885. There was a huge demand for timber for the mining, railway and wharf building businesses. The Otways were a great source of timber so that is where the timber cutters and sawmillers headed. This report is from the Colac Herald of 1884, the year before he shifted his family ...
Football player, administrator, and diplomat Born as 1 of 13 children of a handyman father, Jerome Holland decided early on that education was his ticket out of poverty. He became the only one of his siblings to attend college and was admitted to not just any school, but prestigious Cornell...
Senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party and the Kennedy political family, he was the second most senior member of the Senate when he died and is the third-longest-continuously-serving senator in United States history...
Herbert Henry Dow (February 26, 1866 – October 15, 1930) was a Canadian-born American chemical industrialist, best known as the founder of the American multinational conglomerate Dow Chemical. He was a graduate of Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a prolific inventor ...
(July 5, 1879 – November 28, 1945) was an American tennis player and politician. He is best remembered as the founder of the Davis Cup international tennis competition. He was the Assistant Secretary of War from 1923 to 1925 and Secretary of War from 1925 to 1929. Age: Dec. at 66 (...
the “20 Most Powerful Women” of the next generation of leaders. In August 2018, María Celeste was awarded with a Doctorate Honoris Causa from the Universidad Central de Bayamon in Puerto Rico, in recognition for her arduous philanthropic work. Currently, Arrarás serves as the host and ...