Marco Polo
Marco Polo A native of Venice, Marco Polo was the son of NICCOL POLO, a minor nobleman and merchant in jewels. Just prior to Marc…
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Winston Churchill (1874–1965)
Conservative prime minister of the United Kingdom, 194045 and 195155. Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill came to prominence as a so…
Diana, Princess of Wales (1901–97)
The death of Diana, the princess of Wales, in a car crash in Paris in 1997, was met by perhaps the deepest mourning of this centur…
Mustapha Kemal (1880–1938)
Mustapha Kemal (18801938) More commonly known asAtatrk, soldier and father ofmodern Turkey, Mustapha Kemal was born in Salonica in…
Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov
Russian chess playerand longtimeworld champion, the youngest player ever awarded the title ofSoviet Master. Born in Zlatoust, Russ…
Garry Kimovich Kasparov
Chess playerand longtimeworld champion, who competes for Russia. At the age of 22 he became the youngest world chess champion in h…
Elvis the King
Although some refuse to believe that Elvis ever passed away, August 16, 1977, is generally acknowledged as the day the 42 year old…
CHARLIE CHAPLIN (1889-1977)
CHARLIE CHAPLIN (1889-1977) Charlie Chaplin was one of the most famous stars in motion-picture history. Throughoutthe era of sile…
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln Migrating from his birthplace in Kentucky,first to Indiana and then toIllinois, where he helped to clear the unbr…
Winston Churchill (1965)
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, one of the greatest prime ministers of Great Britain and Nobellaureate for literature, was …
