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1 day ago · Biography Early years Howard was born January 22, 1906, in Peaster, Texas, the only son of a traveling country physician, Dr. Isaac Mordecai Howard, and his wife, Hester Jane Ervin Howard. [nb 3] [nb 4] [nb 5] His early life was spent wandering through a variety of Texas cowtowns and boomtowns: Dark Valley (1906), Seminole (1908), Bronte (1909), Poteet (1910), Oran (1912), Wichita Falls (1913 ...
1 day ago · George Washington Carver George Washington Carver c. 1910 Born c. 1864? Diamond, Missouri, U.S. Died January 5, 1943 (1943-01-05) (aged 78–79) Tuskegee, Alabama, U.S. Resting place Tuskegee University Education Iowa State University (BA, MSc) Awards Spingarn Medal (1923) Signature George Washington Carver (c. 1864 – January 5, 1943) was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who ...
1 day ago · Gordon Getty (born 1933), heir to oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, philanthropists, classical music composer, business man, born and raised in San Francisco; Noël Sullivan (1890–1956), concert singer, philanthropist and patron of the arts, born and raised in San Francisco. Charlotte Mailliard Shultz (born 1933), philanthropist, socialite
1 day ago · Muhammad was born in approximately 570 CE in Mecca. He was the son of Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib and Amina bint Wahb. His father, Abdullah, the son of Quraysh tribal leader Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim, died around the time Muhammad was born. His mother Amina died when he was six, leaving Muhammad an orphan.
1 day ago · In writing the Virginia Charter of 1606, he enabled the King in Parliament to give those to be born in the colonies all rights and liberties as though they were born in England. William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England is considered the most influential books on law in the new republic.
1 day ago · Eleanor of Aquitaine (French: Aliénor d'Aquitaine, Éléonore d'Aquitaine, Occitan: Alienòr d'Aquitània, pronounced [aljeˈnɔɾ dakiˈtanjɔ], Latin: Helienordis, Alienorde or Alianor; c. 1124 – 1 April 1204) was Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right from 1137 to 1204, Queen of France from 1137 to 1152 as the wife of King Louis VII, and Queen of England from 1154 to 1189 as the wife of ...
1 day ago · Dwyane Tyrone Wade Jr. (/ d w eɪ n / DWAYN or / d u ˈ w aɪ eɪ n / doo-WY-ayn, born January 17, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player who is currently the host of the American adaptation of The Cube.
