On 10/20/95 - 11 seconds into his first-ever shift for Boston U men's ice hockey team, Roy cracked his 4th and 5th vertebra leaving him a quadriplegic. Started 'The Travis Roy Foundation' to help spinal cord injury survivors
Chinese - Born American Former Female Restaurateur, Chef And Author - Mandarin Restaurant In San Francisco. Novel - 'The Seventh Daughter: My Culinary Journey from Beijing' (2007), 'The Mandarin Way' (1974)
WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. Serving on Hickam Field, Guilliams was strafed and then fired upon Japanese planes. Later fought on Saipan. Bronze Star and Purple Heart recipient
American Former Female Author And Poet. Novel - 'Messages From Amma: In The Language Of The Heart' (2013), 'Journeys With Justine' (2007), 'Shapes Of Self' (1982), 'Walk Now In Beauty: The Legend Of Changing Woman'(2007), 'Changing Woman'(2000)
US musician/songwriter (born Aug. 11, 1928, Abbeville, MS) at Sam Phillips' Sun Studio in Memphis. Elvis recorded 5 of his songs incl. 2 of the legendary Sun singles: 'I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone', 'I Forgot to Remember to Forget'
WWII: PTO. USS Hornet (CV-8); Doolittle Raid witness (Apr. 1942); Battle of Midway (June 1942); Battle of Santa Cruz (Oct. 1942) when the Hornet was sunk (part of the salvage team who were the last men to leave the ship)
American Singer And Actress - Country Music Movie - 'The Golden Guitar' (1966), 'Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers ' (1967), 'The Jimmy Dean Show' (Performer)(1966)
Sci-fi/Mystery author, also humor, satire, non-fiction & reviews. Plus 24 novels & 40+ short stories, also edited science-fantasy anthologies. Expert on writing of Edgar Rice Burroughs and has an equally strong interest in H. P. Lovecraft
American Former Female Dancer, Actress And Choreographer. Model for Disney's Snow White. Movie - 'Show Boat' (1951), 'Jupiter's Darling' (1955), 'Lovely To Look At' (1952), 'Queen Of The Stardust Ballroom' - Choreographer (1975)
Was one of the first Swing female drummers. Born: 11/28/1912 In 2016, she was reportedly still actively drumming at the age of 105 in a Costa Mesa band called Forever Young Band, as one of the oldest mainstream musicians still alive
WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, USS West Virginia. Navy chief petty officer. Trapped inside the West Virginia and hardly escaped. Also in the Battle of Midway
Centenarian American sports journalist for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the WCCO 830 AM radio station. For 20 years, he was also a panelist on the weekly television program 'Sports Show with Mike Max.'
Survivor of 1944 Hartford Circus Fire/Burned but not taken to Hartford Hospital for 4 days. Then taken to hospital run by Army doctors - so could be given penicillin for the infections. It had not yet been released for use by civilians
(Born December 24, 1912) is a former American football player who played four seasons as a guard for the University of Texas at Austin Longhorns. Raised in Fort Worth, Texas, he was a member of the team from 1932 through 1936. Guinness World Records recen
Lieutenant General William Keir 'Bill' Carr, CMM, DFC, OStJ, CD (born March 19, 1923) is a retired Canadian Air Force officer. As the first commander of Air Command, he has been described as the father of the modern Canadian Air Force
former college/NFL defensive end; played for Louisiana Tech, 49ers & Chargers; All-American; 4X Pro Bowler; 2X Super Bowl champion; member of both College & Pro Hall of Fames
Actress - Spellbound, Out Of The Past, The Spiral Staircase, A Conn. Yankee, Little Egypt, Gunfight-OK Corral, Slightly Scarlet, Hong Kong, Serpent Of The Nile, Abilene Town, Cry Danger, While The City Sleeps, Alias Jesse James,The Big Circus, Backtrack
French Former Male Sculptor, Famous Paris Sculptors - 'Sir Winston Churchill' (1998), 'General Charles de Gaulle' (2000), And ' Thomas Jefferson' (2006)
Belgian Former Female TV Host - TV Series - 'Boeketje Vlaanderen' (1984), 'Rijker dan je denkt (2002)', 'De drie wijzen' (1991-1992), 't Is maar TV' (2000), 'Personal Upgrade' (1992), 'Domino' (1994), 'Het ei van Christoffels' (1989-1991)
American actor born 1924.brother of + actor Guy Madison.movies from 1952-63.'Reprisal!','The Storm Rider','Bullwhip','Twilight Zone','Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok','Sea Hunt','The Cisco Kid'
former major league infielder/catcher/outfielder; played for St. Louis Browns/Cardinals, Indians, Senators & Tigers;former minor league manager West Palm Beach Expos
WWII: ETO. Battle of the Bulge; Battle of Bastogne (he is one of the Battered Bastards). B Company, 326th Airborne Engineering Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Screaming Eagles)
Personal secretary to Lady Bird Johnson in 1963, Abell was at the Johnson Ranch preparing for the Kennedys' arrival when the assassination took place. Abell then served as the White House social secretary to Mrs. Johnson from 1963 to 1969
WWII: PTO. Assigned to the USS Lexington (CV-2) before Pearl Harbor, he served there until she was lost in the Battle of the Coral Sea on 8 May 1942. Later at USS Suwannee (Operation Torch, North-Africa)
Reporter, Author - Two Seconds Under the World, Actual Innocence: Five Days to Execution and Other Dispatches from the Wrongly Convicted, Subway Lives: 24 Hours in the Life of the New York City Subway.
MLB H.O.F. pitcher 1951-67 for Yankees. Cy Young 1961. 10x All - Star. W.S. MVP. ERA Title 2x (1956, 58). Led league in wins 3x. Best in 1961 going 25-4 with 3.21 ERA & 1963 with 24-11, save, 2.74 ERA. 11 W.S. (6x Champs) 10-8, 2.71 ERA
Game Show Host: Name That Tune, You Don't Say!, Split Second, Password Plus, Body Language, Whew!, WordPlay, The Price is Right // Actor: Cannon, Hardcastle & McCormick, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
State Trooper with the Texas Highway Patrol , Max was stationed at Dallas Trade Mart for Pres. Luncheon . Later assigned guard duty for Gov. Connolly at Parkland
American actor,dancer and singer born in 1929.'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers','Pennies From Heaven','Kiss Me Kate','Invitation To The Dance','Merry Andrew','My Sister Eileen','Ziegfeld Follies'
WWII: 3rd Platoon, C Company, 1st Battalion, 504th PIR, 82nd AB. Paratropper in Operation Market Garden; served in the 82nd until the end of the war; occupation duty in Berlin
Played The Red Queen in 'Adventures in Wonderland',Ghost, That's So Raven,Sparkle, The Enchanted Tiki Room,Action Jackson,Ain't Misbehavin',Bulworth,The Hustle,All about the Andersons,Living Single,Martin,The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,L.A Law,JAG,Life
WW2/From Bramble Edge in Dorset, Wren working in Newmanry Registration Room receiving German messages from intercept site at Knockholt, near Sevenoaks in Kent on punched paper teleprinter tapes, prepared for Colossus and logging the results
American Former Female Author And Winemaker - 'Cakebread Cellars' (1973-2020). Novel - 'The Cakebread Cellars American Harvest Cookbook : Celebrating Wine, Food, and Friends in the Napa Valley' (2011)
MLB relief pitcher from 1961-73 for 5 teams. Best seasons: 1963 went 16-3 (best w-l % ) wirh 21 saves, 1.67 ERA; 1969 went 9-10, 31 saves, 2.11 ERA & 1971 had 7-8, 34 Saves, 2.43 ERA. Both 1969 & 70 led league in saves. In 3 World Series had one save
WWII - Member of the 101 airbourne div. company E 506 parachute regiment (Band of Brothers); was with the 'Easy' from D-Day to Eagle's Nest. It was him who cut the German flag off the wall of the German Army barracks at the Eagle's Nest, Berchtesgaden
British character actor:A Touch of Frost, Doctor Who, Juliet Bravo, Poirot, Our Friends in the North, Coronation Street, Chucklevision, Reilly: Ace of Spies, When the Boat Comes In
American television and film producer, director, and screenwriter. The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen (1995), The Girls Next Door, Star Wars: Empire of Dreams and Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed
Vice Admiral Sir Geoffrey Dalton KCB was a Royal Navy officer who became Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic and latterly became Secretary General of MENCAP and National Chairman of The Royal British Legion
former major league outfielder; played for Dodgers, Yankees, Athletics, Phillies, Angels, White Sox, Padres & Cubs; 2X World Series Champion (Dodgers 81, Yankees 78)
(born September 9, 1919) was the ninth head football coach for the Eureka College Red Devils located in Eureka, Illinois and he held that position for eleven seasons, from 1956 until 1966