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Kalpana Chawla (March 17 1962 – February 1 2003) was born in Karnal India. She was the first Indian-American astronaut and first Indian woman in space. She first flew on […]

Ilan Ramon (June 20 1954 – February 1 2003; Hebrew: אילן רמון born Ilan Wolferman) was an Israeli fighter pilot in the Israeli Air Force and later the first Israeli […]

Aenesidemus (Ancient Greek: Αἰνησίδημος Ainêsidêmos) was a Greek sceptical philosopher born in Knossos on the island of Crete. He lived in the 1st century BC taught in Alexandria and flourished […]

René Lévesque GOQ (Quebec French pronunciation: [ʁœne levaɛ̯k] ; August 24 1922 – November 1 1987) was a reporter a minister of the government of Quebec (1960–1966) the founder of […]

Sarah Virginia Wade OBE (born 10 July 1945) is a British former tennis player. She won three Grand Slam singles championships and four Grand Slam doubles championships and is the […]

Richard Colvin Reid (born 12 August 1973) also known as the Shoe Bomber is an Englishman who attempted to detonate explosives packed into the shoes he was wearing while on […]

Hissène Habré (حسين حبري; born 13 September 1942) also spelled Hissen Habré is a former Chadian dictator who was the leader of Chad from 1982 until he was deposed in […]

Luis Ángel Firpo (October 11 1894 – August 7 1960) was an Argentine boxer.Born in Junín Argentina he was nicknamed The Wild Bull of The Pampas.

Leon Frank Czolgosz (Polish form: Czołgosz Polish pronunciation: [ˈt͡ʂɔwɡɔʂ]; May 5 1873 – October 29 1901; also used surname Nieman and variations thereof) was the assassin of U.S. President William […]

Jean-Baptiste Sylvère Gay vicomte de Martignac (20 June 1778 – 3 April 1832) was a moderate royalist French statesman during the Bourbon Restoration 1814–30 under King Charles X.Martignac was born […]