Lincoln’s Early Life
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, on Nolin Creek in Kentucky. His father, Thomas Lincoln, was a poverty-stricken farmer, who could never seem to make ends meet. Consequently, Lincoln spent his childhood learning how to weld an axe, hunt and work a plow. He was Continue reading the biography
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Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on February 6, 1911, in Tampico, Illinois, and attended high school in Dixon, Illinois. Upon his graduation, he attended Eureka College near Peoria, Illinois, where he excelled in football and acting. Not long after his graduation in 1932, he was hired by radio station Continue reading the biography
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On April 5, 1968, the day after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., The Oakland Tribune published a story that began, “In the days and years ahead, Martin Luther King Jr. will be numbered among that small but honored company of men who have changed the course of history by sheer forc Continue reading the biography
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Martina Navratilova was born on October 18, 1956 in Prague (then capital of Czechoslovakia, now of the Czech Republic). Her early childhood was spent among the Krkonose Mountains, which are also known as the Giants Mountains, situated on th Continue reading the biography
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Dates
July 26, 1959 – present
Other Names Used
Ricky Edward Bragg: full name
Alabama Connection
Piedmont, Calhoun County: birthplace
Possum Trot, Calhoun County: childhood residence
Jacksonville, Calhoun County: brief adult residence
Anniston, Calhoun County: brief adult residence
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Deanne Bray was born on May 14, 1971 in California, USA and spent most of her life there. She did live in Washington for a few years with her mum however.
Deanne is profoundly deaf in her right ear, and has a 78dB hearing loss in her left ear, in which she uses a hearing aid. Without the hearing aid Continue reading the biography
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Doug Weight #39
Position: Center
Born: January 21, 1971 Warren, Michigan
Height: 5′ 11″
Weight: 201
Shoots: Left
December 14, 2007:
Traded to the Anaheim Ducks with Michal Birner and a seventh-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft in exchange for Andy McDonald.
July 2, 2006:
Signed by the Continue reading the biography
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Alanis Nadine Morissette and her twin brother, Wade, were born June 1, 1974, in Ottawa, Canada. Wade is 12 minutes older than Alanis, and the twins have another brother, Chad, who’s two years older.
She is a fitness buff who competed in a triathlon in 1997. She swam a quarter mile, biked five Continue reading the biography
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Richard Starkey was born on July 7, 1940. He was the oldest Beatle. He replaced Pete Best as the Beatles drummer in 1962 and was the last Beatle to join. He was not the drummer for Love Me Do; it was Andy White playing the drums on the released version. The first song he sang was Boys. The first son Continue reading the biography
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will be able to select the MID file illustrating each paragraph a simple click on the button of perusal.
“In My Life” (John Lennon – “Rubber Soul” – 1965)
John Winston Lennon was born in Liverpool in October 1940, the 9th.. Son of Fred and Julia Lennon, he is rais Continue reading the biography
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