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David Lee Roth David Lee Roth
David Lee RothSinger, songwriter Infamous as the lead vocalist and colorful frontman for Van Halen, one of America's most popular hard-rock bands, David Lee Roth turned solo artist in 1985. After the enormous success of his extended play album Crazy From the Heat, Roth, in a decision that stunned... Read more
Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr
Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. 1923-98, American astronaut, b. East Derry, N.H., grad. Annapolis, 1944. He served on a destroyer during World War II and later had extensive experience as a test pilot. On May 5, 1961, under the U.S. space program Project Mercury, he became the first American to be... Read more
Philip Roth Philip Roth
Philip Roth 1933-, American author, b. Newark, N.J., grad. Univ. of Chicago (M.A., 1955). His writings, noted for their irony and themes of identity, rebellion, and sexuality, deal largely with middle-class Jewish-American life. Roth gained his initial literary reputation with the short-story... Read more
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Antoine-Marie-Roger de Saint-Exupéry) , 1900-1944, French aviator and writer. He became a commercial pilot and published his first story in 1926. Mainly involved in the nascent air-mail industry, he flew in Europe, Africa, and South America. During World War... Read more
John Leslie 1st duke of Rothes John Leslie 1st duke of Rothes
Rothes, John Leslie, 1st duke of [S] (1630–81). Leslie's father, the 6th earl, was in high favour with Charles I but died in 1641 at the age of 41. Leslie marched south with Charles II in 1651 and was taken prisoner at Worcester. At the Restoration, honours were showered upon him. He... Read more
Richard Evelyn Byrd Richard Evelyn Byrd
Richard Evelyn Byrd 1888-1957, American aviator and polar explorer, b. Winchester, Va. He took up aviation in 1917, and after World War I he gained great fame in the air. He commanded the naval air unit with the arctic expedition of D. B. MacMillan in 1925. He and Floyd Bennett reported their... Read more
Jiddu Krishnamurti Jiddu Krishnamurti
Jiddu Krishnamurti , 1895-1986, Indian religious figure whose message centered on the need for maximum self-awareness. In 1909, Annie Besant met him and proclaimed him an incarnation of Maitreya, the messianic Buddha. Krishnamurti repudiated these claims in 1929, following a two-year tour of... Read more
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin , 1934-68, Russian astronaut (cosmonaut), b. near Gzhatsk, RSFSR. He was the first in history to be rocketed into orbital space flight. His flight on Apr. 12, 1961, lasted 1 hr. 48 min. and circled the earth once. The vehicle in which he traveled, named the Vostok [East],... Read more
Charles Augustus Lindbergh Charles Augustus Lindbergh
Charles Augustus Lindbergh 1902-74, American aviator who made the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight, b. Detroit; son of Charles A. Lindbergh (1859-1924). He left the Univ. of Wisconsin (1922) to study flying. After service as a flying cadet, he was commissioned (1925) in the air force... Read more

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