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Adolf Dassler was born in Herzogenaurach, German Empire in 1900 to Christoph and Aldirdas. At 13 he completed his formal education and was apprenticed to a baker. Being a baker did not appeal to young Adolf but what did was his love for sporting events. He engaged in a variety of sporting eve...
08/31/2019
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Lydia Barrington was born in Dublin, Ireland to John and Mary back in 1728. The family moved to Philadelphia where her husband worked as a tutor and she worked as a midwife. She was a Quaker however their oldest son Charles served with the 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment of the Continental Army.During ...
08/30/2019
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Sidney Newman Darby Jr., was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania back in 1928. He built his first boat when he was 12 but it sank. However, he finished it and made it a home for snakes (don’t like that). When he was 20 he made something that I’m sure everyone will know when I tell you what it is (...
08/29/2019
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Anthony Daniels was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England back in 1946. Educated at Giggleswick School before studying law for two years before dropping out. He went on to attend Rose Bruford College, I could not find if he ever completed his education, but that really doesn’t matter so let’s mov...
08/28/2019
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William Dampler was born in East Coker, Somerset, England back in 1651. He attended King’s School, Bruton before joining the Royal Navy in 1673. He participated in the Battles of Schooneveld before falling ill and returning to England for several months. After recovering he tried his hand at vari...
08/27/2019
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Maria Dalle was born just outside Bologna, Italy back in 1778 to a peasant family. She was raised and educated by one of her uncles (his name is lost to history). She studied medicine at the University of Bologna. In 1800, she published three scientific papers, on anatomy, physiology and midwifer...
08/26/2019
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Iva Toguri D’Aquino was born in Los Angeles, California back in 1916 to Jun and Fumi. She graduated from high school in Los Angeles, continuing her education she graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a degree in zoology in 1940. In July of 1941, she sailed to Japan to visi...
08/25/2019
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Harvey Williams was born in Cleveland, Ohio back in 1869 to Henry and Elizabeth. He attended the Cleveland Manual Training School. He earned is A.B. in 1891 from Yale moving on to Harvard Medical School earning his medical degree in 1895. After completing his residency, he began private practice ...
08/24/2019
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Bernard Eugene Custis was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania back in 1928. He graduated from John Bartram High School in 1947. He continued his studies at Syracuse University from 1948 to 1950 playing football setting numerous records that would last for decades. He was drafted by the Cleveland B...
08/23/2019
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John Bacon was born in Hampden, Maine back in 1827. Sorry but I don’t have any information as to who his parents were, so like always I do have the rest of the story. In 1848, he moved to Bangor, Maine. Later that same year on top of a Franklin stove me mixed some ingredients up and made his firs...
08/22/2019
