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Benedictine monk known for his math contributions dies

Passed Made Present @passedmadepresent.bsky.social · 2d

"A Benedictine monk known for his mathematics prowess and stunning polyhedron art..."

#MagnusWenninger
1919-2017
Born on this day

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The Rev. Magnus Wenninger of St. John's Abbey was famous for his knowledge of polyhedrons

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Passed Made Present @passedmadepresent.bsky.social · 3d

"He will go down in history as the man who, with bogus intelligence, pushed America into a terrible war."

#AhmadChalabi
1945-2015
Born on this day

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Postscript: Ahmad Chalabi

Chalabi will be remembered for his role in pushing for the U.S. invasion of Iraq, but much of the indignation about his legacy is misplaced.

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Pioneer of the birth control pill who also developed antihistamines

Passed Made Present @passedmadepresent.bsky.social · 4d

"... the father of the birth control pill. He was also one of the most productive chemists of his time – a developer of antihistamines... and a novelist."

#CarlDjerassi
1923-2015
Born on this day

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Carl Djerassi obituary

Dr. Jonas Salk, Whose Vaccine Turned Tide on Polio, Dies at 80 (Published 1995)

Passed Made Present @passedmadepresent.bsky.social · 5d

"An opinion poll ranked him roughly between Churchill and Gandhi as a revered figure of modern history."

#JonasSalk
1914-1995
Born on this day

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Joseph Medicine Crow, last war chief of the Crow tribe, died on April 3rd, aged 102

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Passed Made Present @passedmadepresent.bsky.social · 6d

"He had been the first in his tribe to go to college and get a masters degree, and was more than halfway through a doctoral thesis when he was called up."

#JoeMedicineCrow
1913-2016
Born on this day

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War songs of the Plains

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Passed Made Present @passedmadepresent.bsky.social · 7d

"He beat... a former governor who also supported civil rights, by a 3-to-2 margin despite predictions of a “white backlash” against him."

#EdwardBrooke
1919-2015
Born on this day

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Edward Brooke, first black elected senator, dies at 95

Brooke was the first black elected to the Senate, in 1966, serving two terms.

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Passed Made Present @passedmadepresent.bsky.social · 8d

"... an innovative and influential designer who created sets for hundreds of plays, dance works and operas, and whose ideas continue to influence the field..."

#TyrusWong
1910-2016
Born on this day

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Scenesters

Tyrus Wong and Ming Cho Lee were immigrants from China, and both used the artistic traditions of their homeland to change American entertainment. Ming Cho Lee “radically and almost sin…

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Passed Made Present @passedmadepresent.bsky.social · 9d

"... only the second American to design and fly a prototype helicopter in 1943, two years after... Igor Sikorsky had flown the first. Unlike Sikorsky, however, Piasecki concentrated on helicopters with tandem rotors..."

#FrankPiasecki
1919-2008
Born on this day

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Obituary: Frank Piasecki

Obituary: Helicopter pioneer who invented one of world's most famous aircraft, the Chinook

Randy Pausch, CMU professor who inspired millions, dies

Passed Made Present @passedmadepresent.bsky.social · 10d

"... he earned the admiration of millions with his focus on pursuing childhood dreams, learning how to be humble, working hard and seeing brick walls as challenges..."

#RandyPausch
1960-2008
Born on this day

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In a recent e-mail exchange with his friend and co-author, Jeffrey Zaslow, Randy Pausch said he was still amazed at how he had been

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Passed Made Present @passedmadepresent.bsky.social · 11d

"... regarded by many as the greatest goaltender in modern soccer history..."

#LevYashin
1929-1990
Born on this day

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Legendary goalkeeper Yashin dies - UPI Archives

Lev Yashin, regarded by many as the greatest goaltender in modern soccer history, died Wednesday of stomach cancer, the official Tass news agency said. He...

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Passed Made Present @passedmadepresent.bsky.social · 12d

"His journey - from birth in a small wooden house with no plumbing... to his flight around the earth in the space shuttle Challenger in 1984, to his death in its explosion this January - required 35 years."

#RonaldMcNair
1950-1986
Born on this day

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ASTRONAUT BURIED IN CAROLINA; 35-YEAR 'MISSION' IS COMPLETE (Published 1986)

Abebech Gobena, Ethiopian humanitarian known as ‘Mother Teresa of Africa,’ dies at 85

Passed Made Present @passedmadepresent.bsky.social · 13d

"Abebech Gobena, who escaped a forced marriage as a child bride and became one of the most prominent humanitarians in her native Ethiopia..."

#AbebechGobena
1935-2021
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Ms. Gobena, who died of covid-19, built an orphanage, schools, a hospital and training centers credited with serving thousands amid drought, famine and war.

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Passed Made Present @passedmadepresent.bsky.social · 14d

"Thanks to his prompt action, the epidemic was contained in Vietnam. However, because of close daily contact with SARS patients, he contracted the infection."

#CarloUrbani
1956-2003
Born on this day

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Obituary: Carlo Urbani

A dedicated and internationally respected epidemiologist, he died when infected by the new Sars virus, which he had helped to identify.

Remembering Ntozake Shange, The Poet Who Poured Her Heart Onto The Page | Essence

Passed Made Present @passedmadepresent.bsky.social · 15d

"In her writing, she expressed what it means to be, how it feels to be, a Black woman in America."

#NtozakeShange
1948-2018
Born on this day

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In her writing, she expressed what it means to be, how it feels to be, a Black woman in America.

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Obituary: Shinichi Suzuki

Passed Made Present @passedmadepresent.bsky.social · 16d

"Shinichi Suzuki opened up new paths in musical education of the very young."

#ShinichiSuzuki
1898-1998
Born on this day

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Shinichi Suzuki, violin teacher: born Nagoya, Japan 18 October 1898; married 1928 Waltraud Prange; died Matsumoto, Japan 26 January 1998.

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Passed Made Present @passedmadepresent.bsky.social · 17d

"He made crucial contributions to Voodoo, the epochal album by D'Angelo, released in 2000."

#RoyHargrove
1969-2018
Born on this day

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Roy Hargrove, Grammy-Winning Jazz Trumpeter, Dies At 49

Hargrove first emerged in the late 1980s, at a cultural moment when his precocity and poise amounted to a form of currency in jazz, quickly earning the approval of the genre's elders.

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Fela, 58, Dissident Nigerian Musician, Dies (Published 1997)

Passed Made Present @passedmadepresent.bsky.social · 18d

"For years, Fela was merely Nigeria's most popular musician."

#FelaKuti
1938-1997
Born on this day

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C. Everett Koop, former surgeon general, dies at 96

Passed Made Present @passedmadepresent.bsky.social · 19d

"Dr. Koop was the most recognized surgeon general of the 20th century."

#CEverettKoop
1916-2013
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He helped educate a nation about AIDS and the dangers of tobacco, and he revolutionized pediatric surgery.

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Passed Made Present @passedmadepresent.bsky.social · 20d

"Bolden’s leap from bus passenger to leader of a powerful labor organization was not far-fetched to those who knew her."

#DorothyBolden
1924-2005
Born on this day

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Overlooked No More: Dorothy Bolden, Who Started a Movement for Domestic Workers (Published 2019)

Jean Nidetch dies at 91; a founder of Weight Watchers

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Passed Made Present @passedmadepresent.bsky.social · 21d

"By 1968, Weight Watchers had gone public and made its founders millionaires."

#JeanNidetch
1923-2015
Born on this day

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Jean Nidetch had a secret.

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Passed Made Present @passedmadepresent.bsky.social · 22d

"She took up comedy at 71 — 'I didn’t want to peak too soon' — after enrolling on a comedy course in San Francisco."

#LynnRuthMiller
1933-2021
Born on this day

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Lynn Ruth Miller obituary

Lynn Ruth Miller believed herself to be the oldest working stand-up in the world. Though she could be bawdy and was dubbed the “Stripping Granny” after appearing on stage with nipple tassels on the ou...

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Gifted but restless singer ill at ease with an industry she despised

Passed Made Present @passedmadepresent.bsky.social · 23d

"'I operate on the principle that I might get hit by a bus tomorrow. And I’d hate the obituaries to have to read: ‘And her last album was her not-very-good album.’”

#KirstyMacColl
1959-2000
Born on this day

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Obituary Kirsty MacColl