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"... she was chief of economic research in the 1970s, when a male executive directed her to take notes in the back of the room."

#ElizabethBailey
1938-2022
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Elizabeth Bailey, pathbreaker for women in economics, dies at 83
She was the first woman to receive a PhD in economics from Princeton and helped deregulate airlines as the first woman on the Civil Aeronautics Board.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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"Decades before 'Seinfeld' became known as the sitcom about nothing, and Tina Fey wrote and starred in '30 Rock,' Lynch’s presciently modern sitcom... celebrated the understated humor of average married life."

#PegLynch
1916-2015
Born on this day

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Peg Lynch dies at 98; broadcast pioneer created early sitcom 'Ethel and Albert'
Peg Lynch, a trailblazer for women in broadcast entertainment who wrote, owned and starred in one of television's first sitcoms, "Ethel and Albert," has died.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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"... an eclectic international career as a nurse, physical therapist, wartime inventor and forensic handwriting and document analyst."

#BessieBlount
1914-2009
Born on this day

www.nytimes.com/2019/03/27/o...
Overlooked No More: Bessie Blount, Nurse, Wartime Inventor and Handwriting Expert (Published 2019)
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November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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"In 1957, she was the first woman glider pilot to cross the Channel."

#AnneBurns
1915-2001
Born on this day

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Anne Burns
Anne Burns, who has died aged 85, was a test pilot, research scientist and gliding champion. She worked at the Royal Aeronautical Establishment (RAE) from 1940 to 1976 and, as principal scientific off...
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November 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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"He returned to the perimeter wounded, yet assisted another injured American soldier to the aid station. Refusing aid for himself, he returned to direct the defense..."

#VincentOkamoto
1943-2020
Born on this day

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OBITUARY: Vincent Okamoto, 76; Judge, Vietnam War Hero - Rafu Shimpo
RAFU STAFF REPORT Bravery, sacrifice and honor forged in the firefights of Vietnam informed the remarkable life of Superior Court Judge Vincent H. Okamoto, who passed away unexpectedly on Sunday. He w...
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November 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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"... President Obama said: 'Stan remains to this day an icon untarnished, a beloved pillar of the community, a gentleman you'd want your kids to emulate.'"

#StanMusial
1920-2013
Born on this day

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Stan Musial, beloved Cardinals legend, dies at 92
No last name necessary. A slew of batting titles. Corkscrew stance. Humble. A gentleman. All-around good guy. Stan the Man. Stanley Frank Musial, the St. Louis
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November 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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"... Phife Dawg, who as a member of A Tribe Called Quest brought left-of-center hip-hop to the masses..."

#PhifeDawg
1970-2016
Born on this day

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Malik Taylor, Phife Dawg of A Tribe Called Quest, Dies at 45 (Published 2016)
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November 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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"A favorable review by Winston Churchill in the Times Literary Supplement in London helped launch the book toward bestseller lists in England and the United States."

#PeterDrucker
1909-2005
Born on this day

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Prolific Father of Modern Management
Peter F.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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"He also became the only man to play golf on the Moon..."

#AlanShepard
1923-1998
Born on this day

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July 21, 1998: Alan Shepard dies
Today in the history of astronomy, America’s first man in space passes away.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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"The surbahar is to the sitar what the cello is to the violin."

#ImratKhan
1935-2018
Born on this day
Imrat Khan, maestro who kept surbahar alive, dies in US | Hindi Movie News - Times of India
If it weren’t for Ustad Imrat Khan, the surbahar may well have receded from the listener’s imagination.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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"... Africa's best-known novelist and the founding father of African fiction."

#ChinuaAchebe
1930-2013
Born on this day

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Chinua Achebe obituary
Founding father of African fiction whose novels chronicled Nigeria's troubled history
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November 16, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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"And Mr. Mendez’s artistic skills, which included hand-eye coordination that enabled him to look at something and copy it precisely, suited the agency’s need for a counterfeiter and forger."

#TonyMendez
1940-2019
Born on this day

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Tony Mendez, 78, Dies; C.I.A. Officer Celebrated in the Film ‘Argo’ (Published 2019)
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November 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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"Renowned for his dedication to unsolved crimes and support to the families of crime victims, he investigated more than 500 murder files and played a pivotal role in solving several cold cases."

#PeterRdeVries
1956-2021
Born on this day

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‘Fearless’ Dutch reporter Peter R de Vries dies after shooting
Peter R. de Vries reported on the biggest Dutch crime cases and showed compassion for the relatives of murder victims.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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"Walaszczyk, who was sometimes known as the Polish Schindler... was responsible for saving 53 Jewish lives."

Jozef Walaszczyk
1919-2022
Born on this day

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Jozef Walaszczyk obituary
Jozef Walaszczyk was enjoying a night of passion with his new girlfriend, Irena, at the Grabowska Hotel, Warsaw, in early 1941. Suddenly, they heard Nazi offic
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November 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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"Hot Chocolate had become such a part of Britain’s social fabric that they performed at a pre-wedding party for the Prince of Wales... ("Charles said, ‘it won’t be too noisy, will it?’” Brown recalled)..."

#ErrolBrown
1943-2015
Born on this day

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Errol Brown obituary
Songwriter and lead singer with Hot Chocolate who scored massive hits in the 1970s and 80s with You Sexy Thing, It Started With a Kiss and Every 1’s a Winner
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November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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"A defining event in Vonnegut's life was the firebombing of Dresden, Germany by Allied Forces in 1945, which he witnessed as a young prisoner of war."

#KurtVonnegut
1922-2007
Born on this day

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November 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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"It was employed by the armies of dozens of countries, and incorporated in several national flags."

#MikhailKalashnikov
1919-2013
Born on this day

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Obituary: Mikhail Kalashnikov
Inventor of the eponymous weapon that became a symbol of revolution around the world
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November 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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"... a development of the invention, known as spread-spectrum technology, is being used in a wide range of electronic products, including mobile phones."

#HedyLamarr
1914-2000
Born on this day

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Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr, a brain as well as a body, died on January 19th, aged 86
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November 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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"Mr. Bell was the first tenured black professor at Harvard Law School and later one of the first black deans of a law school that was not historically black."

#DerrickBell
1930-2011
Born on this day

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Derrick Bell, Law Professor and Rights Advocate, Dies at 80 (Published 2011)
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November 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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"Walton retired from the NBA and turned to broadcasting, something he never thought he could be good at... because he had a pronounced stutter at times in his life."

#BillWalton
1952-2024
Born on this day

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Hall of Famer Bill Walton, 71, dies of cancer
Bill Walton, who won two NCAA titles with UCLA and two NBA championships during a Hall of Fame career, died Monday at age 71 after a prolonged battle with cancer.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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"In about the time it takes to fish out your phone and find the right app, she mentally calculated 7,686,369,774,870 x 2,465,099,745,779."

#ShakuntalaDevi
1929-2013
Born on this day

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Shakuntala Devi
My instruction has, I’d like to think, a reasonable degree of academic rigor. If pressed, however, I might concede that it’s not daily I transport students to the boundaries of h…
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November 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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"He was required listening for anybody interested in any way in the sounds a guitar can make."

#BertJansch
1943-2011
Born on this day

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Bert Jansch: Guitarist whose style influenced his peers across five
Bert Jansch was a musician whose reputation went before him. Guitarists heard about him on the grapevine and checked him out. He was required listening for anybody interested in any way in the sounds ...
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November 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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"Rosemary Radford Ruether was among the first scholars to think deeply about the role of women in Christianity, shaking up old patriarchies and pushing for change."

#RosemaryRadfordReuther
1936-2022
Born on this day

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Rosemary Radford Ruether, a founding mother of feminist theology, has died at age 85
Ruether was among the first scholars to think deeply about the role of women in Christianity, shaking up old patriarchies and pushing for change.
www.npr.org
November 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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"... a legendary figure in women's basketball who won Olympic gold as a player and as a coach for the United States..."

#AnneDonovan
1961-2018
Born on this day

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Donovan, women's basketball legend, dies at 56
Anne Donovan, who won an Olympic gold medal as a player in 1984 and 1988 and also guided the WNBA's Seattle Storm to a title as a coach in 2004, died of heart failure Wednesday. She was 56.
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November 1, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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"A Benedictine monk known for his mathematics prowess and stunning polyhedron art..."

#MagnusWenninger
1919-2017
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Benedictine monk known for his math contributions dies
The Rev. Magnus Wenninger of St. John's Abbey was famous for his knowledge of polyhedrons
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October 31, 2025 at 8:42 PM