11 September
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Lorne Greene: Voice of Television’s Golden Age
Lorne Greene (1915–1987) was a Canadian actor and broadcaster best known for playing Ben Cartwright in Bonanza and Commander Adama…
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Eduard Hanslick: Austria’s Influential Music Critic
Eduard Hanslick (1825–1904) was an Austrian music critic and aesthetician whose treatise On the Musically Beautiful shaped music criticism. He…
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Peter Hall: British Theatre’s Transformative Director
Peter Hall (1930–2017) was an English theatre director who founded the Royal Shakespeare Company and directed the National Theatre for…
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Mark Bingham: Hero of Flight 93
Mark Bingham (1970–2001) was a PR executive and Flight 93 passenger who helped resist hijackers on 9/11, preventing an attack…
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Lauren Grandcolas: Witness to September 11
Lauren Grandcolas (1963–2001) was a passenger on United Airlines Flight 93 who called her husband during the September 11 hijacking,…
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Berry Berenson: Actress, Model, and Photographer
Berry Berenson (1948–2001) was an American actress, model, and photographer. She died in the September 11 attacks aboard American Airlines…
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Carolyn Beug: Filmmaker and September 11 Victim
Carolyn Beug (1952–2001) was an American filmmaker and video producer who died in the September 11 attacks aboard American Airlines…
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John Ogonowski: Pilot, Farmer, September 11 Victim
John Ogonowski (1951–2001) was a Polish-American pilot and agricultural activist who captained American Airlines Flight 11 on September 11, 2001.
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Barbara Olson: Conservative Voice Lost on 9/11
Barbara Olson was an American lawyer and conservative TV commentator who died on American Airlines Flight 77 during the September…
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Betty Ong: First to Alert the World
Betty Ong was the first person to alert authorities to the September 11 hijackings. The American Airlines flight attendant relayed…
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah: Founder of Pakistan
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876–1948) was a barrister and statesman who founded Pakistan and served as its first governor-general. Learn about…
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Salvador Allende: Chile’s Socialist President
Salvador Allende (1908–1973) was a Chilean socialist politician and the first Marxist elected president in a liberal democracy in Latin…
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Jessica Tandy: Stage and Screen Legend
Jessica Tandy (1909–1994) was an English-American actress who won an Academy Award, four Tony Awards, and achieved Triple Crown of…
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David Angell: Emmy-Winning Sitcom Creator
David Angell (1946–2001) was an Emmy-winning screenwriter and producer who created the sitcoms Wings and Frasier. He died in the…
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Joseph Nicolas Nicollet: Mapping the American Interior
Joseph Nicolas Nicollet (1786–1843) was a French geographer and astronomer who mapped the Upper Mississippi River basin, producing the most…
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