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'The Mary Tyler Moore Show': Cast of Characters—and Icons
April 30, 2013 by Jennifer ArmstrongPost a commentThe cast of The Mary Tyler Moore Show—Mary Tyler Moore, Valerie Harper, Betty White, Cloris Leachman, and Georgia Engel—made history in the ‘70s as women the sitcom...
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Mary Tyler Moore
Actress / 1936 -
Mary Tyler Moore is an Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress and television star know for her roles on The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
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Cloris Leachman
Actor / 1926 -
American actress Cloris Leachman has had a long, successful career in television and film, playing a range of dramatic and comedic roles.
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Valerie Harper
Actress / 1939 -
Actress Valerie Harper won three consecutive Emmy Awards for playing Rhoda Morgenstern on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
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Booker T. Washington & Theodore Roosevelt's Explosive Dinner
February 22, 2013 by Gerit QuealyWhen Booker T. Washington crossed the threshold of the White House on October 16, 1901, to have dinner with President Theodore Roosevelt, both men knew this was...
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Booker T. Washington
Educator, Civil Rights Activist / 1856 - 1915
Educator Booker T. Washington was one of the foremost African-American leaders of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, founding the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, now known as Tuskegee University.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Environmental Activist, Warrior, Governor, U.S. President / 1858 - 1919
A New York governor who became the 26th U.S. president, Theodore Roosevelt is remembered for his foreign policy, corporate reforms and ecological preservation.
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Carol Burnett's New Book Discusses 'Mother-Daughter Love Story'
April 26, 2013 by Leanne FrenchComedy legend Carol Burnett has a lot to celebrate. The beloved TV star who entertained us with The Carol Burnett Show for over a decade (can you hear her Tarzan...
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Carol Burnett
Actress, Comedian / 1933 -
Carol Burnett is a comedian and actress who had a long-running sketch and variety show, The Carol Burnett Show, in the 1960s and '70s.
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On Nina Simone's 80th Birthday, Eight Interesting Facts
February 21, 2013 by Eudie PakEunice Kathleen Waymon, better known as Nina Simone, would've turned 80 today. With her velvety vocals and unclassifiable music, the American singer and gifted pianist...
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Nina Simone
Civil Rights Activist, Pianist, Singer, Journalist / 1933 - 2003
Nina Simone sang a mix of jazz, blues and folk music in the 1950s and '60s. A civil rights activist, she wrote songs promoting the Civil Rights Movement.
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Presidential Baseball Pitches: Who Started the Tradition?
April 2, 2013 by Tim OttThe arrival of spring brings the start of another baseball season, and with it an American tradition as occasionally awkward as a slow dance at a junior prom: the...
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William Howard Taft
Academic, Supreme Court Justice, U.S. President / 1857 - 1930
William Howard Taft, the 27th president of the United States, fulfilled a lifelong dream when he was appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court, becoming the only person to have served as both a U.S. chief justice and president.
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Five Little-Known Facts About George Washington
February 20, 2013 by Libby O'ConnellI share the same birthday as George Washington, so even as a child I enjoyed learning unusual facts about our first president. Funny to think of this stiff icon...
