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Pope Benedict Resigns Due to 'Advanced Age'
February 11, 2013 by Eudie PakAmong the 78 million Catholics in the U.S. who woke up this morning, there was probably a fair share of cereal spitting, seat jolting, and perhaps even some creative uses of the word "Holy!" when word got out that Pope Benedict XVI will resign his papal...
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Pope Benedict XVI
Pope / 1927 -
Benedict XVI served as pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013. He is best known for his rigid views on Catholicism and topics such as birth control and homosexuality.
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Portrait of a Queen: Elizabeth I's Coronation at Westminster Abbey
January 14, 2013 by Andrew CannizzaroThe producers at BIO.com review hundreds of photos of famous figures each week, from award-winning actors and popular singers, to headliners and scandal makers...
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Queen Elizabeth I
Queen / 1533 - 1603
Elizabeth I was the long-ruling queen of England, governing with relative stability and prosperity for 44 years. The Elizabethan era is named for her.
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Mary Leakey's 100th Birthday: A Look at Her Human Achievements
February 6, 2013 by Eudie PakToday marks the 100th birthday of anthropologist Mary Leakey, whose extensive research in Africa's Rift Valley taught us that our ancestors had capabilities far...
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Mary Leakey
Anthropologist, Scientist / 1913 - 1996
Mary Leakey was a paleoanthropologist who, along with husband Louis, made several prominent scientific discoveries. Skull fossils found by the Leakeys advanced our understanding of human evolution.
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Remembering Rosa Parks on Her 100th Birthday
February 3, 2013 by Kim Gilmore“We received a call upon arrival the bus driver said he had a colored female sitting in the white section of the bus, and would not move back.” These words, from...
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Rosa Parks
Civil Rights Activist / 1913 - 2005
Civil rights activist Rosa Parks refused to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger, spurring the Montgomery boycott and other efforts to end segregation.
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Dick Clark Remembered on New Year's Eve
December 31, 2012 by Andrew CannizzaroThe producers at BIO.com review hundreds of photos of famous figures each week, from award-winning actors and popular singers, to headliners and scandal makers...
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Dick Clark
Television Personality / 1929 - 2012
Dick Clark was a TV personality known for the shows American Bandstand, $25,000 Pyramid and TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes, among others.
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Inaugural Poets
January 20, 2013 by Eudie PakThere's been a lot of hype surrounding the A-list stars performing at President Barack Obama's second presidential inauguration, but aside from all of the Beyonce and Kelly Clarkson fanfare, we thought it'd be worthy to turn the spotlight on a quieter...
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- Famous Black Writers
- Famous Lookalikes
Maya Angelou
Author, Poet / 1928 -
Maya Angelou is a poet and prize-winning memoirist. She is the author of the critically acclaimed I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
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Robert Frost
Educator, Poet / 1874 - 1963
A four-time Pulitzer Prize winner in poetry, American Robert Frost depicted realistic New England life through language and situations familiar to the common man.
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