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1 day ago · Log cabin, Abraham Lincoln's boyhood home, Knob Creek, Kentucky, originally built early 19th century. (more) Lincoln was born in a backwoods cabin 3 miles (5 km) south of Hodgenville, Kentucky, and was taken to a farm in the neighboring valley of Knob Creek when he was two years old.
5 days ago · Mahatma Gandhi (born October 2, 1869, Porbandar, India—died January 30, 1948, Delhi) was an Indian lawyer, politician, social activist, and writer who became the leader of the nationalist movement against the British rule of India. As such, he came to be considered the father of his country.
19 hours ago · Joe Biden (born November 20, 1942, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.) 46th president of the United States (2021– ) and 47th vice president of the United States (2009–17) in the Democratic administration of Pres. Barack Obama. He previously represented Delaware in the U.S. Senate (1973–2009).
1 day ago · William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and writer best known for co-founding the software company Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen.
1 day ago · Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ( ISO: Mōhanadāsa Karamacaṁda Gāṁdhī; [c] 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule.
2 days ago · Pablo Picasso's voice. Recorded c. 1960s. Signature. Pablo Ruiz Picasso [a] [b] (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France.
1 day ago · Novelist Jane Austen. Jane Austen, pencil-and-watercolor sketch on paper by her sister, Cassandra Austen, c. 1810; in the National Portrait Gallery, London. (more) Jane Austen was born in the Hampshire village of Steventon, where her father, the Reverend George Austen, was rector.
1 day ago · Emmy-winning actor Alec Baldwin has appeared in movies such as Beetlejuice and It’s Complicated with Meryl Streep, as well as starred as Jack Donaghy on the TV sitcom 30 Rock.
1 day ago · World authority on Shakespeare. Editor of The Complete... Professor of English Language and Literature, 1958–78; Director, Shakespeare Institute, 1961–78, University of Birmingham, England. General Editor, The New Penguin Shakespeare and the Penguin Shakespeare...
4 days ago · Ambedkar was born on 14 April 1891 in the town and military cantonment of Mhow (now officially known as Dr Ambedkar Nagar) (now in Madhya Pradesh ). [3] He was the 14th and last child of Ramji Maloji Sakpal, an army officer who held the rank of Subedar, and Bhimabai Sakpal, daughter of Laxman Murbadkar. [4]
