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Béla Károlyi (born September 13, 1942 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania), is an world-renowned gymnastics coach. Together with his wife, Marta, Károlyi has coached United States and Romania Olympic teams to medal success. Károlyi's debut as a coach was in 1974. His Olympic coaching debut was during the 1976 Olympics in Montreal. He was also a coach for Romania at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. During a Romanian team tour of the United States in 1981, he and his wife, Martha defected, getting ...

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Angel Cordero Jr. born (November 8, 1942) in Santurce, Puerto Rico, Cordero is the sixth ranking thoroughbred horse racing jockey of all time and the only Puerto Rican to be inducted into the "NMR Hall of Fame". As a child, Cordero was raised among thoroughbred horses; his father, Angel Cordero Sr. was a rider and trainer himself and his uncle's were also horse trainers . It was therefore only natural that Angel would follow in their f ...

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Carla Thomas (born December 21, 1942 in Memphis, Tennessee) is often referred to as the Queen of Memphis Soul. At the age of 17, she recorded a duet with her father Rufus Thomas, “Because I Love You,” which became a Southern hit and gave the Satellite label (later Stax Records) its first real success. In 1961 she rose to national prominence with “Gee Whiz (Look in His Eyes),” which reached the Top Ten in both the R&B and Pop categories, becoming the first Memphis soul record to have an impact nationwide and insuring the su

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Chelsea Quinn Yarbo (born September 15, 1942 in Berkeley, California) attended Berkeley schools through high school followed by three years at San Francisco State College (now University). In November 1969 she married Donald Simpson and divorced in February 1982. She has no children. A professional writer for over 35 years, Yarbro has worked in a wide variety of genres, from science fiction to westerns, from young adult adventure to historical horror. Yarbro is the author of over 70 novels and numerous short stories. She is probably best known for her series of historical ...

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David Ogden Stiers (b. October 31, 1942) is an American actor and musician, most famous for his role as Major Charles Emerson Winchester III in the television sitcom M*A*S*H. Stiers was born in Peoria, Illinois. He began his acting career in northern California and later moved to New York City, where he joined John Houseman's Acting Company. Stiers joined the cast of M*A*S*H in 1977. His character (CE3 as Hawkeye liked to call him) was not a replacement of Larry Linville's character, Frank Burns, but a comp ...

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The Right Honourable David Russell Lange (pronounced Long-ee), CH, ONZ (4 August 1942 Thames, New Zealand – 13 August 2005 Auckland, New Zealand), served as Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1984 to 1989. He headed New Zealand's fourth Labour Government, one of the most reforming administrations in his country's history. He had a reputation for cutting wit and eloquence. His government implemented far-reaching free market reforms, some of which he later came to oppose and regret. New Zealand's nuclear-free legislation, perha ...

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Věra Čáslavská (born May 3, 1942) is a Czech (formerly Czechoslovakian) gymnast. A blonde, she was generally popular with the public and won a total of 22 international titles. Born in Prague and originally a figure skater, she debuted internationally at the 1958 World Championships, winning a silver medal in the team event. She first participated in the Olympics in 1960, also winning a silver medal with the Czechoslovakian team. By 1962, she fought for the all-around title at t ...

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Amine Gemayel (Arabic: أمين الجميل) (born 1942) was President of Lebanon from 1982 to 1988. Born in Beirut, Gemayel is the son of Pierre Gemayel, founder of the Kataeb Party. Gemayel was elected to the presidency by the National Assembly on September 21, 1982, to succeed his brother Bachir Gemayel who had been elected the previous month but had been assassinated before taking office. After obtaining a law degree, Amine Gemayel concentrated on building up his family's newspaper business. In a 1969 byelection, he ...

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"Country" Joe McDonald (born January 1, 1942 in Washington, D.C.) was the leader and lead singer of the 1960s rock & roll group "Country Joe and the Fish". His best-known song is his "I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag", a black comedy novelty song about the Vietnam War, whose familiar chorus ("One, two, three, what are we fighting for?") is well known to the Woodstock generation and Vietnam Vets of the 1960s and 1970s. He is also known for "The Fish Cheer" which was a cheerleader-style call-and-response with the audience where Joe spelled out 'fish'. ("Give me an F!") At Woodstock, ...

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Hountondji was educated at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, graduating in 1966, and taking his doctorate in 1970 (his thesis was on Edmund Husserl). After two years teaching in France and in the Congo Republic, he accepted a post at the National University of Benin in Cotonou, where he still teaches as Professor of Philosophy. His academic career was interrupted, however, by a period spent in politics. Having been a prominent critic of the military dictatorship that had ruled his country, Hountondji became involved in Benin's ret ...

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Hans-Jürgen Bäumler became famous in figure skating in the pairs event with his skating partner Marika Kilius. Between 1958 and 1964 they won four times the German nationals, they became six times European champion and twice World champion in pair skating. Their coach was Erich Zeller. At the Olympic Winter Games 1960 and 1964 they won the silver medal. They were stripped of the 1964 silver medal in 1966. They were alleged to have signed a professional skating contract prior to the 1964 Olympic Games. They were rehabilitated in 1987 by the IOC, the original result ...

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Glendening was born and raised Roman Catholic in the Bronx, New York City, but also spent much of his youth in the state of Florida. Growing up in poverty, Glendening sought a scholarship to Broward Community College. Other financial aid later enabled him to attend Florida State University, where he received a bachelor's degree (1964), a master's degree (1965), and a Ph.D. (1967), becoming the youngest student in FSU history to receive a doctorate in political science and urban administration. Upon graduation, he began a career as a professo ...

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As a Leader The DeJohnette Complex (1968) Ruta and Daitya (with Keith Jarrett) (1972) Sorcery (1974) Pictures (1976) New Directions (1978) Special Edition (1979) Album Album (1984) In Our Style (with David Murray) (1986) Parallel Realities (1990) Dancing with Nature Spirits (1995) Oneness (1997) Invisible Nature (with John Surman) (2000) Music in the Key of Om (2005) Music from the Hearts of the Masters (with Foday Musa Suso) (2005) The Ripple Ef ...

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Born on western Long Island, in Brooklyn, on November 19, 1942, Ackerman was raised in Flushing, Queens. He attended local public schools, Brooklyn Technical High School and graduated from Queens College in 1965. After college, Ackerman became a New York City School teacher where he taught social studies, mathematics, and journalism to junior high school students in Queens . Following the birth of his first child in 1969, Ackerman petitioned the New York City Board of Education for an unpaid leave of absence to spend time with his newborn daughter. But his request was denied under then existing policy which reserved unpaid ...

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At an early age, Freda Payne grew up listening to different jazz singers such as Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday which helped her develop a taste for music. As a teenager, she attended the Institute of Musical Arts; she soon began singing radio commercial jingles and took part in (and won many of) local TV and radio talent shows. Her polished voice caught the attention of many different people including record producers. Berry Gordy wanted to give her a contract with Motown, and Duke Ellington (after allowing her to sing with his orchestr ...

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Zoff's career got off to an inauspicious start, when at the age of fourteen he had trials with Inter Milan and Juventus, but was rejected due to a lack of height. Five years later, having grown by 33 centimetres, he made his Serie A debut with Udinese, though Zoff made only four appearances for Udinese before moving to Mantova in 1963. In 1968, Zoff was transferred to Napoli. In the same year he made his debut for Italy, playing against Bulgaria in the quarter final of the 1968 European Championships. Italy proceeded to win the tournament, Zoff taking home a winners' medal aft ...

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Eduardo Frei was born in Santiago to Eduardo Frei Montalva (a former President himself) and María Ruiz-Tagle. He received all his schooling at the Instituto Luis Campino. He then attended the University of Chile, where he graduated as a Civil Engineer, specializing in hydraulics. After graduation, he followed advanced courses in management in Italy. He took his first steps in politics while at the university, where he was a student leader. In 1958, he joined the Christian Democrat party, and in 1964 participated actively in his fathe ...

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In the 1982 general election held on October 28, 1982, the PSOE gained 48.3% of the vote and 202 deputies (out of 350). On December 2 González became the prime minister, with Alfonso Guerra as his deputy. His election was met with tremendous expectation of change amongst Spaniards. Under his government education was made universal and free until the age of 16, the university education was expanded, the social security system began, and a partial legalisation of abortion became law for the first time, despite opposition from the Roman Catholic Church. González pushed for libe ...

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After losing the KMT presidential nomination to then-vice president Lien Chan, Soong ran as an independent in the 2000 Presidential elections. Soong advocated a gradual union between Taiwan and the mainland by first signing a non-aggression pact followed by the formation of a cross-strait union similar to the European Union. His platform called for the characterization of relations between the Mainland and Taiwan as neither foreign nor domestic. Although widely seen as the candidate most friendly to Mainland China, Soong took particular effort ...

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Lange was born in Thames, the son of a doctor of German descent. His relatives suffered prejudice during the First World War due to their German ancestry, and Lange himself would face a political rival in 1984 who tried to discredit him because of his German heritage. The family moved to the south Auckland suburb of Otahuhu where Lange grew up. He received his formal education at Fairburn Primary School, Otara Intermediate School and Otahuhu College, then at Auckland University, where he graduated in law in 1965. He paid his way through univ ...

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