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The Battle of Edson's Ridge, also known as the Battle of the Bloody Ridge, Battle of Raiders Ridge, and Battle of the Ridge, was a land battle of the Pacific campaign of World War …
World War II: First day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge during the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines protecting…
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many eng…
World War II: Second day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge in the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines successfully defeat…
John Warren Gladwin is a retired Anglican bishop. From 2004 to 2009, he was the Bishop of Chelmsford in the Church of England. He stands in the open evangelical tradition.
John Gladwin, English bishop
Carole Stone, CBE is a British author and freelance radio and television broadcaster. Stone spent 27 years at the BBC beginning as a newsroom secretary and eventually becoming the …
Carole Stone, English journalist and author
Curtis Lee Mayfield was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Dubbed the Gentle Genius, he is considered one of the most influential musicians of soul and …
Curtis Mayfield, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 1999)
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and is designated as the navy of the United States in the Constitution. With 290 comba…
World War II: U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp is sunk by Japanese torpedoes at Guadalcanal.
Robert Thomas Christgau is an American music journalist and essayist. Among the most influential music critics, he began his career in the late 1960s as one of the earliest profess…
Robert Christgau, American journalist and critic
Alan Price is an English musician who first found prominence as the original keyboardist of the English rock band the Animals. He left the band in 1965 to form the Alan Price Set; …
Alan Price, English keyboard player, singer, and composer
Giorgio Agamben is an Italian philosopher whose work spans political theory, ontology, aesthetics, and literature. He is best known for developing the concepts of the state of exce…
Giorgio Agamben, Italian philosopher and academic
Věra Čáslavská was a Czechoslovak artistic gymnast and Czech sports official. She won a total of 22 international titles between 1959 and 1968 including seven Olympic gold medals, …
Věra Čáslavská, Czech gymnast and coach (died 2016)
William Neil Rowe, is a former politician, lawyer, broadcaster, and writer in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Bill Rowe, Canadian lawyer and politician
Anton Burghardt was a German football player and manager.
Anton Burghardt, German footballer and manager (died 2022)
Sir Nicholas Markley Lloyd is a British former newspaper editor and broadcaster.
Nicholas Lloyd, English journalist
Gordon Henry Burns is a Northern Irish retired journalist and broadcaster. He was the host of The Krypton Factor for its original 18-year run (1977–1995) and was the chief anchorma…
Gordon Burns, Northern Irish journalist
Chantal de Guerre, known as Chantal Goya, is a French singer and actress.
Chantal Goya, French singer and actress
Arthur Campbell Hamilton, Lord Hamilton,, is a Scottish judge and served as Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session from November 2005 until 8 June 2012, su…
Arthur Hamilton, Lord Hamilton, Scottish lawyer and judge
Ernest Preston Manning is a retired Canadian politician. He was the founder and the only leader of the Reform Party of Canada, a Canadian federal political party that evolved into …
Preston Manning, Canadian politician
Tammy Wynette was an American country music singer and songwriter, considered among the genre's most influential and successful artists. Along with Loretta Lynn, Wynette helped bri…
Tammy Wynette, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1998)
John David Ashcroft is an American lawyer, lobbyist, and former politician who served as the 79th United States attorney general under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005. A…
John Ashcroft, American lawyer and politician, 79th United States Attorney General
David Richmond Gergen was an American political commentator and longtime presidential adviser who served during the administrations of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, an…
David Gergen, American political consultant (died 2025)
James A. Calhoun is an American former college basketball coach. He is best known for his tenure as head coach of the University of Connecticut (UConn) men's basketball team. His t…
Jim Calhoun, American basketball player and coach
Muhammad Jusuf Kalla, commonly referred to by his initials JK, is an Indonesian politician and businessman who served as the 10th and 12th Vice President of Indonesia from 2004 to …
Jusuf Kalla, Indonesian businessman and politician, 10th Vice President of Indonesia
Charles Edmund Lazar Horman was an American journalist and documentary filmmaker. He was executed in Chile in the days following the 1973 Chilean coup d'état led by General Augusto…
Charles Horman, American journalist and documentary filmmaker (died 1973)
Charles Negron II was an American singer-songwriter. He was best known as a founding member and lead vocalist of the rock band Three Dog Night.
Chuck Negron, American singer (Three Dog Night) (died 2026)