Feightner was a test pilot after the war and rose to rear admiral before his retirement from the U.S. Navy.
Born 1919
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She campaigned for president Jimmy Carter and became ambassador to Belgium during his presidency.
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The paper has been an important voice for the black community in Miami.
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Arrested about 100 times for her activism and protests, she said 100 times was “Not enough.”
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Robert Morgenthau was the district attorney of Manhattan from 1975 to 2009, the borough’s longest-serving DA who presided over cases that made nationwide news.
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Dancer helped popularize the Lindy Hop.
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Publisher popularized the paperback and science fiction through Ballantine books.
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Leader of a daring raid that crippled Nazis’ nuclear ambitions.
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A video tribute to the legendary baseball player.
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Joe Rogers Sr., the Georgia businessman who co-founded the venerable Waffle House franchise restaurant chain, died Friday, March 3, 2017, according to multiple news sources. He was 97.