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  • 91Ilona Štěpánová-Kurzová — (born on November 19th 1899 in Lvov, died on 25 September 1975 in Prague) was a Czech concert pianist and piano teacher, a professor at the Prague Academy of Arts. Her students included Ivan Moravec. Ilona Štěpánová Kurzová was the mother of… …

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  • 92Lashmer Whistler — Infobox Military Person name=Sir Lashmer Gordon Whistler lived= 3 September 1898 – 4 July 1963 placeofbirth= placeofdeath= caption= nickname= Bolo allegiance=flagicon|United Kingdom United Kingdom branch= serviceyears=1917 ndash;1957 rank=General …

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  • 93Raymond Heacock — Raymond L. Heacock (1928 present), winner of the James Watt International Medal for 1979, was a Caltech engineering graduate who spent his career at NASA s Jet Propulsion Laboratory where he worked on the Ranger program in the 1960s and on the… …

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  • 94Petipa, Marius — born March 11, 1818, Marseille, Fr. died July 14, 1910, Gurzuf, Ukraine, Russian Empire French born Russian dancer and choreographer. He received his early training from his ballet master father and was a principal dancer in France, Belgium, and… …

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  • 95Laver, Rod — ▪ Australian tennis player byname of  Rodney George Laver  born Aug. 9, 1938, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia    outstanding Australian tennis player, the second male player in the history of the game (after Don Budge in 1938) to win the four… …

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  • 96Tarasova, Alla Konstantinovna — ▪ Russian actress born Jan. 25, 1898, Kiev, Ukraine, Russian Empire died April 5, 1973, Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union       outstanding actress of the Moscow Art Theatre, noted for her lifelike, naturalistic portrayals.       By the age of 14… …

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  • 97Miriam O'Brien Underhill — Born July 22, 1898(1898 07 22), Forest Glen, Maryland Died January 7, 1976(1976 01 07) (aged 77) Lancaster, New Hampshire Known for Mountaineering …

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  • 98RABINOVICH, ISAAC JACOB — ( Itzele Ponovezher ; 1854–1919), Lithuanian rabbi. Rabinovich was born in Shershov, Grodno district. Contrary to the prevailing custom, his father, a wealthy and learned merchant, did not send him to a yeshivah but engaged private tutors for him …

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  • 99SARACHEK, BERNARD — ( Red ; 1912–2005), innovative U.S. basketball strategist, mentor to basketball greats, long time Yeshiva College coach. Born in the Bronx, New York, Sarachek began his basketball career as a player at Stuyvesant High School. After playing for… …

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  • 100Zeppelin — A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship pioneered by the German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in the early 20th century, based on designs he had outlined in 1874, [Eckener 1938. pages 155 157] designs he had detailed in 1893, and that were reviewed… …

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