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  1. 14 hours ago · Edward Harrison Norton (born August 18, 1969) is an American actor and producer. After graduating from Yale College in 1991 with a degree in history, he worked for a few months in Japan before moving to Manhattan to pursue an acting career. He gained recognition and critical acclaim for his debut in Primal Fear (1996), which earned him a Golden ...

  2. 14 hours ago · George Raymond Richard Martin[ 1 ] (born George Raymond Martin; September 20, 1948), [ 2 ] also known by the initials G.R.R.M., [ 3 ] is an American author, television writer, and television producer. He is best known as the author of the series of epic fantasy novels A Song of Ice and Fire, which were adapted into the Primetime Emmy Award ...

  3. 14 hours ago · Deng Xiaoping (Chinese: 邓小平[a]; 22 August 1904 – 19 February 1997) was a Chinese revolutionary, politician, and statesman. He served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from 1978 to 1989. After the death of Mao Zedong in 1976, Deng rose to power and led China through a period of Reform and Opening Up that ...

  4. 14 hours ago · Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., a former Philippine senator, was assassinated on Sunday, August 21, 1983, on the apron of Manila International Airport (now named Ninoy Aquino International Airport in his honor). A longtime political opponent of President Ferdinand Marcos, Aquino had just landed in his home country after three years of self-imposed ...

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Philip_GlassPhilip Glass - Wikipedia

    14 hours ago · Glass was born in Baltimore, Maryland, [10] [11] on January 31, 1937, [12] the son of Ida (née Gouline) and Benjamin Charles Glass. [13] His family were Latvian and Russian-Jewish emigrants. [14] [15] [16] His father owned a record store and his mother was a librarian. [17]

  6. 14 hours ago · In 1987 he was the first person to resign from the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, which established his popularity as an anti-establishment figure. In 1990, he was elected chair of the Russian Supreme Soviet and in 1991 was elected president of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR), becoming the first popularly-elected head of state in Russian history.

  7. 14 hours ago · Martin Joseph O'Malley was born on January 18, 1963, in Washington, D.C., [3] the son of Barbara (née Suelzer) and Thomas Martin O'Malley. [4] Martin's father served as a bombardier in the U.S. Army Air Force in the Pacific theater during the Second World War , and recalled witnessing the mushroom cloud rise over Hiroshima while on a routine mission. [ 4 ]