William Henry Seward - American politician who served as United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869, and earlier served as governor of New York and as a United States senator. A determined opponent of the spread of slavery in the years leading up to the American Civil War, he was a prominent figure in the Republican Party in its formative years, and was praised for his work on behalf of the Union as Secretary of State during the Civil War. He also negotiated the treaty for the United States to purchase the Alaska Territory.
Tex Schramm - Sports Magnate, Pioneer. He was the president and general manager of the Dallas Cowboys for 29 years. During his tenure, the Cowboys won two Super Bowls and had twenty winning seasons. He was also responsible for the creation of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, the first of their kind in professional football, the development of the Cowboys' ring of honor, shortening the play clock, and helping to develop the wild-card playoff system. Schramm served as a TV executive in 1960, and first came up with the idea of televising the Olympics in 1960.
Jerry Vale - Singer. A vocalist best known for his ballads, he successfully yielded a number of singles on the music charts. Among them "Innamorata (Sweetheart)" (1956), "You Don't Know Me" (1956) and "Have You Looked Into Your Heart" (1965). He may perhaps be best remembered for the song "Al Di La" (1962).
June Taylor - Choreographer, Dancer. Born in Chicago, she was a nightclub dancer until she contracted tuberculosis as a young woman. She then turned to choreography and founded the June Taylor Dancers in 1942. Appearing first on television in 1948 on "The Toast of the Town," starring Ed Sullivan, she won an Emmy for her choreography in 1954 for her success with "Cavalcade of the Stars," Jackie Gleason's television variety show. Later known as "The Jackie Gleason Show" she had the foresight to utilize the square format of television by using unusual camera angles, often from overhead, resulting in kaleidoscopic patterns of the dancers limbs.
We think you’ll love these
Related Interests
Norman Whitfield - Songwriter, Record Producer. One of the guiding lights of Motown Records, he produced many of the biggest hits for artists like: Marvin Gaye, Gladys Knight & the Pips, The Marvelettes, The Velvelettes and Rose Royce. From 1963 to 1974, he wrote nearly every song for The Temptations, including "Ain't Too Proud to Beg," "You're My Everything," "I Can't Get Next to You," "Cloud Nine," and "Psychedelic Shack."
Russell Stover - Entrepreneur. Russell Stover received recognition as an American candy maker, as of 1923, the name "Russell Stover" has been found on a box of chocolates. During these years, his candy company became a multi-million-dollar enterprise. On July 31, 1921, Stover made an agreement with Christian Kent Nelson to make the first American ice cream dessert, a vanilla ice cream bar on a stick covered with milk chocolate. Stover had experience with making candy as he had worked in three candy factories. The product was named "Eskimo Pie" by Stover's wife. According to the "New York Times," their company was very successful, with each partner earning $30,000 a week in royalties in the first year.
Alexander von Humboldt - German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science. He was the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher, and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835). Humboldt's quantitative work on botanical geography laid the foundation for the field of biogeography, while his advocacy of long-term systematic geophysical measurement pioneered modern geomagnetic and meteorological monitoring.