Whitey Bulger (1929)
James Joseph “Whitey” Bulger Jr. was an American organized crime boss who led the Winter Hill Gang, an Irish mob group based in the Winter Hill neighborhood of Somerville, Massachusetts, northwest…
Similar Posts
Roberta Flack (1937)
Roberta Cleopatra Flack was an American singer and pianist known for her emotive, genre-blending ballads that spanned R&B, jazz, folk, and pop and contributed to the birth of the quiet storm radio…
Edgar Moon (1904)
Edgar “Gar” Moon was a tennis player from Australia who was best known for winning the 1930 Australian Championships – Men’s singles title. He also won the 1932 Men’s Doubles title with Jack Crawford.
Colin Pillinger (1943)
Colin Trevor Pillinger, was an English planetary scientist. He was a founding member of the Planetary and Space Sciences Research Institute at The Open University in Milton Keynes; he was also the…
Betty Wright (1953)
Bessie Regina Norris, better known by her stage name Betty Wright, was an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter and background vocalist. Beginning her professional career in the late 1960s as a…
Jim Richards (1947)
James Charles Richards is a New Zealand racing driver who won numerous championships in his home country and in Australia. While now retired from professional racing, Richards continued to compete…
Michael S. Hart (1947)
Michael Stern Hart was an American author credited with the invention of the e-book, and who founded Project Gutenberg (PG), the first project to make e-books freely available via the Internet. He…