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2020
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Homer Hadley Hickman Jr., was born in Coalwood, West Virginia back in 1943 to Homer Sr., and Elsie. He graduated from Big Creek High School in 1960. He continued his education graduating from Virginia Tech in 1964 with a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial engineering. He served in the 4th ...
08/31/2020
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Antonín Holý was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, back in 1936. His specialty was organic chemistry. He attended the Charles University in Prague. From 1960, he trained at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry at the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. In 1967, he was the institute’s ...
08/30/2020
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Dorothy Hoffman was born in New York City, New York back in 1915. She was trained as a concert pianist where she performed at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She studied at City University of New York before receiving her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Rensselaer Poly...
08/29/2020
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Patricia Louise Holte was born in Southwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Henry and Bertha back in 1944. When she was twelve her parents divorced. She attended the Beulah Baptist Church where she sang in the choir. While attending John Bartram High School she won a talent competition.As they sa...
08/28/2020
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La’Shanda Renee Holmes was born in Plainfield, New Jersey back in 1985. Don’t know what the circumstances were but she grew up in foster care. Regardless, she put herself through Spelman College. After graduation, she enlisted in the United States Coast Guard. She was appointed as a White Hou...
08/27/2020
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John Henry Holmes was born in Shieldfield, Newcastle upon Tyne back in 1857. I could not find anything about his childhood or schooling. In 1880, he attended a public demonstration involving an incandescent light bulb by Joseph Swan. He tried several times to become his apprentice, but those r...
08/26/2020
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Jeanne Marjorie Holm was born in Portland, Oregon back in 1921. Shortly after the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps was established she enlisted in the Army in 1942. Attending Officer Candidate School at Ft. Des Moines, Iowa, she received a commission as a Second Lieutenant in 1943.Before leaving th...
08/25/2020
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David K. Hoadley was born in Bismarck, North Dakota back in 1938. Just after graduating from high school a powerful straight-line wind damaged his home town. He continued his education earning a B.A. in political science from Indiana University and a M.A. in foreign affairs from the University ...
08/24/2020
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Emily Elizabeth Holman was born somewhere in Pennsylvania back in 1854. I could not find any information about her childhood, schooling and so on. What I can tell you is the rest of the story, so let’s get to it. She married David (date unknown) the union produced no children. She worked as a ...
08/23/2020
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Benjamin Tyler Henry was born in Claremont, New Hampshire back in 1821. He worked as an apprentice at the Robins & Lawrence Arms Company of Windsor, Vermont. While working he met Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson. Horace and Daniel started their own business which you know as Smith & Wesson. O...
08/22/2020
