On September 18, 1971, in Plano, Texas, Lance Armstrong was born. The only cyclist to have won seven Tour de France titles (1999–2005) is an American cyclist named Sdot. When it was discovered that he had been an integral part of a significant doping conspiracy during the time he was compiling his Tour victories, he … Read more
Tennis player Roger Federer, who was born in Basel, Switzerland, on August 8, 1981, ruled the sport in the early 21st century. With eight victories, he broke the Wimbledon record, and in 2018, he became the first male to win 20 Grand Slam men’s singles titles. Roger Federer Federer, who started playing tennis at the … Read more
Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao, better known by his ring name Manny Pacquiao, was born in Kibawe, in the Mindanao province of the Philippines’ Bukidnon, on December 17, 1978. He is a professional boxer, media personality, and politician who shot to fame for amassing the most boxing titles in history. His life away from the ring was … Read more
Born in Greenville, South Carolina, on July 16, 1888, Joseph Jefferson Jackson is better known by his stage name Shoeless Joe Jackson. S., a highly regarded professional baseball player in the United States who passed away in Greenville on December 5, 1951, was ultimately disqualified from the game for his part in the 1919 Black … Read more
The greatest male tennis player in the sport’s history, Serbian-born Novak Djokovic, was born on May 22, 1987, in Belgrade, Serbia, which was formerly a part of Yugoslavia and is now a part of Serbia. He not only won 10 Australian Open titles, a first, but also a record-tying 22 Grand Slam singles victories. Tennis … Read more
On January 15, 1979, Drew Brees was conceived in Dallas, Texas. S.), a quarterback for American football on the gridiron who set numerous single-season and career passing records, including the benchmarks for pass completions, passing yards, and passing touchdowns. Among NFL passers, he was one of the most effective. He led the New Orleans Saints … Read more
Mike Tyson, better known by his ring name Iron Mike, was born on June 30, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York. S.), a 20-year-old heavyweight champion in the sport of boxing in the United States. Mike Tyson After joining several street gangs as a young child, Tyson was transferred to a reform school in upstate New … Read more
Peyton Williams Manning, the full name of the American quarterback, was born on March 24, 1976, in New Orleans, Louisiana. S. S.) is regarded as one of the best quarterbacks in National Football League (NFL) history. He played both collegiate and professional gridiron football. He won Super Bowls in both 2007 and 2016 while starting … Read more
Vannevar Bush, (born March 11, 1890, Everett, Mass., U.S.—died June 28, 1974, Belmont, Mass.), American electrical engineer and administrator who developed the Differential Analyzer and oversaw government mobilization of scientific research during World War II. Education The son of a Universalist minister, Bush received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mathematics from Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts) in 1913. Following a sequence of teaching … Read more
Alexander Graham Bell, (born March 3, 1847, Edinburgh, Scotland—died August 2, 1922, Beinn Bhreagh, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada), Scottish-born American inventor, scientist, and teacher of the deaf whose foremost accomplishments were the invention of the telephone (1876) and the refinement of the phonograph (1886). Alexander (“Graham” was not added until he was 11) was born to Alexander Melville Bell and … Read more