Balto and Togo were sled dogs associated with the 1925 serum run to Nome, Alaska, when teams relayed diphtheria antitoxin along the Iditarod Trail. Togo, led by Leonhard Seppala, ran 261 miles, the longest and most dangerous leg, while Balto ran 55 miles.[1] Sled dogs on an Alaska trail. Photo: Copyright: Copyright © Carrie McLain
The sled dogs of the 1925 Nome serum run.
Paul William “Bear” Bryant (September 11, 1913 – January 26, 1983) was an American college football coach who led the University of Alabama Crimson Tide from 1958 to 1982. His Alabama teams won 232 games, six national championships and 13 Southeastern Conference titles, and he finished his career with 323 wins, then the most in
Paul “Bear” Bryant (1913-1983) coached the University of Alabama football team from 1958 to 1982, winning six national championships.
William Allen “Bill” Egan (8 October 1914 – 6 May 1984) was the first governor of the State of Alaska. Born in Valdez, he served from 3 January 1959 to 5 December 1966 and again from 7 December 1970 to 2 December 1974.[1] Valdez, Alaska, the birthplace of Bill Egan. Photo: Dwight Sipler / CC
The first governor of the State of Alaska.
Booker T. Washington (born 1856 – died November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author and public speaker who founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Macon County, Alabama, in 1881. Born into slavery in Virginia, he became principal of the school and one of the most influential Black leaders in the United States
Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) was an American educator who founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Alabama in 1881.
Charles Wade Barkley (born February 20, 1963) is an American former professional basketball player and television analyst from Leeds, Alabama. After starring at Auburn University he played 16 NBA seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix Suns and Houston Rockets, scoring 23,757 points and grabbing 12,546 rebounds, and was the league’s Most Valuable Player in 1993.[1][2]
Charles Barkley (born 1963) is a Leeds, Alabama native who starred at Auburn, won the 1993 NBA MVP award and became a Hall of Famer and television analyst.
Charles Darwin (1809 to 1882) was an English naturalist who explained how species change over time through natural selection. His book On the Origin of Species, published in November 1859, made the case for evolution by this mechanism and became one of the most influential works in the history of science. Alfred Russel Wallace reached
An English naturalist who proposed that species evolve through natural selection, set out in On the Origin of Species in 1859.
Charles Dickens (1812 to 1870) was an English novelist and the leading storyteller of the Victorian era, famous for characters such as Oliver Twist, Ebenezer Scrooge and Pip. His novels, most of which first appeared in serial installments, combine humor, social criticism and vivid portraits of London and its poor. He died at his home
Charles Dickens (1812 to 1870) was an English Victorian novelist who wrote Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol and Great Expectations.
Chinua Achebe (1930 to 2013) was a Nigerian novelist, poet and essayist, widely regarded as a founding figure of modern African literature. His first novel, Things Fall Apart, published in 1958, tells the story of Igbo society before and during the arrival of European rule, and it remains the most studied African novel. He died
Chinua Achebe (1930 to 2013) was a Nigerian novelist and poet whose novel Things Fall Apart is the most studied African novel.
Cleopatra VII was the last active ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt, reigning from 51 BCE until her death in 30 BCE. Born into the Macedonian Greek dynasty founded by one of the generals of Alexander the Great, she presented herself as an Egyptian queen, and her alliances with the Roman leaders Julius Caesar and Mark Antony
Last active ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt (69 to 30 BCE) whose alliances with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony ended in Egypt becoming a Roman province.
Confucius (traditionally 551 to 479 BCE) was a Chinese teacher and thinker whose conversations with students, recorded in the Analects, became the foundation of Confucianism. His name is a Latinized form of Kong Fuzi, meaning “Master Kong.” Little about his life can be confirmed, because the earliest accounts were written decades to centuries after his
Chinese teacher and thinker (traditionally 551 to 479 BCE) whose sayings, recorded in the Analects, shaped East Asian ethics, education and government.