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Saturday, November 7
William Lear had quite a career, despite having dropped out after eighth grade. He sold the patent for the car radio to Galvin, which is now Motorola. He invented the 8-track tape cassette that became a '70s fad. And he founded a company that …Read more.
Friday, November 6
Built out of solid rock in the 1960s, Temppeliaukio Church is found largely underground in Helsinki. Architects Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen designed the church to burrow into solid rock, using designs that predated World War II. The back wall of the …Read more.
Thursday, November 5
Tonight is Guy Fawkes Night in Britain, which celebrates the thwarting of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot in 1605. Fawkes and a group of Catholics wanted to blow up the Houses of Parliament. (At the time, Catholics were severely repressed in …Read more.
Thursday, November 5
Tonight is Guy Fawkes Night in Britain, which celebrates the thwarting of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot in 1605. Fawkes and a group of Catholics wanted to blow up the Houses of Parliament. (At the time, Catholics were severely repressed in …Read more.
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Wednesday, May 13Men (and Women) of the Year: Time's Person of the Year always warrants some news coverage every December. Before 1999, it was called the Man of the Year, although four women won it: Wallis Simpson, Madame Chiang Kai-shek, Queen Elizabeth and Corazon Aquino. (No individual woman has been named Person of the Year, ironically.) FDR nabbed the honor a record three times, and every president save for Coolidge, Hoover and Ford managed to land the plaudit at least once. In 1999, Einstein was named Person of the Century. Jinxing the Cover: Eddie Matthews was on the first cover of Sports Illustrated and went on to a stellar career. About a third of the world's Arabs live in what country? A) Egypt B) Iraq C) Iran D) Pakistan Previous answer: Tamil gave us "catamaran" and "pariah." TRIVIA FANS: Send the trivia questions you've always wanted answered, or original TriviaBits ideas of your own, with your full name and hometown, to Paul Paquet at paul@triviahalloffame.com or visit him online at www.triviahalloffame.com.
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