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O.J. Simpson attending his robbery trial in Las Vegas, 2008

Featured Biography O.J. Simpson

Born this day in 1947, O.J. Simpson was an outstanding football running back, winning the 1968 Heisman Trophy and setting an NFL single-season record for rushing yards. By the end of his life, he was better known for a 1995 trial in which he was acquitted of murder charges.

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Amedeo Avogadro

August 9, 1776 — July 9, 1856

Amedeo Avogadro

Amedeo Avogadro was an Italian mathematical physicist who showed in...

John Archibald Wheeler

July 9, 1911 — April 13, 2008

John Archibald Wheeler

John Archibald Wheeler was a physicist, the first American involved...

Jim Inhofe

November 17, 1934 — July 9, 2024

Jim Inhofe was an American Republican politician who represented Oklahoma...

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July 9, 1578 — February 15, 1637

Ferdinand II was the Holy Roman emperor (1619–37), archduke of Austria,...

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July 9, 1901 — May 21, 2000

Dame Barbara Cartland

Dame Barbara Cartland was an English author of more than 700 books,...

Morison, Samuel Eliot

July 9, 1887 — May 15, 1976

Samuel Eliot Morison

Samuel Eliot Morison was an American biographer and historian who...

Ottorino Respighi, 1935.

July 9, 1879 — April 18, 1936

Ottorino Respighi

Ottorino Respighi was an Italian composer who introduced Russian orchestral...

Michael Graves: Portland Public Service Building

July 9, 1934 — March 12, 2015

Michael Graves was an American architect and designer, one of the...