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Jimi Hendrix - Guitarist & Songwriter | Mini Bio | BIO
Born in 1942, in Seattle, Washington, Jimi Hendrix learned to play guitar as a teenager and grew up to become a rock legend who excited audiences in the 1960s with his innovative electric guitar playing. One of his most memorable...
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Sigmund Freud - Psychiatrist & Scholar | Biography
Sigmund Freud (May 6, 1856 to September 23, 1939) was an Austrian neurologist who developed psychoanalysis, a method through which an analyst unpacks unconscious conflicts based on the free associations, dreams and fantasies of the...
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Frank Lucas - Drug Dealer | Mini Bio | BIO
Born September 9, 1930, in La Grange, North Carolina, Frank Lucas moved to Harlem in 1946 where he entered the world of street crime. By the 1960s, he had constructed an international drug empire that spanned from New York to South East...
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Johnny Cash - Guitarist & Songwriter | Mini Bio | BIO
Born in 1932 in Arkansas, Johnny Cash grew up in a poor farming community and joined the Air Force in 1950. He co-founded a band following his discharge, and within a few years Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two had scored hits with songs...
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Fidel Castro - Military Leader & President | Mini Bio | BIO
Cuban dictator Fidel Castro was born near Birán, Cuba, in 1926. Beginning in 1958 Castro and his forces began a campaign of guerrilla warfare which led to the overthrow of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. As the country's new leader,...
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Malcolm X - Civil Rights Activist | Mini Bio | BIO
Malcolm X (May 19, 1925 to February 21, 1965) was a minister, human rights activist and prominent black nationalist leader who served as a spokesman for the Nation of Islam during the 1950s and 1960s. Due largely to his efforts, the...
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Tom Brokaw on Harry Truman - The Weight of the World | BIO Shorts | Biography
Legendary news anchor Tom Brokaw describes how Harry S. Truman handled becoming President of the United States following Franklin Roosevelt's death. Brokaw tells of Truman's tough decisions, like bombing Japan and integrating the armed...
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Tom Brokaw on Winston Churchill - A Fighting Force | BIO Shorts | Biography
Legendary news anchor Tom Brokaw talks about Winston Churchill and what he meant to the British people. #Biography Subscribe for more Biography: http://aetv.us/2AsWMPH Delve deeper into Biography on our site: http://www.biography.com...
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Sally Quinn on Jackie Kennedy & Aristotle Onassis | BIO Shorts | Biography
Sally Quinn talks about Jacqueline Kennedy's shocking marriage to Aristotle Onassis. She worried for her children's safety and felt Onassis could protect them while he wanted a trophy wife. #Biography Subscribe for more Biography:...
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Tom Brokaw on Churchill and the Iron Curtain | BIO Shorts | Biography
Tom Brokaw talks about Winston Churchill's distrust of Joseph Stalin and how he coined the phrase "Iron Curtain." #Biography Subscribe for more Biography: http://aetv.us/2AsWMPH Delve deeper into Biography on our site:...
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Usain Bolt - Jamaican Sprinter & Olympic Gold Medalist | Mini Bio | BIO
Usain Bolt was born in Jamaica in 1986. He won three gold medals at the 2008 Olympics, and becoming the first man in history to win both the 100-meter and 200-meter races in record times. Bolt won his fourth Olympic gold medal at the...
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John Dillinger - American Gangster | Mini Bio | BIO
John Dillinger was born in 1903, in Indianapolis. In 1944, he robbed a grocery store, and was jailed. He escaped then headed to Chicago to put together one of the most organized and deadly bank robbing gangs in the country. The FBI shot...
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Al Capone - The Most Famous Mafia Mobster| Mini Bio | BIO
The most famous mafia mobster ever to live, Al Capone, also known as Scarface, was born into an Italian immigrant family in 1899 in Brooklyn. He rose to infamy as the leader of the Chicago mafia during the Prohibition era. #Biography...
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Wilma Rudolph - The First American Woman to Win 3 Gold Medals at a Single Olympics | Mini Bio | BIO
Born in 1940 in Tennessee, Wilma Rudolph was a sickly child who overcame her disabilities through physical therapy and hard work, becoming a gifted runner. Rudolph became the first American woman to win three gold medals at a single...
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Anne Rice on Charles Dickens | BIO Shorts | Biography
Anne Rice talks about one of her favorite authors, Charles Dickens. #Biography Subscribe for more Biography: http://aetv.us/2AsWMPH Delve deeper into Biography on our site: http://www.biography.com Follow Biography for more surprising...
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Bugsy Siegel - American Mombster | Mini Bio | BIO
Born in Brooklyn in 1906, Bugsy Siegel built a criminal empire through bootlegging, gambling and assassinations before setting up shop. He opened the Flamingo Hotel and Casino, the start of his notorious gambling operation in the Las...
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Alabama | American Freedom Stories | Biography
Watch a preview of BIO.com's original video series "American Freedom Stories: Alabama." #Biography Subscribe for more Biography: http://aetv.us/2AsWMPH Delve deeper into Biography on our site: http://www.biography.com Follow Biography...
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Alfred Nobel - Swedish Chemist & Started the Nobel Prizes | Mini Bio | BIO
Alfred Nobel was born in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1833. In 1864, a deadly explosion killed his younger brother, inspiring Nobel to develop a safer explosive: dynamite. Nobel used his vast fortune to establish the Nobel Prizes. #Biography...
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Pol Pot - The Communist Leader of Khmer Rouge | Mini Bio | BIO
A short biography of Pol Pot, the communist leader of Khmer Rouge, who tried to rebuild Cambodia as an Agrarian society. Many civilians were systematically killed, then buried in mass graves, known as The Killing Fields. #Biography...
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The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go? | BIO Shorts | Biography
Tamara Coniff talks about how the Supremes recorded their first hit, "Where Did Our Love Go?" and how it launched them into superstardom. #Biography Subscribe for more Biography: http://aetv.us/2AsWMPH Delve deeper into Biography on our...
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Lucky Luciano - Italian born American Mombster & Founder of The Commission | Mini bio | BIO
Charles "Lucky" Luciano was born in Italy in 1897. He split New York City into five crime families, heading one family himself. He also started The Commission,the governing body for organized crime nationwide. He was deported to Italy....
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Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual | BIO Shorts | Biography
Tamara Conniff talks about Cyndi Lauper's launch to fame and her controversial first album, "She's So Unusual." #Biography Subscribe for more Biography: http://aetv.us/2AsWMPH Delve deeper into Biography on our site:...
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George Wallace - "Segregation Forever" | American Freedom Stories | Biography
When George Wallace first ran for Governor in 1958 he was considered a moderate on the race issue. But after he lost, he ran again in 1962 and won on a platform of racial segregation and was backed by the Ku Klux Klan. #Biography...
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Katie Couric - First Woman To Anchor the CBS Evening News Alone | Mini Bio | BIO
Born in Virginia in 1957, Katie Couric joined the Today Show in 1989. She went on to host the Olympic games and was the first woman to anchor the CBS Evening News alone. In 2011, Couric launched her syndicated talk show, Katie, on ABC....