... that Alexander Hamilton Bowman helped build Fort Sumter and later served as the superintendent at West Point during the American Civil War? (02:40, 22 April 2009 (UTC))
... sportswriter Dick "Scoop" Gordon earned his nickname for reporting at The Daily Princetonian in 1930, and filed his last sports story for the Villager in 2008? (08:00, 6 August 2011 (UTC))
... that College Football Hall of Fame inductee Jim Holder set the NAIA record in 1963 for most yards gained in a season, rushing for 1775 yards in just ten games? (08:00, 15 August 2012 (UTC))
... that Hollywood stunt coordinator and second unit director Allan Graf played offensive guard for the undefeated NCAA national champion USC Trojans football team in 1972? (16:00, 13 July 2012 (UTC))
... that the annual Gary Con gaming convention in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin originated as a get-together for friends and family after the March 2008 funeral for Dungeons & Dragons creator Gary Gygax? (00:00, 30 January 2014)
... that U.S. Navy Captain John Hoskins (pictured), his foot severed by explosion aboard USS Princeton (CVL-23) during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, became first commander of the new USS Princeton (CV-37) the next year? (00:00, 8 September 2015 (UTC))
... that Cologne-born character actor Erwin Hiller, portraying the Frenchman Marcel Hillaire, toured U.S. college campuses with a one-man stage show celebrating French literature? (06:11, 2 December 2014 (UTC))
... that the English physicist and television technology developer Boris Townsend (pictured) described colour television as a "judicious combination of human imperfections and clever technical solutions"? (15:00, 19 January 2018 (UTC))
... that before she entered the U.S. Army in 1942, Jane Douglass White, a songwriter for soldier's shows, had already composed the tune which would become the official "Song of the Women's Army Corps"? (00:00, 8 July 2021 (UTC))
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