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Born in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico

Lopez was from the town of Guayanilla. His mother was a nurse. The mayor of the town, Edgardo Arlequin Velez taught Lopez for six years while he directed the school band. He he was a peaceful young man and especially talented. The mayor said Lopez’s parents were always taking care of him, and that he had a […]

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Jesse Biter born in Philadelphia

Biter grows up in a middle-class household in Westchester, Philadelphia. His father is an administrator with the U.S. Department of Transportation. His mother sells real estate. Jesse shows an early knack for business. If the power went out, Biter fixes clocks and other settings on neighbors’ VCRs for $1 apiece. By high school, he has graduated […]

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Drops out of high school

Leaves high school at 16 and works in the Pye plant in Waihi as a TV repairman’s apprentice. I was living in a caravan and living off apples and muesli because I had no money. It was good character-building, looking back

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Dewar Retires

James Dewar retires with the unofficial title of “Mr. Twinkie.”

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Abbey Road rooftop concert

The Beatles (with Billy Preston), perform a rooftop concert on top of the Apple building on Savile Row in London. It is the last time The Beatles perform live. They play Get Back, Don’t Let Me Down, I’ve Got A Feeling, The One After 909 and Dig A Pony. Crowds of people gather below and watch […]

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Born in Arkansas

Feld was born in Arkansas and grew up in Dallas, Texas.  His father is a doctor and his mother  an artist. As a child he loved school: As a kid, I learned to work hard, be responsible for my own actions, and be curious about everything. While in high school he starts an SAT tutoring business and makes […]

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Niall Ferguson born in Glasgow, Scotland

Niall Campbell Douglas Ferguson is born in Glasgow, Scotland to Campbell (a physician) and Molly (a physicist) Ferguson. Both my grandfathers fought in wars: my father’s father fought in the first world war, where he was shot and gassed and suffered permanentlung damage, while my mother’s father fought the Japanese in Burma and contracted tuberculosis. It […]

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Invented by James Dewar

Twinkies are invented in Schiller Park, Illinois by James Alexander Dewar, a baker for the Continental Baking Company. Dewar started his career driving a horse-drawn pound cake wagon. Realizing that several machines used to make cream-filled strawberry shortcake sat idle when strawberries were out of season, Dewar conceived a snack cake filled with banana cream, […]