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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Neil Gaiman, Writer of "Coraline" and “The Sandman”]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[Neil Gaiman transformed a writing career penning rock and roll biographies into a multinational success story. In less than three decades writing comics, graphic novels and various works of speculative fiction, he has earned legions of loyal fans, produced Hollywood blockbusters adapted from his work and been named one of the 10 best authors living today.]]></description>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Hedy Lamarr, Actress and Inventor]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[Hedy Lamarr was a woman perpetually ahead of her time. She shocked the world with one of the first filmed nude scenes in 1933, and a decade later, invented a method of frequency transmission used today to provide secure communications for wireless and cell phone networks.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Monday, 09 November 2009 6:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Milton Bradley, Father of the Modern Board Game]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[Milton Bradley is a household name for his creation of such board game classics as The Game of Life, but he was more than just an inventor. His fascination with the process of learning, coupled with his skill at printing, made him a pioneer in the field of early childhood education as well.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Sunday, 08 November 2009 6:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Eugene Debs, Labor Leader]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[Eugene V. Debs spearheaded labor movements, led the American Socialist Party and is remembered today for being an agitator who never shied from passionately expressing his opinions&mdash;even when it led to his arrest.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Thursday, 05 November 2009 6:00:04 EST</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Walter Cronkite, CBS News Anchor]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[To his colleagues, he was &ldquo;Old Iron Pants,&rdquo; and to everyone else, he was &ldquo;The Most Trusted Man in America.&rdquo; For more than half a century, CBS newsman Walter Cronkite reported, and to a certain extent, made the news, announcing Kennedy&rsquo;s assassination and the first steps on the moon as well as influencing a more rapid end to the Vietnam War.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Wednesday, 04 November 2009 6:00:04 EST</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Marie Antoinette, Former Queen of France]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[The most beautiful daughter of the Austrian emperor, Marie Antoinette was guaranteed a life of privilege. But as the teen bride of French King Louis XVI, her free spending, decadent lifestyle angered the working class, who saw her as the embodiment of all that was wrong with the monarchy.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Monday, 02 November 2009 6:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Stephen Crane, Author of “The Red Badge of Courage”]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[Although he is considered one of the most influential writers of the 20th century, Stephen Crane&rsquo;s life and career were cut short before his 30th birthday. His books, essays and poems&mdash;the best known of which was &ldquo;The Red Badge of Courage&rdquo;&mdash;remain among the most revered and referenced today.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Sunday, 01 November 2009 6:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Romualdo Pacheco, California's First Latino Governor]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[Romualdo Pacheco, born October 31, 1831, was the first Hispanic representative of a state in Congress and to date, California&rsquo;s only Latino governor.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Saturday, 31 October 2009 6:00:04 EDT</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Anton van Leeuwenhoek, the "Father of Microbiology"]]></title>

      <link>http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/profiles/v/anton-van-leeuwenhoek.html</link>

      <description><![CDATA[The &ldquo;Father of Microbiology,&rdquo; Anton van Leeuwenhoek was not a trained scientist, yet he made some of the most astounding scientific discoveries of his time. He is credited with being the first to observe bacteria under his microscopes and discovering the cellular processes underlying sexual reproduction in animals.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Saturday, 24 October 2009 0:00:04 EDT</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Pelé, Brazilian Soccer Star]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[Pel&eacute; turned a childhood of playing soccer in a small Brazilian village into athletic stardom. Known as &ldquo;The King of Football,&rdquo; he spent his career breaking records and defying expectations.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Friday, 23 October 2009 0:00:04 EDT</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Robert Rauschenberg, American Artist]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[Robert Rauschenberg, the artist who wanted to work in the &ldquo;gap between art and life,&rdquo; influenced the art world not only through his own work but via his relationships with some of the century&rsquo;s most noted artists.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Thursday, 22 October 2009 0:00:04 EDT</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Ursula K. Le Guin, Writer]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[Novelist, poet and translator Ursula Le Guin is best known for creating worlds of fantasy and of the far future, but that is only part of an acclaimed body of work that incorporates Eastern philosophy, anthropology, linguistics and feminist principles.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Wednesday, 21 October 2009 0:00:04 EDT</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Robert Pinsky, Former US Poet Laureate]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[Founder of the Favorite Poem Project, former United States Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky has made waves throughout the literary world as a multifaceted artist: essayist, poet, computer adventure game writer, and one of the most popular translators of Dante&rsquo;s &ldquo;Inferno.&rdquo;]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Tuesday, 20 October 2009 0:00:04 EDT</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel, Daredevil]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[Evel Knievel was one of the world&rsquo;s most famous daredevils. In honor of his birthday, we explore his rise to fame, his bone-breaking stunts and his darker, more violent side.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Saturday, 17 October 2009 0:00:04 EDT</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[On This Day: Columbus Lands in Caribbean]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[On Oct. 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus made landfall on a small island in the Caribbean. His historic voyage ignited the age of exploration and cross-Atlantic expansion by European settlers.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Monday, 12 October 2009 2:00:00 EDT</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Luciano Pavarotti, World Famous Opera Singer]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[Luciano Pavarotti, the so-called &ldquo;King of the High Cs,&rdquo; brought opera to the masses with his clear, pitch-perfect voice. In a life that began with singing on his parents&rsquo; porch as a boy in Italy and led to appearing on the world&rsquo;s most famous stages, Pavarotti was a performer to his very core.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Monday, 12 October 2009 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Eleanor Roosevelt, Philanthropist and Revolutionary First Lady]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[Eleanor Roosevelt was more than just a first lady. She was a politician in her own right, serving on the United Nations, promoting the New Deal and setting off second-wave feminism with her insistence that she&mdash;and all other women&mdash;be treated as equal to men.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Sunday, 11 October 2009 0:00:05 EDT</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Alberto Giacometti, Sculptor]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[Famous for his sculptures of stick-thin figures with razor-sharp, fine features, Alberto Giacometti was an artist who defied categorization. His work flirted with nearly every major art movement of the 20th century, and eventually evolved into a style that was uniquely his own.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Saturday, 10 October 2009 0:00:04 EDT</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Aimee Semple McPherson, Founder of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel]]></title>

      <link>http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/profiles/s/aimee-semple-mcpherson.html</link>

      <description><![CDATA[Some people see Aimee Semple McPherson as one of the first feminists, while others believe she is one of the 20th century&rsquo;s greatest spiritual leaders. Her vivacious personality and strongly held beliefs attracted legions of followers, but the end of McPherson&rsquo;s life was marred by controversy and legal battles.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Friday, 09 October 2009 0:00:04 EDT</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[On This Day: Five Major Fires—Including the Great Chicago Fire—Break Out]]></title>

      <link>http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/September-October-08/On-This-Day--Five-Major-Fires-Including-the-Great-Chicago-Fire-Break-Out.html</link>

      <description><![CDATA[On Oct. 8, 1871, fires started in five cities along Lake Michigan&rsquo;s coast. Within two days, thousands were dead and miles of city blocks and rural lands were razed.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Thursday, 08 October 2009 2:00:00 EDT</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Harvey Pekar, Author of the 'American Splendor' Comic Books]]></title>

      <link>http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/profiles/p/harvey-pekar.html</link>

      <description><![CDATA[Harvey Pekar has made a career out of being an ordinary man. As a comic book writer, he documented the most mundane details of his life. When a Hollywood movie told his story, he continued to work as a file clerk. Even now, when some of the world&rsquo;s most famous artists have illustrated his tales, he still eschews the spotlight.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Thursday, 08 October 2009 0:00:04 EDT</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Desmond Tutu, Former Archbishop of Cape Town and Anti-Apartheid Activist]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[Archbishop Desmond Tutu, one of the strongest crusaders for peace in the last century, has fought for equality since he was a young man. After helping to end apartheid in South Africa, he brought his vision to the world. As the first black leader of the Anglican Church in Africa, he was able to broadcast his message of peace and equal freedom for all.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Wednesday, 07 October 2009 0:00:04 EDT</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[On This Day: The Film “The Jazz Singer” Is Released]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[On Oct. 6, 1927, &ldquo;The Jazz Singer&rdquo; debuted; it was the first full-length film to feature the voices of its actors.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Tuesday, 06 October 2009 2:00:00 EDT</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Václav Havel, Playwright and Former President of the Czech Republic]]></title>

      <link>http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/profiles/h/vaclav-havel.html</link>

      <description><![CDATA[V&aacute;clav Havel was a revolutionary, a poet, a playwright and a president. Although he was reluctant to become a public figure, he has been one of the most influential people in Czech history.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Monday, 05 October 2009 0:00:04 EDT</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Buster Keaton, Silent Film Star]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[One of the biggest stars of the silent film era, actor and director Buster Keaton revolutionized the art of physical comedy. From a childhood spent on the vaudeville stage to besting a struggle with alcoholism, Keaton always found a way to come out on top.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Sunday, 04 October 2009 0:00:04 EDT</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi, Non-Violent Leader in Indian Independence Movement]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[With a far-reaching legacy of peace and equality, Mahatma Gandhi was one of the most influential figures of the 20th century. In honor of the spiritual leader&rsquo;s birthday, we explore his life, philosophy and the lasting effects of his work.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Friday, 02 October 2009 0:00:04 EDT</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi, Non-Violent Leader in Indian Independence Movement]]></title>

      <link>http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/profiles/g/mohandas-mahatma-gandhi.html</link>

      <description><![CDATA[With a far-reaching legacy of peace and equality, Mahatma Gandhi was one of the most influential figures of the 20th century. In honor of the spiritual leader&rsquo;s birthday, we explore his life, philosophy and the lasting effects of his work.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Friday, 02 October 2009 0:00:04 EDT</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Julie Andrews, Actress and Singer]]></title>

      <link>http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/profiles/a/julie-andrews.html</link>

      <description><![CDATA[Julie Andrews became famous as the star of Broadway&rsquo;s &ldquo;My Fair Lady&rdquo; and &ldquo;Camelot&rdquo; and Hollywood&rsquo;s &ldquo;Mary Poppins,&rdquo; &ldquo;The Sound of Music&rdquo; and &ldquo;Victor/Victoria.&rdquo; Also known as a children&rsquo;s book author and tireless promoter of good works, her iconic, unforgettable characters and music are a legacy to several generations.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Thursday, 01 October 2009 0:00:04 EDT</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Enrico Fermi, Nuclear Physicist]]></title>

      <link>http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/profiles/f/enrico-fermi.html</link>

      <description><![CDATA[The nuclear age couldn&rsquo;t have come about without physicist Enrico Fermi, a Nobel-winning pioneer in the field of nuclear fission. His discoveries led to the atomic bomb that ended World War II.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Tuesday, 29 September 2009 0:30:04 EDT</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[On This Day: Israel Cedes Civil Control of West Bank to Palestinians]]></title>

      <link>http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/September-October-08/On-this-Day--Israel-Cedes-Civil-Control-of-West-Bank-to-Palestinians.html</link>

      <description><![CDATA[On Sept. 28, 1995, Israeli and Palestinian leaders signed an agreement handing over civil control of the West Bank to the Palestinian Authority.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Monday, 28 September 2009 2:00:00 EDT</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Upton Sinclair, Muckraking Journalist and Author of "The Jungle"]]></title>

      <link>http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/profiles/s/upton-sinclair.html</link>

      <description><![CDATA[Best known for exposing horrific practices in the meatpacking industry with his novel, &ldquo;The Jungle,&rdquo; Upton Sinclair was more than just a muckraker. From organizing a utopian commune to running for office, the sworn socialist was relentless in his quest for reform.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Sunday, 20 September 2009 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Samuel Johnson, Dictionary Writer and Biographer]]></title>

      <link>http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/profiles/j/samuel-johnson.html</link>

      <description><![CDATA[Not only did Samuel Johnson&rsquo;s work define the literature of the 18th century, his dictionary defined the language. Sometimes called &ldquo;the great convulsionary&rdquo; for his twitches and tics, Johnson pulled himself up from a poor, sickly son of a bookseller to become one of the most famous writers of the 1700s.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Friday, 18 September 2009 0:40:04 EDT</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[On This Day: Peg Entwistle’s Body Found After She Jumped From the Hollywood Sign]]></title>

      <link>http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/September-October-08/On-This-Day--Peg-Entwistle-jumps-from-the-Hollywood-sign.html</link>

      <description><![CDATA[On Sept. 18, 1932, a hiker discovered the body of Peg Entwistle, two days after the despondent actress jumped from the &ldquo;H&rdquo; in the Hollywood sign.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Friday, 18 September 2009 0:10:00 EDT</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[On This Day: The “Red Baron” Wins His First Aerial Combat]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[On Sept. 17, 1916, Manfred von Richthofen won the first of more than 80 air combat victories. The Red Baron, as he is better known, is the most legendary flying ace of World War I.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Thursday, 17 September 2009 0:10:00 EDT</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[On This Day: Darwin’s HMS Beagle Reaches Galapagos Islands]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[On Sept. 15, 1835, Charles Darwin, aboard the HMS Beagle, reached the Galapagos Islands, where he would start to formulate his ideas of natural selection.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Tuesday, 15 September 2009 2:00:00 EDT</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Jean Renoir, French Filmmaker]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[Lauded after his death as the greatest of all movie directors, Jean Renoir&rsquo;s work as a filmmaker earned comparatively few words of praise while he was living. From a childhood in Montmartre sitting as a model for his famous Impressionist-painter father to a Best Director Oscar nomination, Renoir&rsquo;s legacy of creativity carried him through a colorful life.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Tuesday, 15 September 2009 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Founder of the American School for the Deaf]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[When Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet met a 9-year-old deaf neighbor, he was determined to find a way to communicate with her. After traveling the world researching the language of the deaf, Gallaudet returned to America to found the American School for the Deaf.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Wednesday, 10 December 2008 6:45:00 EST</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Sonia Gandhi]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[Once a reluctant leader, Sonia Gandhi is now one of India&rsquo;s strongest voices in her role as head of the Indian National Congress, the ruling party in that country.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Tuesday, 09 December 2008 6:45:00 EST</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Georges Seurat, Pointillist Painter]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[Although his artistic career lasted only a decade, Georges Seurat&rsquo;s influence has stood the test of time. Popularized with his famous work &ldquo;Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte,&rdquo; his method of painting with precisely placed small dots is a famous and often imitated technique, blending science and beauty on a single canvas.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Tuesday, 02 December 2008 6:45:00 EST</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Madame Marie Tussaud, Wax Sculptor and Museum Owner ]]></title>

      <link>http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/profiles/happy-birthday/2008/Dec/Madame-Marie-Tussaud.html</link>

      <description><![CDATA[After showing early artistic skill, Marie Tussaud apprenticed under one of the greatest wax modelers of her time. She made it&mdash;just barely&mdash;through the French Revolution and coupled her craft with keen financial acumen to create a business that still thrives today.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Monday, 01 December 2008 6:00:04 EST</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Neil Gaiman, Writer of “The Sandman”]]></title>

      <link>http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/profiles/happy-birthday/2008/Nov/Neil-Gaiman.html</link>

      <description><![CDATA[Neil Gaiman transformed a writing career penning rock and roll biographies into a multinational success story. In less than three decades writing comics, graphic novels and various works of speculative fiction, he has earned legions of loyal fans, produced Hollywood blockbusters adapted from his work and been named one of the 10 best authors living today.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Monday, 10 November 2008 6:00:04 EST</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Hedy Lamarr, Actress and Inventor]]></title>

      <link>http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/profiles/happy-birthday/2008/Nov/Hedy-Lamarr.html</link>

      <description><![CDATA[Hedy Lamarr was a woman perpetually ahead of her time. She shocked the world with one of the first filmed nude scenes in 1933, and a decade later, invented a method of frequency transmission used today to provide secure communications for wireless and cell phone networks.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Sunday, 09 November 2008 6:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Milton Bradley, Father of the Modern Board Game]]></title>

      <link>http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/profiles/happy-birthday/2008/Nov/Milton-Bradley.html</link>

      <description><![CDATA[Milton Bradley is a household name for his creation of such board game classics as The Game of Life, but he was more than just an inventor. His fascination with the process of learning, coupled with his skill at printing, made him a pioneer in the field of early childhood education as well.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Saturday, 08 November 2008 6:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Eugene Debs, Labor Leader]]></title>

      <link>http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/profiles/happy-birthday/2008/Nov/Eugene-Debs.html</link>

      <description><![CDATA[Eugene V. Debs spearheaded labor movements, led the American Socialist Party and is remembered today for being an agitator who never shied from passionately expressing his opinions&mdash;even when it led to his arrest.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Wednesday, 05 November 2008 6:00:04 EST</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Walter Cronkite, CBS News Anchor]]></title>

      <link>http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/profiles/happy-birthday/2008/Nov/Walter-Cronkite.html</link>

      <description><![CDATA[To his colleagues, he was &ldquo;Old Iron Pants,&rdquo; and to everyone else, he was &ldquo;The Most Trusted Man in America.&rdquo; For more than half a century, CBS newsman Walter Cronkite reported, and to a certain extent, made the news, announcing Kennedy&rsquo;s assassination and the first steps on the moon as well as influencing a more rapid end to the Vietnam War.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Tuesday, 04 November 2008 6:00:04 EST</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Marie Antoinette, Queen of France]]></title>

      <link>http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/profiles/happy-birthday/2008/Nov/Marie-Antoinette.html</link>

      <description><![CDATA[The most beautiful daughter of the Austrian emperor, Marie Antoinette was guaranteed a life of privilege. But as the teen bride of French King Louis XVI, her free spending, decadent lifestyle angered the working class, who saw her as the embodiment of all that was wrong with the monarchy.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Sunday, 02 November 2008 6:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Stephen Crane, Author of “The Red Badge of Courage”]]></title>

      <link>http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/profiles/happy-birthday/2008/Nov/Stephen-Crane.html</link>

      <description><![CDATA[Although he is considered one of the most influential writers of the 20th century, Stephen Crane&rsquo;s life and career were cut short before his 30th birthday. His books, essays and poems&mdash;the best known of which was &ldquo;The Red Badge of Courage&rdquo;&mdash;remain among the most revered and referenced today.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Saturday, 01 November 2008 6:00:00 EDT</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Enrico Fermi]]></title>

      <link>http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/profiles/happy-birthday/2008/Sep/Enrico-Fermi.html</link>

      <description><![CDATA[The nuclear age couldn&rsquo;t have come about without physicist Enrico Fermi, a Nobel-winning pioneer in the field of nuclear fission. His discoveries led to the atomic bomb that ended World War II.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Monday, 29 September 2008 0:30:04 EDT</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Upton Sinclair]]></title>

      <link>http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/profiles/happy-birthday/2008/Sep/Upton-Sinclair.html</link>

      <description><![CDATA[Best known for exposing horrific practices in the meatpacking industry with his novel, &ldquo;The Jungle,&rdquo; Upton Sinclair was more than just a muckraker. From organizing a utopian commune to running for office, the sworn socialist was relentless in his quest for reform.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Saturday, 20 September 2008 0:30:04 EDT</pubDate>

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      <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Jean Renoir]]></title>

      <link>http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/profiles/happy-birthday/2008/Sep/Jean-Renoir.html</link>

      <description><![CDATA[Lauded after his death as the greatest of all movie directors, Jean Renoir&rsquo;s work as a filmmaker earned comparatively few words of praise while he was living. From a childhood in Montmartre sitting as a model for his famous Impressionist-painter father to a Best Director Oscar nomination, Renoir&rsquo;s legacy of creativity carried him through a colorful life.]]></description>

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      <pubDate>Monday, 15 September 2008 0:30:04 EDT</pubDate>

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