Friday, February 6, 2015

February 6

Born:


1921 - Carl Neumann Degler
American historian, winner of the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for History for "Neither Black nor White."



1940 - Tom Brokaw
American television journalist, most well known as an author for his book The Greatest Generation.




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1947 - Daniel Yergin
American author and economic researcher, winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Non-fiction for "The Prize."



1955 - Michael Pollan
American author whose work centers on food and culture.








1963 - Kevin Trudeau
American author of the "'They Don't Want You to Know About" series.




Died:
1989 - Barbara Tuchman
1994 - Jack Kirby
1995 - James Merrill

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