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2016-04-17
October 26: Seth Macfarlane (1973)

It was on this date, October 26, 1973, that American comedian and creator of the prime-time Emmy-winning satire The Family Guy, Seth Woodbury MacFarlane was born in Kent, Connecticut. He is best known for writing, directing, producing and voicing the title character in the 2012 comedy Ted, starring Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis, as well […]

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2016-04-17
October 24: Eugenie Scott (1945)

It was on this date, October 24, 1945, that “one of the strongest voices challenging the teaching of young earth creationism and intelligent design in schools” American physical anthropologist Eugenie Scott was born. Scott grew up in Wisconsin, earned her BS and MS from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and her PhD from the University of […]

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October 20: John Dewey

John Dewey (1859) It was on this date, October 20, 1859, that American philosopher and educator John Dewey was born in Burlington, Vermont. Educated first in Vermont and taking his degree in philosophy from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Dewey gradually shed the strictures of his strict religious upbringing. Initially from the idealist school of […]



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