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Rabu, 23 Maret 2011

Harry Houdini - American magician, escapologist, stunt performer, actor and film producer

http://the-american-history.blogspot.com/Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-born American magician and escapologist, stunt performer, actor and film producer well-known for his sensational escape acts. He was also a skeptic who set out to depiction frauds purport to be supernatural phenomena. He performed in dime museums and sideshows, and still doubled as "The Wild Man" at a circus. Houdini focused originally on traditional card tricks. At a point, he billed himself as the "King of Cards". But he soon began experiment with escape acts.

He was never cleared how Houdini control to escape from his bonds. Arthur Conan Doyle counts him a medium that only perform as a prestidigitator. It is unspecified that Houdini swallowed the key to the handcuffs and won it back through vomiting unseen by his audiences, as he forever escaped from his bonds in a hidden place. Harry Houdini died of peritonitis, secondary to a rupture appendix. Eyewitnesses to an event in Montreal gave rise to speculation that Houdini's death was caused by a McGill University student, J. Gordon Whitehead, who delivered many blows to Houdini's abdomen to test Houdini's claim that he was capable to take any blow to the body above the waist without injury.

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Born Name

Erik Weisz

Date Of Birth

March 24, 1874

Place Of Birth

Budapest, Austria-Hungary

Occupation

Magician, escapologist, stunt performer, actor, historian, film producer, pilot, debunker

Date Of Death

October 31, 1926

Place Of Death

Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

Kamis, 03 Maret 2011

Mark Zuckerberg - American entrepreneur and software developer, ceo/President of Facebook

http://the-american-history.blogspot.com/Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an American entrepreneur and software developer best recognized for creating the social networking site Facebook, of which he is CEO and president. It was co-founded as a private business in 2004 by Zuckerberg and classmates Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin, and Chris Hughes while they were students at Harvard University. In 2010, Zuckerberg was named Time magazine's personality of the Year. Zuckerberg voiced himself on an episode of The Simpsons, "Loan-a Lisa", which primary aired on October 3, 2010.

In the episode, Lisa Simpson and her friend Nelson encounter Zuckerberg at an entrepreneurs' meeting. Zuckerberg tells Lisa that she does not require graduating from college to be wildly successful, referencing Bill Gates and Richard Branson as examples. Zuckerberg founded the Start-up: Education charity. On September 22, 2010, it was information that Zuckerberg had arranged to donate $100 million to Newark Public Schools, the public school system of Newark, New Jersey. On December 8, 2010, Zuckerberg released a report that he had become a signatory of The Giving Pledge.

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Born Name

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg

Date of Birth

May 14, 1984

Place of Birth

White Plains, New York

Nationality

American

Occupation

CEO/President of Facebook

Known for

Co-founding Facebook in 2004; becoming world's youngest billionaire as of 2008

Net worth

increase US$12.5 billion

Awards

Time Person of the Year 2010

Selasa, 01 Maret 2011

Nicki Minaj - songwriter

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Onika Tanya Maraj, better recognized by her stage name Nicki Minaj, is a Trinidadian hip hop and R&B recording artist and songwriter. She first saw fame when she signed a record contract with Young Money Entertainment and then later Cash Money Records. She has successfully out her first debut album, which charted at number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Minaj was exposed by fellow American rapper Lil Wayne, Minaj signed a deal with Young Money Entertainment. After signing the deal, Minaj began working on her debut album, titled Pink Friday, which chart at number-two on the US Billboard 200, kept off the top mark by Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

Minaj became the first artist forever to have seven songs within the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time. Her second single, "Your Love", reached number-one on the Billboard Hot Rap Songs chart, construction Minaj the first female artist to top the chart unaccompanied since 2002. Minaj became the first female performer to be included on MTV's Annual Hottest MC List One month after the release of Pink Friday, Minaj's album gained a Platinum qualifications in the United States. Minaj is recognized for collaborating with numerous artists and guest raps on many popular singles.

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Birth name

Onika Tanya Maraj

Origin

New York, New York, United States

Genres

Hip hop, R&B

Occupations

Rapper, singer-songwriter

Senin, 28 Februari 2011

Eminem - merican rapper, record producer, and actor

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Marshall Bruce Mathers III better identified by his stage name Eminem, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Eminem speedily gained popularity in 1999 with his major-label debut album, The Slim Shady LP, which won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. The following album, The Marshall Mathers LP, became the fastest-selling solo album in United States history. It brought Eminem increased popularity, including his own record label, Shady Records, and brought his group project, D12, to mainstream recognition.

The Marshall Mathers LP and his third album, The Eminem Show, also won Grammy Awards, making Eminem the first artist to win Best Rap Album for three consecutive LPs. He then won the award again in 2010 for his album Relapse and in 2011 for his album Recovery, giving him a total of 13 Grammys in his career. In 2003, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Lose Yourself" from the film, 8 Mile, in which he also played the lead. Eminem has scored over 1 billion vision on his official Vevo page on Youtube. Eminem is the most popular personality ever on Facebook with over 29 million likes.

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Birth name

Marshall Bruce Mathers III

Date of Birth

October 17, 1972

Place Of Birth

Saint Joseph, Missouri, U.S.

Genres

Hip hop

Occupations

Rapper, Record producer, Actor, Songwriter