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Signature. Dian Fossey (/ daɪˈæn / dy-AN; January 16, 1932 – c.December 26, 1985) was an American primatologist and conservationist known for undertaking an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups from 1966 until her murder in 1985. [ 1 ] She studied them daily in the mountain forests of Rwanda, initially encouraged to work there by ...
Rachel Joy Scott (August 5, 1981 – April 20, 1999) was an American student who was the first fatality of the Columbine High School massacre, during which 11 other students and a teacher were also murdered by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who then committed suicide. Scott has been revered by groups of evangelical Christians as a Christian ...
Signature. Neil deGrasse Tyson (US: / dəˈɡræs / də-GRASS or UK: / dəˈɡrɑːs / də-GRAHSS; born October 5, 1958) is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. Tyson studied at Harvard University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Columbia University. From 1991 to 1994, he was a postdoctoral research associate at ...
Second-degree cruelty to children (8 counts) On September 4, 2024, a mass shooting occurred at Apalachee High School near Winder, Georgia, United States. [2] The suspect, 14-year-old Colt Gray, allegedly shot 13 people. Two students and two teachers were killed, while nine others were injured.
September 15, 2024 at 6:17 AM. Megan Varner/Reuters. Funeral services for a teenage boy remembered for his endearing smile and a math teacher known for her dedication to students were held ...
In the late 1950s Unsoeld was a leading climbing guide in the Grand Teton Mountains.He climbed Mt. Rainier over 200 times. [6]Unsoeld and Tom Hornbein ascended Everest's difficult West Ridge route in May 1963, on a National Geographic Society sponsored expedition while Barry Bishop and Lute Jerstad followed Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay’s South Col route established during their 1953 climb.
Derry, New Hampshire, U.S. Date apprehended. August 1, 1990. Pamela Ann Smart (née Wojas; born August 16, 1967) is an American woman who was convicted of being an accomplice to first-degree murder, conspiracy to murder, and witness tampering in the death of her husband, Greggory Smart, in 1990. Smart, then aged 22, had conspired with her ...
In 2005, he was named an "Emerging Explorer" by the National Geographic Society. [15] From 2009 until the show's cancellation in 2012, Samaras was a featured personality on the Discovery Channel's Storm Chasers. During his career he also worked for Boeing, doing field testing on hail-resistant skins for aircraft, [6] and for the federal ...