.jpg)
Andrew Carnegie. Died August 11, 1919, Lenox, Massachusetts, U.S.
American Industrialist and Philanthropist
Andrew Carnegie, (born November 25, 1835, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland—died August 11, 1919, Lenox, Massachusetts, U.S.), Scottish-born American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century. He was also one of the most important philanthropists of his era. Carnegie’s father, William Carnegie, a handloom weaver, was a Chartist and marcher for workingman’s causes; his maternal grandfather, Thomas Morrision, also an agitator, had been a friend of William Cobbett. During the young Carnegie’s childhood the arrival of the power loom in Dunfermline and a general economic downturn impoverished his father, inducing the Carnegies to....
Pervez Musharraf. Born August 11, 1943, New Delhi, India.
President of Pakistan
Pervez Musharraf, (born August 11, 1943, New Delhi, India), Pakistani military officer who took power in a coup in 1999. He served as president of Pakistan from 2001 to 2008. Musharraf moved with his family from New Delhi to Karachi in 1947, when Pakistan was separated from India. The son of a career diplomat, he lived in Turkey during 1949–56. He joined the army in 1964, graduated from the Army Command and Staff College in Quetta, and attended the Royal College of Defence Studies in London. He held a number of appointments in the artillery, the infantry, and commando units …
Jerry Falwell. Born August 11, 1933, Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S.
American Minister
Jerry Falwell, in full Jerry Laymon Falwell, Sr., (born August 11, 1933, Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S.—died May 15, 2007, Lynchburg), American religious leader, televangelist, and founder of the Moral Majority, a political organization for the promotion of conservative social values. Although his grandfather and father were atheists, Falwell accepted Jesus Christ in 1952, perhaps through the influence of his mother, a devout Christian. A good student and athlete—he turned down the opportunity to play professional baseball—Falwell entered Lynchburg College but later transferred to Baptist Bible College in Springfield, Missouri, and graduated in 1956. In that year he founded Thomas Road Baptist …
Sumner Redstone. Died August 11, 2020, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
American Executive
Sumner Redstone, originally Sumner Murray Rothstein, (born May 27, 1923, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.—died August 11, 2020, Los Angeles, California), American media executive whose company, National Amusements, Inc. (NAI), acquired leading film, television, and entertainment properties, notably Viacom and CBS. Redstone’s father, Michael (Mickey), was a liquor wholesaler, nightclub owner, and drive-in movie operator. As a boy, Redstone studied at the Boston Latin School and went on to attend Harvard College (B.A., 1944) and Harvard Law School (L.L.B., 1947). After practicing law in Washington, D.C., and Boston, Redstone joined his father’s company, National Amusements, Inc., in 1954, and in 1967 he …