MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. - He was a powerful orator, a charismatic leader and one of the greatest Americans of all time. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a revolution in the 1950s and 1960s that ended racial segregation and pushed civil rights to the forefront of the political agenda. WRIGHT BROTHERS - On December 17, 1903, Orville Wright sent his father, Milton, a telegram. It said Orville and his brother Wilbur had made four successful flights using engine power alone and that his father should inform the newspapers. The Wright brothers had just entered the record books. JANE FONDA - Like Barrymore or Huston, the name Fonda denotes Hollywood royalty. And in an illustrious clan that includes her father Henry, brother Peter, and niece Bridget, it is Jane who has had the most extraordinary life. ALBERT EINSTEIN - The world's most renowned physicist was born in Ulm, Germany, in March 1879. And although he had a few speech difficulties early on, his mental abilities soon became apparent. QUEEN ELIZABETH II - The last king of England and the United Kingdom was the much loved George VI, who ruled from 1936 through to his death in 1952. In February of that year, after surgery for lung cancer, he died from a heart attack at the age of 56. He left behind his wife Elizabeth, who became the queen mother, and his two daughters, Elizabeth, who was born in 1926, and Margaret who was four years younger.
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