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Dr. Elliot Reid on Scrubs; also, actors Tommy Sands (71), Tuesday Weld (65), Barbara Bach (61), Paul Reubens (56), Diana Scarwid (53), Chandra Wilson (39) and Alexa Vega (20)

photographer and painter

novelist, Sister Carrie, An American Tragedy; writers C.S. Forester (1899-1966), Jeanette Winterson (49) and Dean Devlin (46) were also born on this date

metaphysical philosopher

1908?1973, Lyndon Baines Johnson was born in Stonewall, Tex., on Aug. 27, 1908.

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1908?1973, Lyndon Baines Johnson was born in Stonewall, Tex., on Aug. 27, 1908.

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Hegel was a German philosopher who developed the Hegelian dialectic, in which one concept inevitably generates its opposite, and the interaction of these leads to a new concept. He used the dialectic to explain everything from logic to nature, and politics to art. Hegel also influenced many subsequent philosophies, including post-Hegelian idealism, the existentialism of Kierkegaard and Sartre, and Marx's socialism. How did he describe the French Revolution and Reign of Terror?

Cortázar was an Argentinean novelist who gained recognition as one of the century's major experimental writers. A permanent resident of France after 1951, his works reflect his interest in French Surrealism, psychoanalysis, photography, jazz, and revolutionary Latin American politics. His masterpiece, Rayuela, translated as Hopscotch, is a dazzling literary experiment that is considered one of the best novels written in Spanish in the past century. What is unique about the novel?

A piano maker by training, Lick spent many years in South America before returning to the US in 1848. He settled in San Francisco, where he soon abandoned the piano-making trade in favor of real estate. Shortly after his arrival, gold was discovered in the region, and Lick made a fortune in the housing boom that followed. The wealthiest man in California at the time of his death, he left most of his estate to social and scientific causes. Under what scientific instrument is he buried?

Hegel was a German philosopher who developed the Hegelian dialectic, in which one concept inevitably generates its opposite, and the interaction of these leads to a new concept. He used the dialectic to explain everything from logic to nature, and politics to art. Hegel also influenced many subsequent philosophies, including post-Hegelian idealism, the existentialism of Kierkegaard and Sartre, and Marx's socialism. How did he describe the French Revolution and Reign of Terror?

Cortázar was an Argentinean novelist who gained recognition as one of the century's major experimental writers. A permanent resident of France after 1951, his works reflect his interest in French Surrealism, psychoanalysis, photography, jazz, and revolutionary Latin American politics. His masterpiece, Rayuela, translated as Hopscotch, is a dazzling literary experiment that is considered one of the best novels written in Spanish in the past century. What is unique about the novel?

A piano maker by training, Lick spent many years in South America before returning to the US in 1848. He settled in San Francisco, where he soon abandoned the piano-making trade in favor of real estate. Shortly after his arrival, gold was discovered in the region, and Lick made a fortune in the housing boom that followed. The wealthiest man in California at the time of his death, he left most of his estate to social and scientific causes. Under what scientific instrument is he buried?

Italian mathematician, 27 Aug 1858-20 Apr 1932

German chemist, 27 Aug 1874-26 Apr 1940

1908-1973, Lyndon Baines Johnson was born in Stonewall, Tex., on Aug. 27, 1908. See biography and links to other people born today...   RSS feeds and News widgets on Feedzilla.com - Mattresses

Hegel was a German philosopher who developed the Hegelian dialectic, in which one concept inevitably generates its opposite, and the interaction of these leads to a new concept. He used the dialectic to explain everything from logic to nature, and politics to art. Hegel also influenced many subsequent philosophies, including post-Hegelian idealism, the existentialism of Kierkegaard and Sartre, and Marx's socialism. How did he describe the French Revolution and Reign of Terror?   RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com - Mattress

Cortázar was an Argentinean novelist who gained recognition as one of the century's major experimental writers. A permanent resident of France after 1951, his works reflect his interest in French Surrealism, psychoanalysis, photography, jazz, and revolutionary Latin American politics. His masterpiece, Rayuela, translated as Hopscotch, is a dazzling literary experiment that is considered one of the best novels written in Spanish in the past century. What is unique about the novel?   RSS feeds and News widgets on Feedzilla.com - Mattress