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Today’s Birthday Shoutout goes out to the adventurous and courageous Irish Antarctic explorer, *Sir Ernest Shackleton!

Shackleton commanded the Antarctic expedition that located the magnetic South Pole. He led a number of expeditions to the Antarctic throughout his… Read More…

Today’s Birthday Shoutout goes to Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States (1969–74).

Richard Milhous Nixon was born in Yorba Linda, California, on January 9, 1913.  He came from a poor Quaker family but was able to attend Whittier College… Read More…

Today’s Birthday Shoutout goes to the notable French philosopher and writer whose outspoken beliefs made him the embodiment of the Enlightenment: Voltaire.

Born François Marie Arouet on November 21, 1694, Arouet was raised and educated in Paris, France and was… Read More…

Today’s Birthday Shoutout goes to one of the most influential figures in modern US cinema. Martin Scorsese was born on November 17, 1942 in Queens, New York City . He was raised in New York City’s Little Italy and… Read More…

Today’s Birthday Shoutout comes early! It goes to a pretty impressive man named Niels Bohr, who figured out the structure of the atom. He was born in Copenhagen on October 7, 1885. Happy birthday, Niels Bohr!

His father… Read More…