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A city of southeast Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. Population: 64,200.

American jazz pianist and composer who was a leader of the free jazz movement of the 1960s, which emphasized unrestrained, emotional play and group improvisation.

Liberian political leader whose tenure as president of Liberia (1997-2003) was marked by widespread conflict and rebellion. He stepped down and went into exile in 2003.

English-born American Puritan cleric and poet. Although his works were unpublished until 1939, he is now recognized as one of colonial America's finest poets. His poems include “God's Determinations Touching His Elect” (c. 1685).

British-born American actress. A childhood star after her appearance in National Velvet (1944), she later won an Academy Award for Butterfield 8 (1960) and for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966).

American inventor, engineer, and efficiency expert noted for his innovations in industrial engineering and management.

American physicist. He shared a 1993 Nobel Prize for the discovery of a new type of pulsar.

American choreographer whose avant-garde work includes Three Epitaphs (1956) and Orbs (1966).

British playwright whose works include Our American Cousin (1858).

The 12th President of the United States (1849-1850). An army officer in the Black Hawk War (1832) and the Second Seminole War (1835-1837), he became a national hero during the Mexican War (1846-1848) and was elected President in 1848. He died after less than two years in office.