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At the age of 29, Bernice Cronkhite became the dean of Radcliffe College, making her the youngest person to become a dean in the United States. 
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| Harrison Oxley was the youngest cathedral organist in Britain when he became organist of St Edmundsbury Cathedral at age 24. |
| Del Rey Manga finds most of its translator talent from anime and manga fans at conventions since fluent English speakers who know enough Japanese are preferred over native Japanese translators. |
| In 1979, John Phillip Santos became the first Mexican-American Rhodes Scholar. |
| Leroy E. "Ed" Parsons, co-founder of KVAS (now KKEE) in Astoria, Oregon, created the one of the first cable television systems in the United States. |
| Johannes Gerckens Bassøe was Norway's first permanent Governor of Svalbard. |
| "Share the World/We Are!" made K-pop boy band TVXQ the only foreign artist to have six number one singles in Japan. |
| Quaker and abolitionist leader Levi Coffin (pictured), known as the President of the Underground Railroad, personally helped more than 2,000 slaves escape their masters. |
| Actress Venida Evans has appeared as a "muse" in a series of IKEA television commercials which have been described as "surreal" and "creepy"?. |
| The Corgi Motorcycle Co Ltd.'s Corgi scooter was branded the "Indian Papoose" for the United States market. |
| Italian Vice Consul Vito Positano saved the future Bulgarian capital Sofia from burning by the Ottoman army. |
| Microsoft's Chrome project was so widely criticized by web developers for failing to meet media standards that the project was cancelled before it was released. |
| Royal Navy officer Charles Elphinstone Fleeming was once challenged to a duel by his former subordinate, Charles John Napier. |
| Rufus Wainwright's EP Waiting for a Want features guest appearances by family members Martha Wainwright and Suzzy Roche and musicians Teddy Thompson and Joan Wasser. |
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