CITY

Official Website:
http://www.cityofschenectady.com/

Population:
61821 (2000 census)

County:
Schenectady County

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Union College	1795

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Edward Alden	Journalist	17-Apr-1961		The Closing of the American Border
Ann B. Davis	Actor	5-May-1926	1-Jun-2014	Alice from The Brady Bunch
Dave Garroway	Talk Show Host	13-Jul-1913	21-Jul-1982	Host of Today, 1952-61
Harold Gould	Actor	10-Dec-1923	11-Sep-2010	Martin Morganstern on Rhoda
Patricia Kalember	Actor	30-Dec-1957		Kaleidoscope
Mary Anne Krupsak	Politician	26-Mar-1932		Lt. Governor of New York, 1975-78
Ranald MacDougall	Screenwriter	10-Mar-1915	12-Dec-1973	We're No Angels
Ron Rivest	Computer Programmer	1947		The R in RSA
Mickey Rourke	Actor	16-Sep-1952		The Wrestler
John Sayles	Film Director	28-Sep-1950		The Secret of Roan Inish
Joseph C. Yates	Politician	9-Nov-1768	19-Mar-1837	Governor of New York, 1823-24
Sheree Zampino	Relative	16-Nov-1967		Ex-Wife of Will Smith

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ernst F. W. Alexanderson	Inventor	25-Jan-1878	14-May-1975	Developed radio and television at GE and RCA
Tom Cahill	Football	c. 1919	29-Oct-1992	Army Head Coach, 1966-73
William D. Coolidge	Physicist	23-Oct-1873	4-Feb-1975	Tungsten filaments and Coolidge tubes
Albert Wallace Hull	Physicist	19-Apr-1880	22-Jan-1966	Inventor of the magnetron tube
Manfred Jonas	Historian	9-Apr-1927	25-Aug-2013	Isolationism in America, 1935-1941
Joseph C. Yates	Politician	9-Nov-1768	19-Mar-1837	Governor of New York, 1823-24

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