Egypt. The original Aswan Dam, completed in 1902, provided year-long agricultural stability along the Nile River.

California. Before entering politics, Warren G. Harding was an influential newspaper publisher.

China. Mao Zedong, born in 1893, was the founder of the Communist People's Republic of China in 1949.

Army. Lynndie England and her fiance were indicted in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal.

Casey Martin. Martin suffers from a birth defect in his right leg known as Klippel-Trenauney-Webber Syndrome.

Francis Forde. Australian Prime Minister John Curtin died in 1945, and Francis Forde was the caretaker prime minister for eight days.