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Profession: Sheep Biography: Dolly was a Scottish sheep who was the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell, using the process of nuclear transfer, marking a significant breakthrough in the field of genetics. Created by scientists Ian Wilmut and Keith Campbell at the Roslin Institute in Scotland, Dolly's birth in 1996 challenged previous assumptions about the reproductive capacity of adult cells. Dolly was cloned from a cell taken from the mammary gland of a six-year-old Finn Dorset sheep, hence her name—inspired by the country singer Dolly Parton. [Read More]

TIME August 31, 1987 12:00 AM EDT The judgment was swift. After nearly four hours of deliberation, an eight-man military jury found Marine Sergeant Clayton Lonetree guilty on 13 counts of espionage and related charges. Lonetree, 25, who was accused of disclosing to the Soviets the identities of U.S. intelligence agents while serving as a guard at the U.S. embassies in Moscow and Vienna, now faces possible life imprisonment. His attorneys said they would appeal the conviction. [Read More]

The social media giant is reportedly planning to move up to 100 Instagram staff into the new 181 Fremont skyscraper in the South of Market district. The mixed-use tower is set to be 802 ft when complete. It has filed a letter of intent to move into the space, according to Bloomberg's source, who added that Facebook is also considering other properties. It's currently unclear how many floors Facebook is looking to take and when it hopes to move in. [Read More]

1 - 27 of 27 Historically important and notable famous people who died of pancreatic cancer ranked by their popularity on On This Day. List of Deaths from Pancreatic Cancer 1941-10-27 Ernest Everett Just, African-American embryologist (physiology of development, fertilization, cell division), dies of pancreatic cancer at 58 1947-09-20 Fiorello La Guardia, American politician and Mayor of New York City (Republican: 1933-45), dies of pancreatic cancer at 64 1957-01-10 Gabriela Mistral [Lucila Godoy Alcayaga], Chilean poet (Nobel Prize for Literature, 1945), educator and diplomat, dies of pancreatic cancer at 67 1961-11-16 Samuel Rayburn, American politician (US Representative (D) from Texas, 1913-61; Speaker of the House for 17 years), dies of pancreatic cancer at 79 1964-12-30 Andrés Soriano, Spanish Filipino industrialist (San Miguel Brewery, Philippine Airlines), dies of pancreatic cancer at 66 1965-01-12 Lorraine Hansberry, American playwright (A Raisin in the Sun), and writer (To Be Young Gifted And Black), dies in NYC, dies of pancreatic cancer at 34 1965-10-27 Edythe Wright, American big band era singer (Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, 1935-39), dies of pancreatic cancer at 51 1967-04-17 Henry " [Read More]

She has the face and figure of a Courbet bather (“I look kinda round, not lean and lanky”), a home in Palm Beach, three handsome children, and a minor legend of a husband—Herbert (“Peter”) Pulitzer Jr., 32, a grandson of the publisher, who quit the easy, moneyed life to pick and pack oranges. It would be enough for almost any girl. But to her own mild astonishment, Lilly Pulitzer, 30, finds herself hailed as a fashion designer. [Read More]

In one of the biggest asset seizures in U.S. history, Federal prosecutors are expected to file civil lawsuits against “The Wolf of Wall Street” producer and financier Red Granite Pictures, the Wall Street Journal reported late Tuesday. [Read More]

After surviving a near-death experience, a pastor must endure an arduous journey to recovery in this faith-based drama. It is intended simply as an observation, not snarky criticism, to suggest that “90 Minutes in Heaven” might more accurately be titled “Five Months in Purgatory. [Read More]

Florida’s “Parental Rights in Education Bill” has made the sunshine state ground zero in America’s culture wars. Signed into law last month by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, the bill prohibits discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in the state’s public schools in kindergarten through the third grade. It also allows parents to sue school districts that expose their children to material that is “not age appropriate.” An earlier version of the bill required teachers to disclose the students’ sexual orientation to their parents after learning that they were not straight. [Read More]

Profession: Writer Biography: Franz Kafka was a Bohemian-born Austrian writer, whose work has posthumously become influential in Western literature. Kafka's work is consistently concerned with themes of alienation, existential anxiety, and the absurdity of human life. He created memorably surreal and disorienting landscapes where characters grapple with inexplicable bureaucracies and complex, often seemingly sinister, systems. Though trained as a lawyer, Kafka's passion lay in writing. He held various jobs to support himself, including working in an insurance company, but he dedicated his free time to writing stories, letters, and journal entries. [Read More]