Born on October 31, 2010

Ted Sorensen wrote John F. Kennedy's inaugural address — 'Ask not what your country can do for you.' He was thirty-two. He'd been writing Kennedy's speeches for eight years, since the senator hired him straight out of law school. After Dallas, he left politics. He wrote books. He practiced law. But everyone remembered fourteen words.

Maurice Lucas punched Darryl Dawkins during the 1977 NBA Finals, stopping the 76ers' intimidation campaign cold. Portland won the championship. Lucas had grown up in Pittsburgh projects and wasn't scared of anyone. He played 14 seasons as an enforcer who protected smaller teammates. He died of bladder cancer at 58. Former players still call him the toughest man they ever met.