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Jacobson was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn. [1] At the age of 16, he took a job as a machinist [2] and in 1941, he founded the Sid Tool Company in Little Italy, Manhattan with $1,000 of his own money and $3,000 borrowed from his mother. [2]
Malcolm X, an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement, was shot multiple times and died from his wounds in Manhattan, New York City, on February 21, 1965, at the age of 39 while preparing to address the Organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in the neighborhood of Washington Heights.
Douglas Jacobson was born in Rochester, New York, on November 25, 1925, the son of a carpenter.He attended elementary and high school in Port Washington, New York. He worked for his father as a draftsman, and was a lifeguard and swimming instructor before enlisting in the Marine Corps Reserve on January 28, 1943, at the age of 17.
Abbi Jacobson (born 1984) is an American comedian, actress, writer, producer, and illustrator. She co-created and co-starred in the Comedy Central series Broad City (2014–2019) with Ilana Glazer, based on the web series of the same name. [1]
James A. Jacobson is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant general who last served as the deputy commander of the Pacific Air Forces from 2021 to 2024. [2] He most recently served as the director of training and readiness of the U.S. Air Force.
Jacobson was born in Manchester to parents of Russian-Jewish heritage (his father's parents came from Kamianets-Podilskyi in what is now Ukraine, and his mother's family from Lithuania). [2]
Croce was born on January 10, 1943 (although some sources say 1942), [2] [3] in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to James Albert Croce and Flora Mary (Babusci) Croce, Italian Americans whose parents had emigrated from Trasacco and Balsorano in Abruzzo and Palermo in Sicily.
Jacobson is the daughter of William G. and Dawn (née Trbovich) Salatich. She is of Serbian descent. [2] In 1965 she graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a degree in English. [1]