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Christopher Michael "Chris" Pratt was born on June 21, 1979 in Virginia, Minnesota and raised in Lake Stevens, Washington, to Kathleen Louise (Indahl), who worked at a supermarket, and Daniel Clifton Pratt, who remodeled houses. He is of mostly Norwegian descent. He graduated from Lake Stevens High School in 1997, and has two older siblings, Cully and Angie.

Chris came to prominence for his small-screen roles, including Bright Abbott in Everwood (2002), Ché in The O.C. (2003), and Andy Dwyer and Parks and Recreation (2009), and notable film roles in Moneyball (2011), The Five-Year Engagement (2012), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Delivery Man (2013), and Her (2013). In 2014, he broke out as a leading man after headlining two of the year's biggest films: he voiced Emmet Brickowski in The Lego Movie (2014) & starred as Peter Quill/Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). In 2015, he headlined the sci-fi thriller Jurassic World (2015), the fourth installment in the Jurassic Park franchise and his most financially successful film. In 2016, he co-starred in the remake The Magnificent Seven (2016), with Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke, and appeared with Jennifer Lawrence in the sci-fi drama Passengers (2016). In the near future, he returns as Star-Lord for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), with Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) not far behind.

Steve Carlson played fourteen years as both a professional and semi-professional, including five years in the World Hockey Association. For a year, he roomed with Wayne Gretzky when they both played for the Edmonton Oilers, Carlson later playing two seasons with the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League. He was a head coach in the East Coast Hockey League and the Central Hockey League and was a part-time assistant coach for Johnstown (Pa.) Bishop McCort High School when it took five state titles. Today he operates Steve Carlson Hockey.

Jeff Carlson was born on 20 July 1953 in Virginia, Minnesota, USA. He is an actor, known for Slap Shot (1977), Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice (2002) and Slap Shot 3: The Junior League (2008).

Michael Goodwin was born in Virginia, Minnesota, USA. He is known for The Dead Pool (1988), Lolita (1997) and Fair Game (2010).

Erik Eidem was born on 20 March 1984 in Virginia, Minnesota, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Love & Mercy (2014), Here on Earth (2000) and Video Game High School (2012).

Joe C. Gilpin was born on 26 October 1905 in Virginia, Minnesota, USA. He was a production manager, known for Pardon My Past (1945), Caught (1949) and Africa Screams (1949). He died on 19 March 1949 in Burbank, California, USA.

Father Daniel J. Berrigan, S.J. died at the age of 95 on April 30, 2016. Colman McCarthy, former columnist for the Washington Post, called Berrigan "a major figure in the radical left of the 1960s and 1970s," who died at a Jesuit residence at Fordham University in the Bronx. Known as a poet and non-violent activist, the priest led antiwar protests, was unable to be with "The Baltimore Four", but most famously spent two years in prison for acts of civil disobedience that became well known through his play and the film "The Trial of The Catonsville Nine." His brother Philip, also a priest (but who left active ministry), was one of the "Four" and "Nine" and died in 2002. Survivors include a sister and three brothers.

Former Washington Post columnist McCarthy described the Catonsville event: "In May 1968, Father Berrigan, his brother and fellow priest Philip Berrigan, and seven other activists entered a Selective Service office in Catonsville, Md. They gathered hundreds of draft files, lugged them outside and, with a recipe of kerosene and soap chips taken from a Green Berets handbook, burned them to ashes. The Catonsville Nine, as they became known, were arrested, and in a five-day trial in October 1968, they were found guilty of destruction of government property."

Father Berrigan may be best known in the film world for his cameo in the 1986 British drama The Mission, written by Robert Bolt, in which he spoke only one word, "No!" While he lived a "YES!" to God's will as he discerned it, that included a clear and definitive "No!" to violence and war.

Robert Mondavi was born on 18 June 1913 in Virginia, Minnesota, USA. He was married to Margrit Biever and Marjorie Declusin. He died on 16 May 2008 in Yountville, California, USA.

Karl Jacob was born on 20 January 1979 in Virginia, Minnesota, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Pollywogs (2013), Cold November (2017) and The Dictator (2012).

John Harrington was born on 24 May 1957 in Virginia, Minnesota, USA.

Chester Seay was born on 9 October 1878 in Virginia, Minnesota, USA. He is known for The Warrior's Husband (1933). He died on 14 March 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Richard Olson started the 60's as a true dinosaur fanatic: reading the books, building the models, and playing with toys of prehistoric beasts. A late-1962 exposure to a new best friend's collection of monster magazines caused him to develop an incurable case of "Frankenstein, Dracula, & Wolf Man-itis" that, happily continues to this day. Now residing in Duluth, Minnesota, Richard has been married to his high school sweetheart, for 45 years. A registered pharmacist for nearly as long, they have two lovely daughters, Angie and Chrissy - who definitely know the difference between Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi.

Marilyn Pesola was born on 5 August 1945 in Virginia, Minnesota, USA. Marilyn died on 24 July 2023 in Chisholm, Minnesota, USA.

'Babe' Agamenoni was born on 2 April 1911 in Virginia, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor. He died on 20 November 1977 in San Diego, California, USA.