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<html> <head> <title>Risk Factor: Tonsillitis</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option 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align=right><tt>18-Dec-1980</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Genie in a Bottle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/776/000025701/">Jessica Alba</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Apr-1981</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Dark Angel</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/874/000023805/">Julie Andrews</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Oct-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Mary Poppins</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/841/000024769/">Truman Capote</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Sep-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Aug-1984</tt></td> <td>In Cold Blood</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/738/000082492/">Enrico Caruso</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Feb-1873</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Aug-1921</tt></td> <td>Operatic tenor nonpareil</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/481/000023412/">Prince Charles</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Nov-1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Heir to the throne of Britain</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/459/000023390/">Roberto Clemente</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Aug-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Dec-1972</tt></td> <td>Puerto Rican baseball star</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/478/000023409/">Ty Cobb</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Dec-1886</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jul-1961</tt></td> <td>Legendary Detroit Tigers hitter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/652/000203043/">Ben Croshaw</a></td> <td><center>Critic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-May-1983</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Zero Punctuation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/104/000023035/">Celine Dion</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Mar-1968</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Canadian diva</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/347/000085092/">John Donne</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1572</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Mar-1631</tt></td> <td>Anniversaries</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/814/000063625/">Marie Dressler</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Nov-1868</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jul-1934</tt></td> <td>Min and Bill</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/447/000159967/">Albert Ellis</a></td> <td><center>Psychologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Sep-1913</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jul-2007</tt></td> <td>Rational emotive behavior therapy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/202/000025127/">Hermann Goering</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jan-1893</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Oct-1946</tt></td> <td>Founder of the Gestapo</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/176/000086915/">Vladimir Horowitz</a></td> <td><center>Pianist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Oct-1903</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Nov-1989</tt></td> <td>Virtuoso pianist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/111/000032015/">Langston Hughes</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Feb-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-May-1967</tt></td> <td>The Negro Speaks of Rivers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/222/000084967/">Zora Neale Hurston</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jan-1891</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jan-1960</tt></td> <td>Their Eyes Were Watching God</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/895/000166397/">Curly Lambeau</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Apr-1898</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jun-1965</tt></td> <td>Founder, Green Bay Packers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/949/000177418/">Tony Lazzeri</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Dec-1903</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Aug-1946</tt></td> <td>Yankees second baseman, Hall-of-Famer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/110/000023041/">Ethel Merman</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jan-1908</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Feb-1984</tt></td> <td>There's No Business Like Show Business</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/503/000024431/">Joni Mitchell</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Nov-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Big Yellow Taxi</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/906/000096618/">Michel de Montaigne</a></td> <td><center>Essayist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Feb-1533</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Sep-1592</tt></td> <td>Essays</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/872/000024800/">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart</a></td> <td><center>Composer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jan-1756</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Dec-1791</tt></td> <td>Eine Kleine Nachtmusik</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/061/000087797/">Lewis Mumford</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Oct-1895</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jan-1990</tt></td> <td>Technics and Civilization</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/762/000027681/">Stan Musial</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Nov-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>St. Louis Cardinals</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/470/000024398/">Jimmy Page</a></td> <td><center>Guitarist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jan-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Led Zeppelin Guitarist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/651/000022585/">Rosa Parks</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Feb-1913</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Oct-2005</tt></td> <td>Wouldn't sit in the back of the bus</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/156/000162667/">Louella Parsons</a></td> <td><center>Columnist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Aug-1881</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Dec-1972</tt></td> <td>Hollywood queen of gossip</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/791/000029704/">Boris Pasternak</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Feb-1890</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-May-1960</tt></td> <td>Doctor Zhivago</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/100/000025025/">Tom Petty</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Oct-1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Don't Come Around Here No More</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/004/000047860/">Sylvia Plath</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Oct-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Feb-1963</tt></td> <td>Daddy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/363/000024291/">Elvis Presley</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jan-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Aug-1977</tt></td> <td>Rock and roll icon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/461/000026383/">Vincent Price</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-May-1911</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Oct-1993</tt></td> <td>Master of the macabre</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/467/000022401/">Eleanor Roosevelt</a></td> <td><center>First Lady</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Oct-1884</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Nov-1962</tt></td> <td>First Lady under FDR</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/071/000023002/">Ringo Starr</a></td> <td><center>Drummer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jul-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Beatle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/492/000056324/">Stuart Sutcliffe</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jun-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Apr-1962</tt></td> <td>Briefly a Beatle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/982/000087721/">Claus von Stauffenberg</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Nov-1907</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jul-1944</tt></td> <td>Tried to kill Hitler in 1944</td> </tr> <tr> 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