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<html> <head> <title>Gainesville, FL</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </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 value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Gainesville, FL CITY Official Website: <a href="http://www.cityofgainesville.org/">http://www.cityofgainesville.org/</a> Population: 95447 (2000 census)Founding Date: 1853County: <a href="/geo/224/000141798/">Alachua County</a>Founded 1853 as the new seat of Alachua County, the city is named for General Edmund Gaines (commander in the Seminole War.) SCHOOLS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>School</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/edu/852/000165357/">Buchholz High School, Gainesville, FL</a></td><td><center>1973</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/130/000202521/">Santa Fe College</a></td><td><center>1966</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/711/000068507/">University of Florida</a></td><td><center>1853</center></td></tr></table> BIRTHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_births"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/064/000031968/">Laura Baugh</a></td> <td><center>Golf</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-May-1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Out of the Rough</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/018/000122649/">Gus Bilirakis</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Feb-1963</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman, Florida 12th</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/776/000160296/">Merritt Butrick</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Sep-1959</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Mar-1989</tt></td> <td>Johnny Slash on Square Pegs</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/217/000108890/">Brittany Daniel</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Mar-1976</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Jessica on Sweet Valley High</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/104/000163612/">Don Felder</a></td> <td><center>Guitarist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Sep-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Former Guitarist for The Eagles</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/327/000167823/">Gregory J. Hobbs, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Dec-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Justice, Colorado Supreme Court</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/975/000047834/">Scott Ritter</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jul-1961</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>UNSCOM weapons inspector 1991-98</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/394/000108070/">Maya Rudolph</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jul-1972</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Saturday Night Live</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/907/000170397/">Robert Scales</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Aug-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Military analyst</td> </tr> </table> DEATHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_deaths"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/931/000206313/">Harry Crews</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jun-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Mar-2012</tt></td> <td>The Gospel Singer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/262/000168755/">Daniel C. Drucker</a></td> <td><center>Engineer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1918</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Aug-2001</tt></td> <td>Drucker's stability postulate</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/336/000099039/">Marvin Harris</a></td> <td><center>Anthropologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Aug-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Oct-2001</tt></td> <td>Anthropological historian</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/043/000210410/">Charley E. Johns</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Feb-1905</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jan-1990</tt></td> <td>Governor of Florida, 1953-55</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/667/000122301/">William M. 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