ABC had Ted Koppel for their late night guy, and Drew Carey became their prime-time guy. Bruce Helford was the show's executive producer from its start in 1995 to its end in 2004, as was Drew.
Samuel Crompton was an English inventor and pioneer of the spinning industry. Building on the work of James Hargreaves and Richard Arkwright he invented the spinning mule, a machine that revolutionised the industry worldwide.
John Tipton was a young soldier in the Battle of Tippecanoe under General Harrison. Tipton advanced to Brigadier General in 1817. He served as Indian Agent in Fort Wayne and in 1828 moved the agency to a new town he platted and named Logansport. He later represented Indiana in Washington, D.C., as a Senator.