Hi all,
I’ve been using Freebase to fetch a structured description of a few biographies in the History Of Sciences. Then I was able to display this information in an interactive timeline: http://lindenb.integragen.org/xulhistory/history.php

Just for fun, it was also used to create a KML map.

See also my blog entry at : http://plindenbaum.blogspot.com/2008/02/freebase-and-history-of-sciences.html

Pierre