The Question: Who invented the mailbox and when? The Answer: First, some background. In the early 1800's, most letters in the U.S. were taken to the post office…
MEN Singles: 1. Yevgeny Kafelnikov, RUS def. 2. Tommy Haas, GER 7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3; 3. Arnaud Di Pasquale, FRA def. Roger Federer, SWI 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (7-9), 6-3. Doubles: 1. Sebastien…
VURSELL, Charles Wesley, (cousin of Carl Bert Albert), a Representative from Illinois; born in Salem, Marion County, Ill., February 8, 1881; attended the public schools of Marion County, Ill…
lawyer, civil rights activist, children's advocateBorn: 6/6/1939Birthplace: Bennettsville, S.C. The youngest of five children of a Baptist preacher, Edelman attended Spelman College in Atlanta and…
book publisherBorn: 9/12/1892Birthplace: New York City A premier book publisher who paid as much attention to the typestyle and materials of the books he published as to the quality of the…