engineer and inventorBorn: 1935Birthplace: Georgia A native of Georgia, Clarence Elder founded Elder Systems Incorporated, a research and development company located in Baltimore, Maryland. Elder…
comedic actorBorn: 2/27/1892Birthplace: St. Paul, Minnesota Brash, comedic supporting actor from vaudeville, film and television, he appeared in more than 100 films from 1926 through 1975. He was…
actressBorn: 7/9/1957Birthplace: Newport Beach, California McGillis's first two movie performances, in Reuben, Reuben (1983) and Witness (1985), received critical praise. She next played opposite…
Yankees' David Cone achieves a flawless game by Mike Morrison On Sunday, July 18, New York Yankees pitcher David Cone accomplished one of the rarest feats in sports - the perfect…
(Encyclopedia) New York, New Haven, and Hartford RR, commonly called the New Haven RR; inc. 1872. Between 1872 and 1920, when dozens of small railroads were completed under the direction of financier…
(Encyclopedia) Vitruvius (Marcus Vitruvius Pollio)Vitruviusvĭtr&oomacr;ˈvēəs [key], fl. late 1st cent. b.c. and early 1st cent. a.d., Roman writer, engineer, and architect for the Emperor…
(Encyclopedia) Bynner, WitterBynner, Witterbĭnˈər [key], 1881–1968, American poet, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., grad. Harvard, 1902. As a poet Bynner had a remarkable facility for catching the cadences of…
(Encyclopedia) Portobelo,&sp;Porto BelloPorto Belloboth: pôrˌtōbĕlˈō [key], or Puerto BelloPuerto Bellopwārˈtō bāˈyō [key], town, central Panama, on the Caribbean Sea. The site, an excellent…
