The Question: I was watching a movie about Pearl Harbor and it said that when the president asked for a declaration of war (against Japan) there was only one vote against it.…
(Encyclopedia) Tonkin Gulf resolution, in U.S. history, Congressional resolution passed in 1964 that authorized military action in Southeast Asia. On Aug. 4, 1964, North Vietnamese torpedo boats in…
(Encyclopedia) Baker, Howard Henry, Jr., 1925–2014, U.S. politician and public official, b. Huntsville, Tenn., grad. Univ. of Tennessee Law College 1949. The son of Howard Henry Baker, 1902–64, a…
(Encyclopedia) Gromyko, Andrei AndreyevichGromyko, Andrei Andreyevichgrōmēˈkō, Rus. əndrāˈ əndrāˈyəvĭch grəmĭˈkə [key], 1909–89, Soviet diplomat. A member of the Communist party from 1931, he entered…
(Encyclopedia) Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)Plautusplôˈtəs [key], c.254–184 b.c., Roman writer of comedies, b. Umbria. His plays, adapted from those of Greek New Comedy, are popular and vigorous…
(Encyclopedia) Casey, William Joseph, 1913–87, American public official, b. New York City. After graduating from Fordham (B.S., 1934) he obtained a law degree from St. Johns Univ. (1937). During…
Senate Years of Service: 1912-1913Party: RepublicanMASSEY, William Alexander, a Senator from Nevada; born in Oakfield, Trumbull County, Ohio, October 7, 1856; moved with his parents to Edgar…
SENSENBRENNER, Frank James, Jr., a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., June 14, 1943; graduated from Milwaukee Country Day School, 1961; A.B., Stanford…
DANNEMEYER, William Edwin, a Representative from California; born in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif., September 22, 1929; attended the Trinity Lutheran School, Los Angeles, 1943;…
An illustrated guide to the first ladies of the United States
Please note: Martha Jefferson, Rachel Jackson, Hannah Hoes Van Buren, and Ellen Arthur all died before their husbands became president…
