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The Year in Sports

Top 10 Sports Moments of the Year 1 McGwire Blasts 62nd Homer It was the crowning moment of the sports year. When Mark McGwire knocked his 62nd homer of the season, poking the ball just over…

2010 Nobel Prize Winners

Related Links Nobel Prize History Nobel Prize History Quiz Nobel Peace Prize Winners Quiz Women Nobel Prize…

Joseph VANCE, Congress, OH (1786-1852)

VANCE, Joseph, a Representative from Ohio; born in Catfish (now Washington), Washington County, Pa., March 21, 1786; moved with his father to Vanceburg, Ky., in 1788 and to Urbana, Ohio, in…

James WHITE, Congress, TN (1749-1809)

WHITE, James, (father of Edward Douglass White [1795-1847] and grandfather of Edward Douglass White [1845-1921]), a Delegate from North Carolina and from the Territory South of the River Ohio…

Dixie Chicks

country-music group The all-girl band from Dallas started out with a traditional country sound, but personnel changes and a more contemporary country sound earned them their biggest success. The…

organized crime

(Encyclopedia) organized crime, criminal activities organized and coordinated on a national scale, often with international connections. The American tradition of daring desperadoes like Jesse James…

1999 Daytona 500

Earnhardt's Ambition  Related Links All-time Daytona 500 Results All-time NASCAR Leaders After 19 years of Daytona futility, the legendary Dale Earnhardt finally broke through and won…

2006 Olympics: Freestyle Skiing, Men's

Aerials  Points1Xiaopeng Han, CHN250.772Dmitri Dashinski, BLR248.683Vladimir Lebedev, RUS246.76Moguls  Points1Dale Begg-Smith, AUS26.772Mikko Ronkainen, FIN26.623Toby Dawson,…