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Amy Madigan

actressBorn: 9/11/1950Birthplace: Chicago Former rock singer Madigan has garnered several stage and film credits, first coming to notice in Love Child (1982). In her next movie (Places in the Heart…

What was Truman's Middle Name?

The Question: How come the middle names are listed for every U.S. President except Harry S. Truman? What does the "S" stand for? The Answer: You have hit on an…

Mazursky, Paul

(Encyclopedia) Mazursky, Paul (Irwin Lawrence Mazursky), 1939-2014, American film director, screenwriter, and actor, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Brooklyn…

Clark, Tom Campbell

(Encyclopedia) Clark, Tom Campbell, 1899–1977, U.S. attorney general (1945–49), associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1949–67), b. Dallas, Tex.; father of Ramsey Clark. He received his law…

The First Movie Theater

The Question: When and where was the first movie theater? The Answer: The first theater in the world exclusively devoted to showing motion pictures was the…

Ted POE, Congress, TX (1948)

POE, Ted, a Representative from Texas; born in Temple, Bell County, Tex., September 10, 1948; B.A., Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Tex., 1970; JD., University of Houston, Houston, Tex…

Popular Kids' Names

The top boys' and girls' names, from 1900-2015 by Elaine Rho Related Links Most Common Names of Twins Most Common Names of Twin Girls Most Common Names of Twin Boys Most Popular…

Books & Writing

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Women in the 111th Congress

This table provides the name and state of the women currently serving in the 111th Congress (which began in 2009). There are 77 women in the House of Representatives and 17 women in the Senate…

People Who Died in 2007

See also 2006 Deaths 2005 Deaths 2004 Deaths 2003 Deaths 2002 Deaths 2001 Deaths 2000 Deaths…