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…
Senate Years of Service: 1947-1959Party: RepublicanBRICKER, John William, a Senator from Ohio; born on a farm near Mount Sterling, Madison County, Ohio, September 6, 1893; attended the country…
Senate Years of Service: 1861-1865; 1865-1872Party: Unionist; DemocratDAVIS, Garrett, (brother of Amos Davis), a Representative and a Senator from Kentucky; born in Mount Sterling, Ky.,…
(Encyclopedia) Masaryk, JanMasaryk, Janyän mäˈsärĭk [key], 1886–1948, Czechoslovak diplomat, son of Thomas G. Masaryk. He was (1925–38) Czechoslovak minister to Great Britain, and in London he became…
(Encyclopedia) Mackenzie, Sir William, 1849–1923, Canadian railroad builder and financier, b. Ontario. In the early 1870s he became a railroad contractor. He constructed portions of the Canadian…
Senate Years of Service: 1861-1867Party: RepublicanLANE, Henry Smith, a Representative and a Senator from Indiana; born near Sharpsburg, Bath County, Ky., February 24, 1811; received a…
band Musician/composers Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, together known as Steely Dan, are known for their eclectic and cynical blend of rock, pop, jazz, blues, and R&B. Meeting at Bard College…
(Encyclopedia) Orangeburg, city (1990 pop. 13,739), seat of Orangeburg co., central S.C., on the North Fork of the Edisto River; settled 1732, inc. as a city 1883. It is the trade and processing…
