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Warren Gamaliel Harding

Born: 11/2/1865Birthplace: Morrow County, Ohio Warren Gamaliel Harding was born in Morrow County, Ohio, on Nov. 2, 1865. After attending Ohio Central College, Harding became interested in…

Florence Chadwick

Born: Nov. 9, 1917Dominant distance swimmer of 1950s set English Channel records from France to England (1950) and England to France (1951 and '55).Died: Mar. 15, 1995

Florence Henderson

actress, singerBorn: 2/14/1934Birthplace: Dale, Indiana Perky and petite actress known best for anchoring the The Brady Bunch (1969–74). Born one of ten children to a poor tobacco farmer, she was…

Hard and Soft C and G

The letters c and g can make spelling tricky. Each of these letters has a hard soundhard c sound (kuh): cat, cuphard g sound (guh): gap, goat as well as a soft sound.soft c sound (suh): cell,…

Tonya Harding

Born: Nov. 12, 1970Figure skater 1991 U.S. women's champion; involved in bizarre plot hatched by ex-husband Jeff Gillooly to injure rival Nancy Kerrigan on Jan. 6, 1994 and keep her off Olympic…

Harding, Chester

(Encyclopedia) Harding, Chester, 1792–1866, American portrait painter, b. Conway, Mass. He worked as an itinerant portrait painter long enough to enable him to study at the Pennsylvania Academy of…

Florence Griffith Joyner

Born: Dec. 21, 1959Track & Field set world records in 100 and 200 meters in 1988; won 3 gold medals at '88 Olympics (100m, 200m, 4x100m relay); Sullivan Award winner (1988); retired in 1989;…

Nightingale, Florence

(Encyclopedia) Nightingale, Florence, 1820–1910, English nurse, the founder of modern nursing, b. Florence, Italy. Her life was dedicated to the care of the sick and war wounded and to the promotion…

Kelley, Florence

(Encyclopedia) Kelley, Florence, 1859–1932, American social worker and reformer, b. Philadelphia, grad. Cornell, 1882, and Northwestern Univ. law school, 1894. Married in 1884 to a Polish doctor,…