Born: May 16, 1928Baseball 5-time manager of NY Yankees; won 2 pennants and 1 World Series (1977); also managed Minnesota, Detroit, Texas and Oakland; played on 5 Yankee world champions in 1950s.…
actorBorn: 11/4/1919Birthplace: Bronx, New York A veteran character actor of stage and television, he made his film debut in On the Waterfront (1954). His most memorable roles include the private…
(Ramon Estevez)actorBorn: 8/3/1940Birthplace: Dayton, Ohio One of ten children of a poor Spanish immigrant father and Irish mother, Sheen got his start on Broadway, where he won a Tony Award for…
actorBorn: 6/20/1931Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York This familiar actor spent four years as a staff cartoonist at the New York Times before heading for the stage in 1951, soon appearing on Broadway…
Born: June 2, 1972Golfer suffers from a birth defect in his right leg known as Klippel-Trenauney-Webber Syndrome; won lawsuit against the PGA Tour for the right to use a golf cart during…
(Encyclopedia) Bülow, Bernhard Heinrich Martin, Fürst vonBülow, Bernhard Heinrich Martin, Fürst vonbĕrnˈhärt hīnˈrĭkh märˈtĭn fŭrst fən büˈlō [key], 1849–1929, German chancellor. He held many…
(Encyclopedia) Balanchine, GeorgeBalanchine, Georgebălˈənshēnˌ [key], 1904–83, American choreographer and ballet dancer, b. St. Petersburg, Russia, as Georgi Balanchivadze. The son of a Georgian…
(Encyclopedia) Luks, George BenjaminLuks, George Benjaminl&oomacr;ks [key], 1867–1933, American portrait and genre painter, b. Williamsport, Pa., studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine…
(Encyclopedia) Rooke, Sir GeorgeRooke, Sir Georger&oobreve;k [key], 1650–1709, English admiral. In the War of the Grand Alliance he defeated a French fleet under the comte de Tourville in the…
(Encyclopedia) Selwyn, George AugustusSelwyn, George Augustussĕlˈwĭn [key], 1809–78, English prelate. In 1841 he was appointed to the colonial diocese of New Zealand, becoming the first Anglican…
