As humans, we get by with five senses: touch, taste, sight, smell, and hearing. They work well for us, but other animals have developed many other strange and wonderful ways to find their way…
KLUCZYNSKI, John Carl, a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Ill., February 15, 1896; attended the public and parochial schools; during the First World War served overseas as a…
DAVENPORT, James, (brother of John Davenport of Connecticut), a Representative from Connecticut; born in Stamford, Conn., October 12, 1758; was graduated from Yale College in 1777; served in…
When a fossil arrives in a laboratory, it is usually embedded in a chunk of the rock it was found in. The first job for the specially trained technicians, called preparators, is to free the fossil…
baseball playerBorn: August 14, 1954Died: April 13, 2009 (Massachusetts, USA) Best Known as: baseball player Mark Fidrych, better known to baseball fans as "the…
Professional football player, actorBorn: 9/15/1940Died: 3/11/2010Best Known as: Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Merlin Olsen grew up in Utah, where he played football…
FUNDERBURK, David, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Langley Field, Va., April 28, 1944; graduated Aberdeen High School; attended Wake Forest University, 1962-1967, B.A. and M.A.;…
NEAL, Stephen Lybrook, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, N.C., November 7, 1934; attended schools in North Carolina and California; graduated from…
STALLWORTH, James Adams, a Representative from Alabama; born in Evergreen, Conecuh County, Ala., April 7, 1822; attended Old Field Piney Woods Schools; engaged as a planter; studied law; was…
