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Sports Superstitions

We all hear popular superstitions when the 13th day of the month falls on a Friday. And no player wants to wear the number 13. It is said that superstitions have been…

Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday

Who originated the idea of a national holiday in honor of MLK? by Shmuel Ross and David Johnson Martin Luther King Day is a federal holiday observed on the third Monday in January.…

Recent Discoveries

Recent Discoveries: Earth Drags Space and Time Einstein's theory of relativity predicts that large rotating objects should drag space and time around themselves as they turn. The…

Edmund ROWE, Congress, OH (1892-1972)

ROWE, Edmund, a Representative from Ohio; born in Sherrodsville, Carroll County, Ohio, December 21, 1892; attended the public schools; worked in the coal mines 1905-1909, in the rubber…

Richard HAWES, Congress, KY (1797-1877)

HAWES, Richard, (brother of Albert Gallatin Hawes, nephew of Aylett Hawes, and cousin of Aylett Hawes Buckner), a Representative from Kentucky; born near Bowling Green, Caroline County, Va.,…

Edmund PENDLETON, Congress, VA (1721-1803)

PENDLETON, Edmund, (uncle of Nathaniel Pendleton and John Penn), a Delegate from Virginia; born in Caroline County, Va., September 9, 1721; completed preparatory studies; clerk, Caroline…

John PENN, Congress, NC (1741-1788)

PENN, John, (nephew of Edmund Pendleton and cousin of Nathaniel Pendleton), a Delegate from North Carolina; born near Port Royal, Caroline County, Va., May 17, 1741; was educated under private…

James Andrew McKENZIE, Congress, KY (1840-1904)

McKENZIE, James Andrew, (uncle of John McKenzie Moss), a Representative from Kentucky; born in Bennettstown, Christian County, Ky., August 1, 1840; attended the common schools of Christian…

Beverly Mills VINCENT, Congress, KY (1890-1980)

VINCENT, Beverly Mills, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Brownsville, Edmonson County, Ky., March 28, 1890; attended the public schools, Western Kentucky State Teachers College at…