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Kate Moss

modelBorn: 1/16/1974Birthplace: London, England A supermodel known for her waifish look, Moss was discovered at John F. Kennedy International Airport when she was 14 and on vacation with her family…

Hans Wegner Biography

furniture designerBorn: April 2, 1914Birthplace: Tonder, DenmarkDied: Jan. 26, 2007 (Copenhagen) Designer whose Danish Modern furniture gained popularity in the…

Mary McGrory

political columnist A book reviewer for 11 years, McGrory earned a national reputation in 1954 for her coverage of the McCarthy hearings for the Washington Star newspaper. She became a national…

William Smokey Robinson

singer, songwriterBorn: 2/19/1940Birthplace: Detroit Grammy Award-winning singer and song-writer known for his falsetto voice and as a premier song-writer with more than 4,000 songs to his credit.…

Lyndon Baines JOHNSON, Congress, TX (1908-1973)

Senate Years of Service: 1949-1961Party: DemocratJOHNSON, Lyndon Baines, (father-in-law of Charles Spittal Robb), a Representative and a Senator from Texas and a Vice President and 36th…

Dillon, Clarence Douglas

(Encyclopedia) Dillon, Clarence DouglasDillon, Clarence Douglasdĭlˈən [key], 1909–2003, U.S. secretary of the treasury (1961–65), b. Geneva, Switzerland (of American parents). After graduation (1931…

Coleman, William Thaddeus, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Coleman, William Thaddeus, Jr., 1920–2017, African-American lawyer and U.S. cabinet official, b. Philadelphia, grad. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1941, Harvard Law School, 1946. He clerked…