(Encyclopedia) Hiva OaHiva Oahēˈvä ōˈä [key], volcanic island, 154 sq mi (399 sq km), South Pacific, second largest and the most important of the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Hiva Oa is the…
fashion designerBorn: 1946 Von Furstenberg is the creator of the now-classic V-neck wraparound knit dress. During the 1970s, when Von Furstenberg introduced the slinky dress, she was selling about…
(Carl Adolf Von Sydow)actor, directorBorn: 4/10/1929Birthplace: Lund, Sweden Versatile character actor equally at home in Hollywood films, like Conan the Barbarian (1981), on TV as in Kojak: The…
(Jennifer Mary Butala)actressBorn: 9/30/1971Birthplace: Los Angeles Engaging young actress who vaulted from nowhere to fame on television in Dharma and Greg (1997–2002) and into movies such as…
theater directorDied: January 11, 2009 (Florida, USA) Best Known as: director of "Hair" Tom O'Horgan, an innovative stage and screen director, introduced the…
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Senate Years of Service: 1947-1953Party: DemocratOâCONOR, Herbert Romulus, a Senator from Maryland; born in Baltimore, Md., on November 17, 1896; attended the parochial schools; graduated…
OâBRIEN, Jeremiah, a Representative from Maine; born in Machias, Washington County, Maine, on January 21, 1778; attended the common schools; engaged in lumber manufacturing and in shipping;…
OâLOUGHLIN, Kathryn Ellen, (after election was married to Daniel M. McCarthy and thereupon served under the name of Kathryn OâLoughlin McCarthy), a Representative from Kansas; born near…
McCARTHY, Kathryn OâLoughlin, a Representative from Kansas. (See OâLOUGHLIN, Kathryn Ellen.) Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present Related…