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Notable Philanthropists

Andrew Carnegie See also Activists and Reformers People in the NewsRecent Obituaries Related Links Charitable Contributions by Type of Recipient Organization…

Other Selected Athletes

Lance Armstrong winning the 1999 Tour de France See also Lance Armstrong Notable Summer Olympians, A-Z Notable Winter Olympics Biographies, A-Z People in the News Recent Obituaries…

Super Bowl XXXV Preview

Super Bowl Preview 2001 Giants vs. RavensJan. 28, 2001, 6:00 p.m. by Michael Morrison On the Defensive By now you've likely heard all the Super Bowl hype you can stand. You've…

Major League Baseball 1999 | All-Star Game

The 1999 All Star Game by Mike Morrison Take the All Star Game Quiz!Major League Baseball's first All-Star Game, matching the best players in the American League with the best in the National…

The Importance of Juneteenth

On June 19th, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger led a band of troops to Galveston, Texas, to proclaim slavery abolished. It had been two months since the surrender of Robert E. Lee and the…

Oklahoma

Capital: Oklahoma City State abbreviation/Postal code: Okla./OK Governor: Mary Fallin, R (to Jan. 2019) Lieut. Governor: Todd Lamb, R (…

Gubernatorial Elections 2002

  Gubernatorial Elections 2002   Thirty-six states, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands         Thirty-six states, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands…

New Mexico

Official Name: The State of New Mexico; Nuevo México (Spanish); Yootó Hahoodzo (Navajo) Capital: Santa Fe  …

Morgan

(Encyclopedia) Morgan, American family of financiers and philanthropists. Junius Spencer Morgan, 1813–90, b. West Springfield, Mass., prospered at investment banking. As a boy he became a dry-goods…