actorBorn: 12/28/1908Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota Ayres appeared in more than 60 films, but is known for being a conscientious objector to World War II. Both Hollywood and movie fans balked…
Each year the American Lung Association issues their "State of the Air" report. They track year-round and short-term particle pollution as well as the…
Each year the American Lung Association issues their "State of the Air" report. They track year-round and short-term particle pollution as well as the…
Senate Years of Service:
1796-1797
Party:
Democratic Republican
BLOUNT, William, (father of William Grainger Blount and brother of Thomas Blount), a Delegate from North Carolina and a Senator…
Senate Years of Service: 1811-1814; 1815-1818Party: Democratic Republican; Democratic RepublicanCAMPBELL, George Washington, a Representative and a Senator from Tennessee; born in the parish…
(Marvin John Nance)actorBorn: 12/21/1943Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts Nance acted in several films directed by David Lynch, most memorably in the lead role of Eraserhead (1976); he also…
(Lucille Fay Le Sueur)actressBorn: 3/23/1908Birthplace: San Antonio, Texas Academy Award -winning actress whose portrayal of independent women is associated with Hollywood's most glamorous era.…
jazz bass playerBorn: 1912Birthplace: New York City Peer began plucking the strings for the Chick Webb Orchestra in 1937. He backed up stars such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Lena Horne,…
(Encyclopedia) Morton, Jelly Roll, 1890–1941, American jazz musician, composer, and band leader, originally named Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe, b. Gulfport, La. He began studying piano as a child and in…
