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Jerry Lyle PETTIS, Congress, CA (1916-1975)

PETTIS, Jerry Lyle, (husband of Shirley Neil Pettis), a Representative from California; born in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz., July 18, 1916; received elementary and secondary education in…

Ashley, Merrill

(Encyclopedia) Ashley, Merrill, 1950–, American ballerina, b. St. Paul, Minn. as Linda Michelle Merrill. She studied (1964–67) at the School of American Ballet, joining the parent New York City…

Our Big Home: An Earth Poem (Reading Rainbow)

Distributor:GPN Tour the United Nations headquarters with Le Var Burton, then travel with members of “Kids Can Free The Children” as they journey from their homes to Nicaragua to build a school.…

James Cameron

directorBorn: 8/16/1954Birthplace: Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada If he does nothing else, Cameron will always be remembered as the Oscar-winning director of Titanic (1997), the top-grossing film of…

Richard Milhous NIXON, Congress, CA (1913-1994)

Senate Years of Service: 1950-1953Party: RepublicanNIXON, Richard Milhous, a Representative and a Senator from California and a Vice President and 37th President of the United States; born in…

Charles Black, Jr.

Born: 9/22/1915Birthplace: Austin, Texas constitutional law expert and professor who helped to write the legal brief for 10-year-old Linda Brown, the plaintiff in the landmark 1954 Supreme Court…

Aaron Neville

singerBorn: 1/24/1941Birthplace: New Orleans Neville came to attention as a solo artist with the soul ballad “Tell It Like It Is” (1967); his single “Don't Know Much” (1990), a duet with Linda…

Matthew Modine

actorBorn: 3/22/1959Birthplace: Loma Linda, California Modine first broke into movies in 1983 with three films (Baby, It's You; Private School; Streamers) and then distinguished himself in a…

Benjamin J. Cayetano

governor of HawaiiBorn: November 14, 1939 Birthplace: Kalihi, Hawaii Cayetano received a B.A. in political science from UCLA in 1968 and law degree from Loyola University Law School in 1971. He…

Elaine Chao

George W. Bush's secretary of Labor Born: 1953Birthplace: Taiwan Chao has a distinguished career in public service, having served as President Bush's deputy secretary of transportation from 1989…