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John Thomas HUNT, Congress, MO (1860-1916)

HUNT, John Thomas, a Representative from Missouri; born in St. Louis, Mo., February 2, 1860; attended the common schools; in his youth was a professional ball player and umpire; became a…

Maxine WATERS, Congress, CA (1938)

WATERS, Maxine, a Representative from California; born Maxine (Moore) Carr, in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Mo., August 15, 1938; B.A., California State University, Los Angeles, Calif., 1970;…

William Lacy CLAY, Jr., Congress, MO (1956)

CLAY, William Lacy, Jr., (son of William Lacy Clay, Sr.), a Representative from Missouri; born in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Mo., July 27, 1956; graduated from Springbrook High School, Silver…

Candice Bergen

actressBorn: 5/9/1946Birthplace: Beverly Hills, California Emmy Award-winning television and film actress who enjoyed a successful film career but found wider praise and recognition starring as…

Juliette Binoche

actressBorn: 3/9/1964Birthplace: Paris, France Though known to American audiences first for her Academy Award winning performance as supporting actress in The English Patient (1996), the French…

Hedy Lamarr

(Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler)actressBorn: 11/9/1913Birthplace: Vienna, Austria Austrian-born film actress in the thirties and forties who won notoriety by appearing nude in the Czech film Extase (1932…

NFL Football Preview 2000: NFC West

  NFL Preview: NFC West St. Louis, Carolina, Atlanta, New Orleans, San Francisco   by Mike Morrison   1. St. Louis—Even if Kurt Warner's production drops 25…

Marie Leszczynska

(Encyclopedia) Marie LeszczynskaMarie Leszczynskalĕshchĭnˈskə [key], 1703–68, queen of France, wife of Louis XV, and daughter of Stanislaus I of Poland. Married in 1725, she bore 10 children and was…

Charles I, duke of Lower Lorraine

(Encyclopedia) Charles I, 953–992?, duke of Lower Lorraine (977–91); younger son of King Louis IV of France. He claimed the French throne when his nephew, Louis V of France, died (987) without issue…

Trianon

(Encyclopedia) TrianonTrianontrēänôNˈ [key], two small châteaux in the park of Versailles, Seine-et-Oise dept., N France. The Grand Trianon was built by J. H. Mansart in 1687 for Louis XIV; Napoleon…