LANDIS, Gerald Wayne, a Representative from Indiana; born in Bloomfield, Greene County, Ind., February 23, 1895; attended the public schools of Linton, Ind.; served as a lieutenant in the…
LANDY, James, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Northern Liberties District, Philadelphia, Pa., October 13, 1813; attended the public schools; studied law, but abandoned the same and…
baseball playerBorn: August 14, 1954Died: April 13, 2009 (Massachusetts, USA) Best Known as: baseball player Mark Fidrych, better known to baseball fans as "the…
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(Encyclopedia) di Suvero, Markdi Suvero, Markdē s&oomacr;ˈvərō [key], 1933–, American sculptor, b. Shanghai. Di Suvero's major works are constructions of massize pieces of steel, huge weathered…
(Encyclopedia) Clark, Mark Wayne, 1896–1984, U.S. general, b. Madison Barracks, N.Y. A West Point graduate, he served as a captain in World War I and rose to become (1942) army ground forces chief of…
(Encyclopedia) Esper, Mark Thomas, 1964–, U.S. army officer and government official, b. Uniontown, Pa., B.S West Point, 1986; M.P.A. Harvard, 1995, Ph.D. George Washington Univ., 2008. Rising to the…
(Encyclopedia) McGwire, Mark DavidMcGwire, Mark Davidməgwīrˈ [key], 1963–, American baseball player, b. Pomona, Calif. A muscular first baseman who was a college and Olympic (1984) star, McGwire…
