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Carole Lombard

(Jane Alice Peters)actressBorn: 10/6/1908Birthplace: Fort Wayne, Indiana Lombard's screwball comic style radiated both intelligence and sex appeal, making her a popular favorite in films such as My…

Marcus Claiborne LISLE, Congress, KY (1862-1894)

LISLE, Marcus Claiborne, a Representative from Kentucky; born near Winchester, Clark County, Ky., September 23, 1862; attended the common schools of his native county and the University of…

Hank JOHNSON, Congress, GA (1954)

JOHNSON, Hank, a Representative from Georgia; born in Washington, D.C., October 2, 1954; B.A., Clark College (Clark Atlanta University), Atlanta, Ga., 1976; J.D., Thurgood Marshall School of Law,…

Dean Cain

actorBorn: 7/31/1966Birthplace: Mt. Clemens, Michigan Actor who played Superman/Clark Kent in the popular TV series Lois & Clark: The Adventures of Superman (1993–97). Though his adoptive…

Lemuel James ALSTON, Congress, SC (1760-1836)

ALSTON, Lemuel James, a Representative from South Carolina; born in the eastern part of Granville (now Warren) County, N.C., in 1760; moved to South Carolina after the Revolutionary War and…

Walter Lowrie WEAVER, Congress, OH (1851-1909)

WEAVER, Walter Lowrie, a Representative from Ohio; born in Montgomery County, Ohio, April 1, 1851; attended the public schools and Monroe Academy, and was graduated from Wittenberg College,…

Zadock COOK, Congress, GA (1769-1863)

COOK, Zadock, a Representative from Georgia; born in Virginia February 18, 1769; moved to Hancock County, Ga., in early life, and was one of the first settlers in Clark County; self-educated;…

apparition

(Encyclopedia) apparition, spiritualistic manifestation of a person or object in which a form not actually present is seen with such intensity that belief in its reality is created. The ancient and…

United States History

First Kids First Pets Time Tangled Island: Declaration of Independence Time Tangled Island: Lewis and Clark U.S. History Timeline Just Where Was Columbus? States by Order of Entry into Union…

Earl BLUMENAUER, Congress, OR (1948)

BLUMENAUER, Earl, a Representative from Oregon; born in Portland,Multnomah County, Oreg., August 16, 1948; graduated from Centennial High School, 1966; B.A., Lewis and Clark College, Portland…