Senate Years of Service: 1937-1943Party: DemocratSCHWARTZ, Henry Herman (Harry), a Senator from Wyoming; born on a farm near Fort Recovery, Mercer County, Ohio, May 18, 1869; educated in the…
Senate Years of Service: 1937-1943 Party: Democrat SCHWARTZ, Henry Herman (Harry), a Senator from Wyoming; born on a farm near Fort Recovery, Mercer County, Ohio, May 18, 1869; educated in…
Biblical figure The Hebrew Bible Book of Ruth tells the story of Ruth, a young widow from Moab (east of the Dead Sea), and her devotion to her mother-in-law, Naomi. When Naomi, also a widow,…
modeling agency founderBorn: 1911Birthplace: Chicago, Ill. Originally working as a radio performer and model in the 1930s, he founded his own modeling agency in New York in 1939. He called his…
inventorBorn: 11/4/1884Birthplace: Dromore, County Down, Ireland He began working in his own business at age 16 in Belfast, and went on to build his own airplane, making the first flight in Ireland…
lawyer, founder of Rotary InternationalBorn: 1868Birthplace: Racine, Wis. Having grown up in Vermont and studied law in Iowa, he set up a practice in Chicago, where he founded an informal…
economistBorn: 8/24/1927Birthplace: Chicago, Ill. Nobel Laureate economist who pioneered the idea of a “portfolio” that investors could use to minimize their risks. The theory was that if one were…
model, actressBorn: 8/25/1970Birthplace: Rheinberg/Dusseldorf, Germany A super model who was discovered by a talent scout while she was dancing in a nightclub. Schiffer has appeared on the cover of…
(Eleanor Gow)model, actressBorn: 3/29/1964Birthplace: Sydney, Australia Elle Macpherson, like so many of her supermodel colleagues, has used a successful modeling career as the foundation for…
