director, writerBorn: 9/15/1946Birthplace: New York City Academy Award-winning director and writer known for his controversial historical films. His films include Born on the Fourth of July (1989…
(Norvell Hardy)actorBorn: 1/18/1892Birthplace: Harlem, Georgia The portly half of the Laurel and Hardy comedy team, he and Stan Laurel made more than 110 films together over some twenty years.…
Born: 10/1/1924Birthplace: Plains, Ga. James Earl Carter, Jr., was born in the tiny village of Plains, Ga., Oct. 1, 1924, and grew up on the family farm at nearby Archery. Both parents were fifth-…
musician, actorBorn: 9/11/1967Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana Musician known whose smooth voice and revival of swing and big band have drawn comparisons to Frank Sinatra. Connick was playing…
(Encyclopedia) Gore, Albert Arnold, Jr., 1948–, Vice President of the United States (1993–2001), b. Washington, D.C., grad. Harvard, 1969. After serving in the army in Vietnam and working as a…
(Encyclopedia) Wolcott, Oliver, 1760–1833, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1795–1800), b. Litchfield, Conn; son of Oliver Wolcott. Admitted to the bar in 1781, he served as Connecticut comptroller (…
(Encyclopedia) Hiss, AlgerHiss, Algerălˈjər [key], 1904–96, American public official, b. Baltimore. After serving (1929–30) as secretary to Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Hiss practiced law in Boston…
Born: 1937Birthplace: Rochester, N.Y. Microprocessor concept and architecture—Ted Hoff was the first to recognize that Intel's new silicon-gated MOS technology might make a single-chip CPU possible…
