(Encyclopedia) mousebird or colycolykōˈlē [key], common name for small, slender birds, comprising six species in the single genus Colius of the family Coliidae. They resemble mice in their soft,…
(Encyclopedia) Roach, Max (Maxwell Lemuel Roach), 1924–2007, African-American jazz drummer, b. Newland, N.C. Raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., he was playing jazz in Harlem clubs by 1943. Roach had an…
(Encyclopedia) solenodonsolenodonsōlēˈnədŏn [key], venomous insectivorous mammal, genus Solenodon, found in the West Indies. Related to moles and shrews, the solenodon resembles a rat with an…
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
Date of Information: 4/15/2009 Governor Gen. Rodney WILLIAMS Prime Min. Gaston BROWNE Dep. Prime Min.…
BRECKINRIDGE, James, (brother of John Breckinridge, great-great-great-uncle of John Bayne Breckinridge, and cousin of John Brown of Virginia and Kentucky, James Brown, and Francis Preston), a…
musicianBorn: 01/11/1942Birthplace: Norfolk, VaDied: 06/18/2011 (Palm Beach, Fla) Clarence Clemons was one of rock music's most well known and beloved sidemen.…
MARTIN, Morgan Lewis, (cousin of James Duane Doty), a Delegate from the Territory of Wisconsin; born in Martinsburg, Lewis County, N.Y., March 31, 1805; attended the common schools and was…
BROOKS, Franklin Eli, a Representative from Colorado; born in Sturbridge, Worcester County, Mass., November 19, 1860; attended the public schools; was graduated from Southbridge High School in…
Oglala Lakota holy manBorn: 1863Birthplace: Little Powder River, Wyoming Black Elk's life encompassed the U.S.-Sioux wars, the Battle of the Little Big Horn, and the 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee…
WYDLER, John Waldemar, a Representative from New York; born in Brooklyn, N.Y., June 9, 1924; attended West School of Long Beach, Long Beach High School, and Brown University, Providence, R.I…
