Born: Oct. 27, 1922Baseball OF led NL in home runs 7 straight years (1946-52) with Pittsburgh; 369 career HRs and 1,015 RBI in 10 seasons; long-time NY Mets announcer.
actorBorn: 6/17/1904Birthplace: Chicago A prolific character actor, he was often cast as the nice guy who didn't get the girl in screwball comedies such as The Awful Truth (1937). He film credits…
painterBorn: 9/2/1914Birthplace: New York City A longtime union organizer for the United Electrical Workers among others, he began teaching himself to paint in 1944 and gained recognition in the…
actorBorn: 12/22/1962Birthplace: Suffolk, England Handsome British leading man who burst onto the American scene as the evil concentration camp commander Amon Goeth in Steven Spielberg's Schindler…
businessman and philanthropistBorn: 1909Birthplace: Boston, Mass. Rogers was one of the founders of PBS and its chairman from 1973 to 1979. He led the effort to join more than 200 public TV…
(Encyclopedia) Westmorland, Ralph Neville, 1st earl of, 1364–1425, English nobleman. His family was one of the most powerful in England and shared domination of the northern counties with the Percy…
(Encyclopedia) Christian Coalition, organization founded to advance the agenda of political and social conservatives, mostly comprised of evangelical Protestant Republicans, and to preserve what it…
(Encyclopedia) crumhorn, J-shaped, double-reed musical instrument used throughout Europe from the 15th cent. through the 17th cent. It possesses a soft, reedy tone. The reed is enclosed by a wooden…
(Encyclopedia) Abramoff scandal, in U.S. history, political corruption scandal resulting from criminal conduct on the part of lobbyist Jack Abramoff (1959–) and his associates. Abramoff was a…
