actorBorn: 1/22/1940Birthplace: Chesterfield, England Oscar-nominated actor whose career spans four decades and more than eighty roles ranging from the classical to the futuristic. Perhaps best…
(Harry Longabaugh)outlawBorn: 1870Birthplace: Phoenixville, Pennsylvania Famous outlaw and friend of Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid joined with the “Wild Bunch”, a group of bank and train robbers…
McCORD, Andrew, a Representative from New York; born at what is now Stony Ford, Wallkill Township, Orange County, N.Y., about 1754; attended the common schools and Newburgh Academy; delegate…
(Encyclopedia) Keene, Laura, c.1826–1873, Anglo-American actress-manager, b. England. She played with Mme Vestris at the Lyceum, London. She emigrated to the United States in 1852 and became manager…
(Encyclopedia) Rowley, WilliamRowley, Williamrouˈlē [key], 1585?–1642?, English playwright and actor. He collaborated with many noted dramatists, including Dekker, Ford, and Webster; his best work,…
(Encyclopedia) Taylor, Tom, 1817–80, English dramatist and editor. His most famous play is Our American Cousin (1858), performed at Ford's Theater in Washington, D. C., when Lincoln was assassinated…
(Encyclopedia) Laird, Melvin Robert, 1922–2016, American politician, U.S. secretary of defense (1969–73), b. Omaha, Nebr. After serving (1942–46) in the navy during World War II, he entered politics…
(Encyclopedia) Rockefeller, Nelson Aldrich, 1908–79, U.S. public official, governor of New York (1959–73), Vice President of the United States (1974–77), b. Bar Harbor, Maine; grandson of John D.…
George W. Bush's secretary of DefenseBorn: 7/9/1932Birthplace: Chicago, Ill. The ultimate Washington insider, Rumsfeld became President Bush's secretary of defense in January 2001. He held the…
The World's Most Notorious Despots by Borgna Brunner The Me Millennium Infoplease's top ten despots of the last thousand years share a few common bonds. Each had a penchant for sadism.…
