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Budd Schulberg Biography

writerBorn: March 27, 1914Died: August 5, 2009 (New York, USA) Best Known as: writer Budd Schulberg wrote the screenplay for the classic films On the…

Hardly water(gate) under the bridge

The Question: I have researched literally hundreds of articles and cannot find the names of the seven senators on the Senate Watergate Committee. Can you…

Howe, Julia Ward

(Encyclopedia) Howe, Julia Ward, 1819–1910, American author and social reformer, b. New York City. Although unhappily married, she assisted her husband, Samuel Gridley Howe, in his philanthropic…

Huntsville, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia) Huntsville. 1 City (2020 pop. 215,006), seat of Madison co., N Ala.; inc. 1811. A major center for U.S. space research, Huntsville is…

John Henry ROGERS, Congress, AR (1845-1911)

ROGERS, John Henry, a Representative from Arkansas; born near Roxobel, Bertie County, N.C., October 9, 1845; moved to Mississippi in 1852 with his parents, who settled near Madison Station;…

Robert Brown Parker

writerBorn: 9/17/1932Birthplace: Springfield, Massachusetts While teaching at Boston area colleges, Robert Brown Parker began writing his series of mystery novels. The first, The Godwulf…

Paul RYAN, Congress, WI (1970)

RYAN, Paul, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Janesville, Rock County, Wis., January 29, 1970; graduated from Joseph A. Craig High School, Janesville, Wis.; B.A., Miami University,…

Michelle Pfeiffer

actressBorn: 4/29/1958Birthplace: Santa Ana, California, Having started out in television guest appearances and commercials, Pfeiffer proved she could hold her own opposite heavyweights like Jack…

Opechancanough

Pamunkey Indian chief; later chief of Powhatan ConfederacyBorn: c. 1545Birthplace: ? Opechancanough is first mentioned in connection with Capt. John Smith, who set out in the winter of 1607–1608,…

McAdoo, William Gibbs

(Encyclopedia) McAdoo, William GibbsMcAdoo, William Gibbsmăkˈəd&oomacr; [key], 1863–1941, American political leader, U.S. secretary of the treasury (1913–18), b. near Marietta, Ga. The son of a…