Born: 1945Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pa. Implantable defibrillator—Heilman, Langer, Mower, and Mirowski: This team of doctors developed the implantable defibrillator, an internal electronic device…
(Encyclopedia) Johnston, Sir Harry Hamilton, 1858–1927, British explorer and colonial official. His early interest in the natural sciences was combined with his concern for the political problems of…
Born: 1924Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland Implantable defibrillator—Heilman, Langer, Mower, and Mirowski: This team of doctors developed the implantable defibrillator, an internal electronic device that…
(Encyclopedia) Diana, princess of Wales, 1961–97, wife of Charles, prince of Wales, heir to the British throne. The daughter of the 8th Earl Spencer, Lady Diana Frances Spencer was a kindergarten…
(Encyclopedia) Basie, Count (William Basie)Basie, Countbāˈsē [key], 1904–84, American jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer, b. Red Bank, N.J. After working in dance halls and vaudeville in New York…
HOFFMAN, Richard William, a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Ill., December 23, 1893; veteran of the First World War; engaged in the printing and publishing business; owned and…
MOORE, John Matthew, a Representative from Texas; born on a farm near Richmond, Fort Bend County, Tex., November 18, 1862; attended the common schools and the Agricultural and Mechanical…
actor Born: 8/11/1902Birthplace: San Francisco, California Lloyd Nolan was most famous for his role as the curmudgeonly Doctor Morton Chegley in the Diahann Carroll situation comedy Julia (1968–71…
Senate Years of Service: 1968-1974Party: RepublicanCOOK, Marlow Webster, a Senator from Kentucky; born in Akron, Erie County, N.Y., on July 27, 1926; entered the United States Navy at…
WOLF, Frank Rudolph, a Representative from Virginia; born in Philadelphia, Pa., January 30, 1939; attended the University of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss., 1957-1958; B.A., Pennsylvania State…
