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Moon walkers

The Question: How many people have walked on the Moon? The Answer: Twelve astronauts have walked on the Moon, the last in 1972. Here…

House of Representatives, 112th Congress

Below is the composition of the 112th Congress' House of Representatives, following the 2010 midterm elections. In the following lists, the numeral indicates the congressional district represented…

James Mellow

biographer, art criticBorn: 2/28/1926Birthplace: Gloucester, Massachusetts An art critic for The New York Times, Mellow is best known as a biographer of prominent figures in literature. His works…

Sheilah Graham

gossip columnist, writerBorn: 9/20/1904Birthplace: London, England Born Lily Sheil, Graham grew up in a London orphanage. She later moved to the United States and became a gossip columnist in…

Danbury

(Encyclopedia) Danbury Danbury dănˈbĕrˌē, –bərē [key], city (2020 pop. 86,518),…

Georgetown, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia) Georgetown. 1 Town (2020 pop. 37,086), Scott co., N central Ky., in the bluegrass country; settled 1776, inc. 1790. In a rich…

Parks, Gordon

(Encyclopedia) Parks, Gordon (Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks), 1912–2006, African-American photographer, filmmaker, writer, and composer, b. Fort Scott, Kans. Parks purchased his first camera…

swan

(Encyclopedia) swan, common name for a large aquatic bird of both hemispheres, related to ducks and geese. It has a long, gracefully curved neck and an extremely long, convoluted trachea which makes…

Smith, Dean Edwards

(Encyclopedia) Smith, Dean Edwards, 1931–2015, American college basketball coach, b. Emporia, Kans. After playing basketball at the Univ. of Kansas (grad. 1953), Smith joined (1954) the Air Force and…