(Elizabeth Cochrane)journalistBorn: 5/5/1864Birthplace: Cochran's Mills, Pa. Bly is best remembered for circling the globe in 72 days, thus beating the record of Around the World in Eighty Days's…
TATGENHORST, Charles, Jr., a Representative from Ohio; born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, August 19, 1883; educated in the public schools of Cincinnati; was graduated from Cincinnati…
TRUMBULL, Joseph, (brother of Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.), a Delegate from Connecticut; born in Lebanon, Conn., March 11, 1737; was graduated from Harvard College in 1756; elected to the…
Senate Years of Service: 1907-1908Party: DemocratBRYAN, William James, (brother of Nathan Philemon Bryan), a Senator from Florida; born near Fort Mason, Orange (now Lake) County, Fla., October…
actor, musicianBorn: 4/7/1969Birthplace: Los Angeles Black spent most of the mid- and late-1990s in relative obscurity, frequently playing offbeat sidekick characters. That all changed in 2000,…
LANDRUM, Phillip Mitchell, a Representative from Georgia; born in Martin, Stephens County, Ga., September 10, 1907; attended the public schools and Mercer University, Macon, Ga.; graduated…
PAINE, Robert Treat, a Delegate from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., March 11, 1731; attended the Boston Latin School and was graduated from Harvard College in 1749; studied theology; was…
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(Encyclopedia) Kotelawala, Sir John Lionel, 1895–1980, Sri Lankan political and military leader. After studying at Christ College, Cambridge, he returned to Sri Lanka (then the British colony of…
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