magazine editor, writerBorn: 2/18/1922Birthplace: Green Forest, Ark. Helen Gurley studied at Texas State College for Women (now Texas Women's University) from 1939 to 1941, and at Woodbury Business…
gunsmith, inventorBorn: 1/21/1855Birthplace: Ogden, Utah Raised by Mormon parents, he made his first gun from scrap iron at age 13. He founded the Browning Brothers Company, which was responsible…
author, social activistBorn: 11/28/1944Birthplace: Hanover, Pennsylvania An early member of National Organization for Women, Brown resigned when the oganization tried to surpress her vocal pro-…
Born: 1898Birthplace: Springfield, Mass. Nystatin—Hazen and Brown: Nystatin was the world's first non-toxic anti-fungal antibiotic. It cured fungal infections of the skin, mouth, throat, and…
How A Charlie Brown Christmas Came to Pass The unlikely beginnings of a holiday classic by Holly Hartman The first of nearly 50 Peanuts television movies, A Charlie Brown Christmas…
television directorDied: February 10, 2008 (Manhattan, New York) Best Known as: television director of "Live From Lincoln Center" Kirk Browning started out his…
MACHTLEY, Ronald K., a Representative from Rhode Island; born in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa., July 13, 1948; attended public schools; B.S., United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., 1970…
DAVIS, Danny K., a Representative from Illinois; born in Parkdale, Ashley County, Ark., September 6, 1941; graduated from Savage High School, 1957; B.A., Arkansas A.M. & N. College, 1961;…
SIMPSON, Michael K., a Representative from Idaho; born in Burley, Cassia County, Idaho, September 8, 1950; graduated from Blackfoot High School, Blackfoot, Idaho, 1968; graduated from Utah…
SNOWBARGER, Vincent K., a Representative from Kansas; born in Kankakee, Ill., September 16, 1949; graduated from Shawnee Mission South High School, Overland Park, Kans., 1967; B.A., Southern…
