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John Peter RICHARDSON, Congress, SC (1801-1864)

RICHARDSON, John Peter, a Representative from South Carolina; born at Hickory Hill, S.C., April 14, 1801; was graduated from South Carolina College at Columbia in 1819; studied law; was…

Andrea Jung

business executiveBorn: 1959 Birthplace: Toronto, Canada The oldest child of Chinese immigrants, Jung grew up speaking both English and Mandarin Chinese. Jung received a BA in English literature…

Kasparov, Garry

(Encyclopedia) Kasparov, GarryKasparov, Garrykəspärˈôf, –ŏf [key], 1963–, Armenian chess player, b. Azerbaijan (then in the USSR) as Garik Kimovich Wainshtein. He became the world junior champion at…

Biographies of Notable U.S. Immigrants

Biographies of Notable U.S. Immigrants A-H | H-M | N-S | T-Z Charlize Theron, actor Chinua Achebe , writer Christiane Amanpour, TV news correspondent Elizabeth…

2006 Olympics: Freestyle Skiing, Men's

Aerials  Points1Xiaopeng Han, CHN250.772Dmitri Dashinski, BLR248.683Vladimir Lebedev, RUS246.76Moguls  Points1Dale Begg-Smith, AUS26.772Mikko Ronkainen, FIN26.623Toby Dawson,…

TAYLOR, Gary Eugene (Gene), Congress, MS (1953)

TAYLOR, Gary Eugene (Gene), a Representative from Mississippi; born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., September 17, 1953; graduated from De LaSalle High School, New Orleans, La., 1971; B.A.,…

Samuel A. Alito, Jr.

Federal Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitBorn: April 1, 1950Birthplace: Trenton, N.J. Judge Alito was nominated as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court by President George W.…