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Daniel H. MILLER, Congress, PA (1846)

MILLER, Daniel H., a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., birth date unknown; elected as a Jackson Republican to the Eighteenth Congress; reelected as a Jacksonian to…

June 2009 Current Events: U.S. News

World News | Business/Science News Here are the key events in United States news for the month of June 2009. New Hampshire Governor Signs Same-Sex Marriage Bill (June…

Biographies of Famous African Americans

  Aaliyah–Ewing | Farmer–Innis | Jackson–Ludacris | Mac–Puckett | Rabb–Swoopes | Tanner–Van Der Zee Browse by category Government Officials Civil…

Marcia Gay Harden

actressBorn: 8/14/1959Birthplace: La Jolla, Calif. Harden is a respected film, stage, and television actress who is known for turning in consistently strong, nuanced performances. She began her…

Carl Weathers

actor, former professional football playerBorn: 1/14/1948Birthplace: New Orleans Having turned a professional football career into a successful acting career, he is probably best known as Rocky's…

Ed Harris

actorBorn: 11/28/1950Birthplace: Englewood, New Jersey Highly respected, Oscar-nominated character actor who has played both the hero—John Glenn in The Right Stuff (1983)—and the antihero—E.…

Spike Lee

(Shelton Jackson Lee)film writer, director, producer, actorBorn: 3/20/1957Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia Film writer, director, producer and actor known for his controversial films that tackle race…

Laurance Spelman Rockefeller

business executive, conservationistBorn: 5/26/1910Birthplace: New York City The third of five sons of John D Rockefeller, Jr., he seems to have inherited his grandfather's business acumen. Having…

Samuel F. B. Morse

American artist and inventorBorn: 1791 Although he is remembered as the inventor of the telegraph, Samuel Morse’s first career was as an artist. From 1810 through the 1830s he studied and taught…

John FLEMING, Congress, LA (1951)

FLEMING, John, a Representative from Louisiana; born in Meridian, Lauderdale County, Miss.; July 5, 1951; B. S., University of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss., 1973; M. D., University of…