Senate Years of Service: 1864-1873Party: RepublicanNYE, James Warren, a Senator from Nevada; born in De Ruyter, Madison County, N.Y., June 10, 1815; attended the common schools and Homer…
Senate Years of Service: 1963-1981Party: DemocratRIBICOFF, Abraham Alexander, a Representative and a Senator from Connecticut; born in New Britain, Hartford County, Conn., April 9, 1910;…
RIVERA, Luis Muñoz, a Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico; born in Barranquitas, P.R., July 17, 1859; attended the common schools; engaged in commerce and general business; founded La…
VREELAND, Albert Lincoln, a Representative from New Jersey; born in East Orange, Essex County, N.J., July 2, 1901; attended the public schools; served as ambulance driver for the American Red…
Kosovo Bleeds Since February 1998 the Yugoslav army and Serbian police have fought against the separatist Kosovo Liberation Army, but their scorched-earth tactics have been concentrated on ethnic…
Rudolph W. "Rudy" Giuliani was the New York City mayor who went from being honored for his response to attacks on the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001 to being famous for loud and animated…
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was president of Brazil from 2002-2010, and then was reelected to the office in a surprise comeback in 2022. Luiz da Silva was born into poverty and trained as a…
Name at birth: George Keefer BrewerGeorge Reeves is the actor most famous for playing comic-book hero Superman on the 1950s TV series The Adventures of Superman. George Reeves was working at the…
