Richard Gordon KleindienstU.S. attorney generalBorn: 8/5/1923 President Nixon's attorney general who served for one year during the Watergate scandal. When he learned of the break-in shortly after…
(Encyclopedia) Gordon, river in W Tasmania, Australia, 125 mi (200 km) long. Flowing from mountains to the W coast, its main tributaries are the Franklin and Denison from the N, and Serpentine and…
Richard Nixon: Watergate by Ann-Marie Imbornoni and Tasha Vincent The scandal that ended the Nixon presidency began on June 17, 1972, when five men, all employees of Nixon's reelection…
COUSINS, Robert Gordon, a Representative from Iowa; born on a farm, âIndian Lodge,â near Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa, January 31, 1859; attended the common schools, and was graduated from…
Born: Aug. 4, 1971Auto racer NASCAR Rookie of Year (1993); 4-time Winston Cup champion (1995,97,98,2001); won inaugural Brickyard 400 in 1994; in 1997, at 25 became youngest winner of the Daytona…
actorBorn: 1948Birthplace: New Hampshire American TV and film actor who became a regular on the Emmy Award-winning TV drama NYPD Blue(1993–present) as Detective Gregory Medavoy after his guest…
American photographer, filmmaker, writer, and composer
Born: Nov. 30, 1912
Birthplace: Fort Scott, Kansas
Best known as an acclaimed photographer, Gordon Parks was also a highly…
Born: 1920Birthplace: New York City Optically-pumped laser amplifiers, gas-discharge-excited light amplifiers—Gould's lasers are used in 80% of industrial, commercial, and medical applications. He…
(Encyclopedia) Meade, George Gordon, 1815–72, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Cádiz, Spain. Graduated from West Point in 1835, he resigned from the army the next year and became a civil…
