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Charlton Heston

(Charlton Carter)actorBorn: 10/4/1924Birthplace: Evanston, Illinois Academy Award-winning screen actor known for his roles in epic films, including The Ten Commandments (1956), Ben-Hur (1959), and…

The 1998 Emmy Awards

50th Emmy Awards: Drama Series Nominees outstanding series | directing | writing | nextOutstanding Drama SeriesER (NBC)Law & Order (NBC)NYPD Blue (ABC)The Practice (ABC)The X-Files (Fox)…

Nobel Prizes: 2002

/* /*]]>*/ 2002 Nobel Prize Winners   Jimmy Carter, former president of the United StatesPeace: Jimmy Carter, former U.S. president and , were cited "for their work for a better organized…

Holm, Jeanne Marjorie

(Encyclopedia) Holm, Jeanne Marjorie, 1921–2010, U.S. military officer, the first female general in the U.S. air force, b. Portland, Oreg. Enlisting in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in 1942, she…

Gardner, Isabella Stewart

(Encyclopedia) Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840–1924, American art collector, b. New York City. She lived in Boston following her marriage to the financier Jack Gardner. After the Civil War her home…

Torrijos Herrera, Omar

(Encyclopedia) Torrijos Herrera, OmarTorrijos Herrera, Omarōmärˈ tōrēˈhōs ārāˈrä [key], 1929–81, military leader, dictator of Panama (1968–78). As a lieutenant colonel, he led, together with Col.…

Lawrence Yates SHERMAN, Congress, IL (1858-1939)

Senate Years of Service: 1913-1921Party: RepublicanSHERMAN, Lawrence Yates, a Senator from Illinois; born near Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, November 8, 1858; moved with his parents to Illinois…

Jonathan DAYTON, Congress, NJ (1760-1824)

Senate Years of Service: 1799-1805 Party: Federalist DAYTON, Jonathan, (son of Elias Dayton), a Delegate, a Representative, and a Senator from New Jersey; born in Elizabethtown (now Elizabeth),…

Hoaxes - Literary

Poetic License by Borgna Brunner Who Wants to Impersonate a Billionaire? Few figures in American life have generated as much wild speculation as the eccentric Howard Hughes. So the…

Leviticus

(Encyclopedia) LeviticusLeviticuslĭvĭtˈəkəs [key], book of the Bible, 3d of the five books of the Law (the Pentateuch or Torah) ascribed by tradition to Moses. It is in essence a collection of…