Born: Sept. 11, 1924Football All-Pro DB for NY Giants (1954); coached Dallas for 29 years (1960-88); won 2 Super Bowls (1972,78); 3rd on NFL all-time list with 270 wins.Died: Feb. 12, 2000
(Encyclopedia) Landry, Tom (Thomas Wade Landry), 1924–2000, American football coach, b. Mission, Tex., B.S., Univ. of Texas, 1949, M.S. Univ. of Houston, 1952. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps (…
(Alice MacGraw)actressBorn: 4/1/1938Birthplace: Pound Ridge, New York This ex-fashion model rose to movie stardom with Goodbye Columbus (1969) and the internationally successful Love Story (1970),…
(Encyclopedia) AliAliälēˈ [key] (Ali ibn Abu Talib), 598?–661, 4th caliph (656–61). The debate over his right to the caliphate caused a major split in Islam into Sunni and Shiite branches, and he is…
Songhai emperorBorn: 1464 FSunni Ali Ber was the first great leader of Africa’s Songhai Empire. Like other Songhais, as a young man Sunni Ali had been enlisted in the army of the Malian Empire,…
musicianBorn: April 14, 1922Birthplace: Maihar, India Ali Akbar was born into a family steeped in the traditions of Indian court music. The family music ancestry dates back to the 16th century, and…
Muhammad Ali Timeline The ups and downs of the champ's career by Mike Morrison 1942 Born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., on Jan. 17, in Louisville, Ky., to Odessa and Cassius, Sr. (a sign…
LANDRY, Jeffrey M., a Representative from Louisiana; born in Saint Martinville, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana, on December 23, 1970; B.S., University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, La…
