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NBA Playoffs, 2005

NBA Playoffs, 2005EASTERN CONFERENCEFirst Round(Best of 7)Miami Heat defeated New Jersey Nets, 4 games to 0Detroit Pistons defeated Philadelphia 76ers, 4 games to 1Indiana Pacers defeated Boston…

NBA Playoffs, 2007

EASTERN CONFERENCEFirst Round(Best of 7)Detroit Pistons defeated Orlando Magic, 4 games to 0Cleveland Cavaliers defeated Washington Wizards, 4 games to 0New Jersey Nets defeated Toronto Raptors,…

NBA Playoffs, 2008

EASTERN CONFERENCE First Round (Best of 7) Boston Celtics defeated Atlanta Hawks, 4 games to 3 Detroit Pistons defeated Philadelphia 76ers, 4 games to 2…

George Laird SHOUP, Congress, ID (1836-1904)

Senate Years of Service: 1890-1901Party: RepublicanSHOUP, George Laird, (great-grandfather of Richard Gardner Shoup), a Senator from Idaho; born in Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pa., June 15,…

The Simpsons: Notable Celebrity Cameos

Famous people who've joined The Simpsons by Chris Warner The Simpsons currently holds the Guinness World Record for "Most Celebrities Featured in an Animation series." Season One–1989…

Members of Congress: California, Congress,

Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from California Member Name Birth-Death ALLEN, John Joseph, Jr. 1899-1995 ANDERSON, Glenn Malcolm 1913-1994 ANDERSON, John Zuinglius…

American Music Timeline | The Sixties

American Music TimelinePart VI: The 1960s by David Johnson 1961 1963 1964 1965 1968 1969 Next: 1970-present 1961 Country singer Patsy Cline becomes mainstream popular (pop) music hitTop…

Basketball Facts

James Naismith, a teacher at a YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, is credited with inventing basketball in 1891. The first “hoops” were actually just…

America’s Most Literate Cities, 2014

Minneapolis librarySource: AP Photo/Craig Lassig This study attempts to capture one critical index of our nation’s social health—the literacy of its…

Dwight David Eisenhower

Born: 10/14/1890Birthplace: Denison, Tex. Dwight David Eisenhower was born in Denison, Tex., on Oct. 14, 1890. His ancestors lived in Germany and emigrated to America, settling in Pennsylvania,…