VAN HORN, Burt, a Representative from New York; born in Newfane, Niagara County, N.Y., October 28, 1823; was raised on a farm; attended the common schools, Yates Academy in Orleans County,…
BURTNESS, Olger Burton, a Representative from North Dakota; born on a farm near Mekinock, Grand Forks County, N.Dak., March 14, 1884; attended the country school; was graduated from the…
(Encyclopedia) Voyager, the first airplane to circumnavigate the earth nonstop on a single load of fuel. Designed by Burt Rutan and flown by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, Voyager took off from…
(Encyclopedia) Road Town, capital, main port, and largest town (2000 est. pop. 8,000) of the British Virgin Islands. It is situated on the S coast of Tortola Island on the deeply indented Road Bay.…
(Angeline Brown)actressBorn: 9/30/1931Birthplace: Kulm, North Dakota A former beauty queen, she starred in the movies Rio Bravo (1959), The Chase (1966), Dressed to Kill (1989), and, in a very non-…
actressBorn: 9/12/1957Birthplace: Cornwell Manor, England Ward was nominated in 1982 for the New Star of the Year Golden Globe award for portraying Dominoe in the Burt Reynolds cop film, Sharkey's…
actor, comedianBorn: 8/1/1933Died: 5/4/2009Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Portly comedic actor who appeared in a number of Mel Brooks' movies, including Blazing Saddles (1974), Silent Movie (1976…
actressBorn: 3/23/1957Birthplace: New York City Plummer made a strong movie debut in Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1981, with Burt Lancaster). She won a Tony Award for the lead role in Agnes…
(Edward Ernest Reinhold)actorBorn: 5/21/1956Birthplace: Wilmington, Delaware This affable blond comic actor got his start in regional theater, including a stint at Burt Reynolds's Dinner Theater in…
(Encyclopedia) Hale, Sarah Josepha (Buell), 1788–1879, American author, editor, and feminist, b. near Newport, N.H. In 1828 she became editor of the Ladies' Magazine, Boston, and in 1837 of Godey's…
