actorBorn: 12/31/1937Birthplace: Port Talbot, Wales Academy Award-winning British film and stage actor whose performance in The Silence of the Lambs (1991) made him one of the most respected film…
financier, arts patron, conservationistBorn: October 4, 1916Birthplace: Graaff-Reinet, South AfricaDied: January 18, 2006 After studying and teaching chemistry at Pretoria University, he entered…
George W. Bush's secretary of Veterans' Affairs Born: 4/16/1944Birthplace: New York, N.Y. This is Principi's second time as head of Veterans' Affairs. He served as deputy secretary of the…
activistBorn: 2/15/1820 Born in Adams, Massachusetts, Susan Anthony was a nearly 70-year veteran in the fight for women's rights. She began organizing for equal pay as a teenage schoolteacher and…
(Michael Anthony Thomas Charles Hall)actor, singerBorn: 4/14/1968Birthplace: Boston Anthony Michael Hall first won accolades in National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), but is more often remembered as…
CASEY, Joseph, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born at Ringgold Manor, Washington County, Md., December 17, 1814; studied law in Carlisle, Pa.; was admitted to the bar in 1838 and…
CASEY, Zadok, a Representative from Illinois; born in Greene County, Ga., March 7, 1796; attended the common schools; moved to Illinois in 1819 and settled near the present site of Mount…
Library of Congress Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) is the first woman to appear on U.S. coinage. Anthony worked for nearly 70 years to bring suffrage (the right to vote) to women in the United…
CASEY, John Joseph, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Wilkes-Barre Township, Luzerne County, Pa., May 26, 1875; attended the public schools and St. Maryâs parochial school; member…
CASEY, Joseph Edward, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Clinton, Worcester County, Mass., December 27, 1898; attended the public schools; served as a private in the United States…
