(Encyclopedia) Schwarzkopf, H. Norman (Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr.), 1934–2012, U.S. army general, b. Trenton, N.J. He graduated from West Point (1956) and served two tours of duty in the Vietnam…
Canadian folk-rock group Steven Page and Ed Robertson established the band in 1998. They claim the band's name is meant to suggest youthful naivete and is not at all sexist. Tyler Steward and Jim…
First Place: $100,000 scholarship, Herbert Mason Hedberg, 17, North Attleboro High School, North Attleboro, Mass., for developing a faster, more efficient method to diagnose cancer by screening…
McCORMACK, John William, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., December 21, 1891; attended the public schools; studied law in a private law office; was…
Senate Years of Service: 1909-1936Party: DemocratFLETCHER, Duncan Upshaw, a Senator from Florida; born near Americus, Sumter County, Ga., January 6, 1859; moved with his parents to Monroe…
Dale Earnhardt See also People in the NewsRecent Obituaries Related Links Auto Racing Summary Timeline of Auto Racing Tragedies Biographies by CategoryAndretti, Mario,…
(Encyclopedia) Hodgkin, Howard (Sir Gordon Howard Eliot Hodgkin), 1932–2017, English painter and printmaker, b. London. He attended the Camberwell School of Art, London, and Bath Academy of Art,…
(Encyclopedia) Juneteenth or Emancipation Day, June 19th, holiday celebrating the end of slavery in the United States. It began in Texas when news of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation (effective…