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(Harry Lillis Crosby)singer, actorBorn: 5/2/1904Birthplace: Tacoma, Washington Academy Award-winning singer and actor. The crooner starred in dozens of films including Going My Way (1944) and…
(Encyclopedia) King, William Lyon Mackenzie, 1874–1950, Canadian political leader, b. Kitchener, Ont.; grandson of William Lyon Mackenzie. An expert on labor questions, he served in Wilfrid Laurier's…
(Encyclopedia) Key West, city (1990 pop. 24,832), seat of Monroe co., S Fla., on an island at the southwestern extremity of the Florida Keys; inc. 1828. About 150 mi (240 km) from Miami (but only 90…
(Encyclopedia) GuggenheimGuggenheimg&oobreve;gˈənhīm [key], family of American industrialists and philanthropists. Meyer Guggenheim, 1828–1905, b. Aargau canton, Switzerland, emigrated (1847) to…
(Encyclopedia) Feiffer, JulesFeiffer, Julesfīˈfər [key], 1929–, American cartoonist and writer, b. New York City. He began publishing a cartoon strip in the Village Voice in 1956, maintaining his…
(Encyclopedia) Smith, Dame Maggie (Dame Margaret Natalie Cross), 1934–, English actress. Smith first appeared on stage in Twelfth Night (1952). With her precise, sometimes rapid-fire, articulation…
(Encyclopedia) Wallace, Sir William, 1272?–1305, Scottish soldier and national hero. The first historical record of Wallace's activities concerns the burning of Lanark by Wallace and 30 men in May,…
(Encyclopedia) Teapot Dome, in U.S. history, oil reserve scandal that began during the administration of President Harding. In 1921, by executive order of the President, control of naval oil reserves…
Brooks, Albert
(Encyclopedia) Brooks, Albert ,1947-, American comedian, actor, film writer, and director, b. Beverly Hills, Ca., as Albert Lawrence Einstein. Brooks…