Born: 2/9/1773Birthplace: Charles City County, Va. William Henry Harrison was born in Charles City County, Va., on Feb. 9, 1773. Joining the army in 1791, he was active in Indian fighting in the…
playwrightBorn: 8/11/1957 Birthplace: Los Angeles, California The eldest of three children, Hwang was born to parents of Chinese heritage. He graduated from Stanford University in 1979 and taught…
high technology entrepreneurBorn: 1951Birthplace: China Yuen's family moved came to the United States from China when he was 17 years old. He received a B.S. in mathematics from the University of…
U.S. congressmanBorn: 5/13/1916Birthplace: San Antonio, Tex. Gonzalez grew up on San Antonio's West Side in a shack with dirt floors and no running water. After being thrown out of swimming pools…
Navajo political leaderBorn: 1857?Birthplace: Fort Defiance, Ariz. The identity of Dodge's father is uncertain, but he may have been a white Indian agent or Army officer. His mother was a Navajo-…
The Question: When was the Heimlich maneuver first demonstrated? The Answer: Dr. Henry Heimlich is the Cincinnati surgeon who is credited with introducing the…
(Encyclopedia) Holness, Andrew, 1972–, Jamaican politician, prime minister of Jamaica (2011–12, 2016–). A member of the Jamaica Labor party (JLP), Holness served (1996–2000) as special assistant to…
Senate Years of Service: 1883-1883Party: RepublicanTABOR, Horace Austin Warner, a Senator from Colorado; born in Holland, Orleans County, Vt., November 26, 1830; attended the common schools;…
(Encyclopedia) translation [Lat.,=carrying across], the rendering of a text into another language. Applied to literature, the term connotes the art of recomposing a work in another language without…
Celebrating Alaska’s birthday by Liz Olson Originally a Russian territory, Alaska was sold to the United States in 1867. The United States bought the Alaskan territory for $7,200,000—…
