(Encyclopedia) ReigateReigaterīˈgĭt [key], city (1991 pop. 52,554), Surrey, S England. Largely residential, Reigate has numerous parks that attract visitors from London. In the partly Norman church…
(Encyclopedia) Essex, Robert Devereux, 3d earl of, 1591–1646, English parliamentary general; son of Robert Devereux, 2d earl of Essex. James I restored him (1604) to the estates of his father and…
(Henry John Heinz)food manufacturerBorn: 1844Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pa. He began his career in the food and condiments business selling garden vegetables to neighbors, and moved up to selling to…
civil-rights attorneyBorn: 1895Birthplace: Washington, D.C. Houston, a powerful advocate of civil rights, helped gain ground for the movement by taking the fight to the court system. Houston earned…
(Theodore Scott Glenn)actorBorn: 1/26/1942Birthplace: Pittsburgh Severe looking actor who started on the stage in 1965 and appeared in The Edge of Night (1968) before his film debut in The Baby…
actorBorn: 12/6/1953Birthplace: Whitewater, Wisconsin Hulce burst into the American fim scene in 1978 with roles in two films, September 30, 1955 and the more famous (or infamous) Animal House,…
(Encyclopedia) Day, Clarence Shepard, 1874–1935, American essayist, b. New York City, grad. Yale, 1896. His biographical sketches of his parents, God and My Father (1932), Life with Father (1935),…
(Encyclopedia) Chain, Ernst Boris, 1906–79, English biochemist, b. Berlin, Germany. In 1933 he left Germany and went to England, where he conducted research at Cambridge from 1933 to 1935 and at…
Take a look back at the Watergate scandal, the laws passed in response to it, and key players
by Beth Rowen
The Watergate Complex The scandal that ended the Nixon presidency began more than…
RIDGELY, Richard, a Delegate from Maryland; born in Queen Caroline Parish, Anne Arundel County, Md., August 3, 1755; attended St. Johnâs College, Annapolis, Md.; assistant clerk of the…
