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Robert Forster

actorBorn: 7/13/1941Birthplace: Rochester, New York Television and film actor since the late 1960s. His films include Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967), Medium Cool (1969), The Delta Force (1986…

A.B. (Happy) Chandler

Born: July 14, 1898Birthplace: Corydon, Ky.Baseball former Kentucky governor and U.S. Senator who succeeded Judge Landis as commissioner in 1945; backed Branch Rickey's move in 1947 to make Jackie…

Florence Griffith Joyner

Born: Dec. 21, 1959Track & Field set world records in 100 and 200 meters in 1988; won 3 gold medals at '88 Olympics (100m, 200m, 4x100m relay); Sullivan Award winner (1988); retired in 1989;…

Houston, David Franklin

(Encyclopedia) Houston, David FranklinHouston, David Franklinhy&oomacr;ˈstən [key], 1866–1940, American cabinet officer and educator, b. Monroe, N.C., grad. South Carolina College, 1887, M.A.…

Uncle Sam

(Encyclopedia) Uncle Sam, name used to designate the U.S. government. The origins of the term are unclear. The term was believed to have arisen in the War of 1812, when it seems to have been used at…

Davis, Viola

(Encyclopedia) Davis, Viola, 1965-, African-American actress and producer, b. St. Matthews, S.C., Rhode Island College (B.A., 1988), Juilliard (1993,…

Larry Doby

  Born: Dec. 13, 1924Baseball OF   First Black player in the AL; joined the Cleveland Indians in July 1947, three months after Jackie Robinson entered the Majors with the NL's Brooklyn Dodgers;…

Tom Arnold

Born: 6/3/1959Birthplace: Ottumwa, Iowa Produced and appeared in hit television series Roseanne (1989–94), then played the title role in the series The Jackie Thomas Show (1992) and Tom (1994).…

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Eve, in genetics

(Encyclopedia) Eve, in genetics, popular term for a theoretical female ancestor of all living people, also known as Mitochondrial Eve. In 1987 biochemist Allan C. Wilson proposed that all living…