director, producerBorn: 11/30/1937Birthplace: South Shields, England Scott began directing programs for the BBC in the 1960s and formed a production company that turned out a number of award-…
actressBorn: 12/19/1933Birthplace: New York City A former model, Tyson acted in Off-Broadway plays and won a role in the TV series East Side, West Side (1963–64). Her film credits include The Heart…
singerBorn: 9/7/1951Birthplace: Akron, Ohio Chrissie Hynde has served as songwriter, guitarist, and lead singer of the Pretenders, the band she helped to found in 1978. Hynde established herself as…
(Iman Abudulmajid)model, actressBorn: 7/25/1955Birthplace: Somalia The daughter of a Somali diplomat, Iman had been studying political science in Nairobi, Kenya, where she caught the eye of fashion…
(Jane Alice Peters)actressBorn: 10/6/1908Birthplace: Fort Wayne, Indiana Lombard's screwball comic style radiated both intelligence and sex appeal, making her a popular favorite in films such as My…
(Rosalie Anderson MacDowell)actress/modelBorn: 4/21/1958Birthplace: Gaffney, South Carolina Film actress and former Calvin Klein model, MacDowell got her start in films as Jane in Greystoke:The…
(Encyclopedia) Kansas-Nebraska Act, bill that became law on May 30, 1854, by which the U.S. Congress established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. By 1854 the organization of the vast Platte…
NICHOLLS, John Calhoun, a Representative from Georgia; born in Clinton, Jones County, Ga., April 25, 1834; attended private schools and was graduated from the College of William and Mary,…
INGE, Samuel Williams, (nephew of William Marshall Inge), a Representative from Alabama; born in Warren County, N.C., on February 22, 1817; moved to Greene County, Ala.; attended the public…
Senate Years of Service: 1842-1843Party: DemocratWILCOX, Leonard, (son of Jeduthun Wilcox), a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Hanover, N.H., January 29, 1799; graduated from Dartmouth…
