Senate Years of Service: 1969-1993Party: DemocratCRANSTON, Alan, a Senator from California; born in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, Calif., June 19, 1914; attended the public schools in Los…
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The 2007 British Academy Video Game Awards were presented on October 23, 2007, at Battersea Evolution in London.
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Restaurateur Joe Thum created America's first bowling organization on Sept. 9, 1895, when he pulled together representatives of various regional bowling clubs and formed the American Bowling…
