(pseudonyms Emma Lathen, R. B. Dominic)mystery writerBorn: 1927 Known to readers by her two pseudonyms, Latsis coauthored many successful mystery novels with her friend Martha Henissart. The duo…
Senate Years of Service: 1922-1926; 1927-1933Party: Republican; RepublicanBROOKHART, Smith Wildman, a Senator from Iowa; born near Arbela, Scotland County, Mo., February 2, 1869; attended the…
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History of Valentine's Day Pagan festivals, Christian saints, Chaucer's love birds, and the Greeting Card Association of America Valentine's Day by the Numbers Statistics from the U.…
(Encyclopedia) Walpole, Robert, 1st earl of Orford, 1676–1745, English statesman.
Walpole is usually described as the first prime minister of Great Britain, but he was not a prime minister in the…
experimental physicistBorn: 5/29/1912Birthplace: nr. Shanghai Chien-Shiung Wu received her bachelor's degree from National Central University in Nanjing in 1936 and her doctorate from Berkeley in…
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