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Harry Potter Casting Call

Looking for Harry Potter Wanted: young British Muggle with a lightning-bolt scar by Holly Hartman This article was posted on January 20, 2000. Production on the film version of Harry Potter…

The Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty (“Liberty Enlightening the World”) is a 225-ton, steel-reinforced copper female figure, 151 ft 1 in. (46.05 m) in height, facing the ocean from Liberty Island1 in New York…

1993 World History

Toni Morrison (1931– ) Archive Photos Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933– ) U.S. Supreme Court   1993 Vaclav Havel elected as Czech president (Jan. 26).…

Thomas Lyon HAMER, Congress, OH (1800-1846)

HAMER, Thomas Lyon, (uncle of Thomas Ray Hamer), a Representative from Ohio; born in Northumberland County, Pa., in July 1800; attended the public schools; moved to Ohio in 1817 and taught…

George HANCOCK, Congress, VA (1754-1820)

HANCOCK, George, a Representative from Virginia; born in Chesterfield County, Va., on June 13, 1754; pursued classical studies; served in the Revolutionary War as colonel of Infantry, Virginia…

CLAY, Joseph, Congress, GA (1741-1804)

CLAY, Joseph, (grandfather of William Henry Stiles), a Delegate from Georgia; born in Beverly, Yorkshire, England, October 16, 1741; immigrated to the United States and in 1760 settled in…