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Carter Family

(Encyclopedia) Carter Family, group of singers that specialized in traditional music of the Southern Appalachian Mountains; it consisted of A(lvin) P(leasant) Carter, 1891–1960, b. Maces Spring, Va…

Cash, Johnny

(Encyclopedia) Cash, Johnny, 1932–2003, American singer and songwriter, b. Kingsland, Ark. Born to a farm family, he went to Memphis in 1955 and recorded such hits as “I Walk the Line” (1956) and “…

Provisions of Oxford

(Encyclopedia) Provisions of Oxford, 1258, a scheme of governmental reform forced upon Henry III of England by his barons. In 1258 a group of barons, angered by the king's Sicilian adventure and the…

Pilgrimage of Grace

(Encyclopedia) Pilgrimage of Grace, 1536, rising of Roman Catholics in N England. It was a protest against the government's abolition of papal supremacy (1534) and confiscation (1536) of the smaller…

Vichy

(Encyclopedia) VichyVichyvĭshˈē, Fr. vēshēˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 28,048), Allier dept., central France, on the Allier River. Vichy's hot mineral springs made it one of the foremost spas in Europe,…

Gregory H. LAUGHLIN, Congress, TX (1942)

LAUGHLIN, Gregory H., a Representative from Texas; born in Bay City, Matagorda County, Tex., January 21, 1942; graduated from West Columbia High School, 1960; B.A., Texas A.&M. University…

George Edward MITCHELL, Congress, MD (1781-1832)

MITCHELL, George Edward, a Representative from Maryland; born at Head of Elk (now Elkton), Cecil County, Md., March 3, 1781; completed preparatory studies and was graduated from the medical…

Barbara Billingsley Biography

actressBorn: 12/22/1922 Birthplace: Los Angeles, CADied: 10/16/2010 (Santa Monica, CA) Barbara Billingsley was born Barbara Lillian Combes on Dec. 22, 1915, in…