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Negro League Baseball History & Players

  Negro League BaseballHistory and key players in baseball's gone—but not forgotten—league   by Michael Morrison   Have you ever heard of Oscar Charleston? He's recognized by some as one of…

Origin of "Tarheel State"

The Question: The state of North Carolina is nicknamed “The Tar Heel State.” Where did this nickname originate? What does it mean? The Answer: The…

Norman Morrice Biography

artistic directorDied: January 2008 (location unknown) Best Known as: former artistic director of the Royal Ballet and Ballet Rambert Norman Morrice was…

Least and Most Polluting Cars, 2011

The ACEEE's Green Book®, a buyer's guide to environmentally friendly passenger vehicles, rates cars according to their emissions and fuel consumption, and publishes an annual list…

Rumsfeld, Donald Henry

(Encyclopedia) Rumsfeld, Donald Henry, 1932–2021, American government official, b. Chicago, Princeton Univ. (B.A., 1954). After graduating college,…

Left-Handed Presidents

The Question: I know President Clinton was left-handed, but what other presidents were left-handed? The Answer: Believe it or not, President…

Gena Rowlands

(Virginia Rowlands)actressBorn: 6/19/1934Birthplace: Cambria, Wisconsin Rowlands has sustained a long career in television, film, and theater. She appeared in the TV shows The Alfred Hitchcock Hour…

Talia Shire

(Talia Coppola)actress, producerBorn: 4/25/1946Birthplace: Lake Success, New York Shire came to notice in The Godfather (1972) and was nominated for an Oscar for her role in The Godfather: Part II…

Thomas K. HARRIS, Congress, TN (1816)

HARRIS, Thomas K., a Representative from Tennessee; birth date unknown; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced in Sparta and McMinnville, Tenn.; trustee of Priestly Academy, Sparta…

2000 Olympics: Rowing

(2000-meter course)MEN Single Sculls: 1. Rob Waddell, NZE (6:48.90); 2. Xeno Mueller, SWI (6:50.55); 3. Marcel Hacker, GER (6:50.83). Lightweight Double Sculls: 1. Tomasz Kucharski & Robert…