The Glory Years In 1933, Negro League baseball finally got the financial support it needed to show off its superior brand of baseball... albeit from shady sources. Bar owner Gus Greenlee, known…
Benito Mussolini(1883–1945)National Archives and Records Admin.Bessie Smith(1894–1937)The Library of Congress Picture CollectionWilliam Butler Yeats(1865–1939)Archive PhotosJoseph Stalin (1879–1953…
(Encyclopedia) Lomax, John AveryLomax, John Averylōˈmăks [key], 1867–1948, American folklorist, b. Goodman, Miss. Lomax's first book, Cowboy Songs (1910), contained for the first time in print such…
(Encyclopedia) Rosenberg Case, in U.S. history, a lengthy and controversial espionage case. In 1950, the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Julius Rosenberg (1918–53), an electrical engineer…
Baseball'sSale of the Century by John Gettings Just because the baseball season is over doesn't mean Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa have to stop breaking records. Baseball fans can expect…
69th Baseball All-Star GameBy John Gettings This Tuesday night the stars of Major League Baseball will gather in Denver's Coors Field for the sport's traditional match-up of the American League'…
Below is the Protestant canon of the Bible (New Revised Standard Version). The Roman Catholic canon also includes the Deuterocanonical books as part of the Old Testament (these are considered…
Eleven states, American Samoa, and Puerto Rico
Eleven states, American Samoa, and Puerto Rico will hold elections for governor this year. Below is a listing of the elections, the current governor,…
