musicianBorn: 8/14/1941Birthplace: Los Angeles, Calif. In time-honored tradition, David Crosby's rock-and-roll odyssey has taken him from the heights of superstardom to the depths of drug…
actorBorn: 12/5/1985Birthplace: Woodridge, N.J. The young star of TV's Malcolm in the Middle grew up in Knightdale, North Carolina. The home-schooled son of a restaurant manager and a nurse, he…
DeLAY, Thomas Dale, a Representative from Texas; born in Laredo, Webb County, Tex., April 8, 1947; graduated from Calallan High School, Corpus Christi, Tex., 1965; attended Baylor University,…
CRANE, Joseph Halsey, (grandson of Stephen Crane), a Representative from Ohio; born in Elizabethtown (now Elizabeth), N.J., August 31, 1782; was a student at Princeton College; studied law;…
CROWELL, John, a Delegate from Alabama Territory and a Representative from Alabama; born in Halifax County, N.C., September 18, 1780; attended the public schools; moved to Alabama in 1815,…
LEE, Robert Quincy, a Representative from Texas; born near Coldwater, Tate County, Miss., January 12, 1869; attended the public schools and the Fort Worth (Tex.) High School; moved with his…
JOHNSTON, Thomas Dillard, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Waynesville, Haywood County, N.C., April 1, 1840; attended the common schools and Col. Stephen Leeâs Preparatory…
(Encyclopedia) Hallet, Étienne SulpiceHallet, Étienne Sulpiceātyĕnˈ sülpēsˈ älāˈ [key], 1755–1825, French architect. He emigrated c.1789 to the United States, where he became known as Stephen Hallet…
(Encyclopedia) Fredonian Rebellion, 1826–27, in Texas history, a premature attempt to make Texas independent from Mexico. Two Americans, Haden Edwards and his brother, had undertaken to make…
(Encyclopedia) Andrássy, Julius, Count, 1860–1929, Hungarian politician; son of the elder Count Andrássy. He occupied several cabinet posts before becoming (1900) minister of the interior of Hungary…
