actorBorn: 12/17/1947Birthplace: Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma Wes Studi is a full-blooded Cherokee who spoke only Cherokee until he went to school. After serving in Vietnam, he returned to Oklahoma…
(Joseph Lane)actor, singerBorn: 2/3/1956Birthplace: Jersey City, New Jersey Nathan Lane labored long on Broadway before beginning the transition to motion pictures and television. His list of…
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Date of Information: 4/3/2012 Governor Gen. Jeremiah MATEPARAE Prime Min. John Phillip KEY Dep. Prime Min…
actorBorn: 11/11/1972Birthplace: Ashern, Manitoba, Canada Adam Beach was born a Saulteaux Indian (part of the Ojibwa Nation) and lived on the Dog Creek Indian Reservation in Manitoba until the…
The plane that made Charles Lindbergh an instant hero by Gerry Brown Spirit of St. Louis Specs Length: 8.41 m (27 ft, 7 in.) Wingspan: 14.02 m (46 ft)…
Born: 7/14/1913Birthplace: Omaha, Neb. Gerald Rudolph Ford was born Leslie King Jr. in Omaha, Neb., on July 14, 1913, the only child of Leslie and Dorothy Gardner King. His parents were divorced in…
(Encyclopedia) Sac and Fox, closely related Native Americans of the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). Sac and Fox culture was of the…
(Encyclopedia) vulture, common name for large birds of prey of temperate and tropical regions. The Old World vultures (family Accipitridae) are allied to hawks and eagles; the more ancient American…
The Outlook In forwards Jagr, Selanne and Forsberg and goaltender Hasek, the World team has quite possibly the four most talented hockey players in... well, the world. The only North American…
Last year's 81st Indianapolis 500 was delayed twice by rain before Luyendyk captured his second Borg-Warner Trophy. Luyendyk outgunned Scott Goodyear in a one-lap dash to the finish by 0.57…
