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Summer Olympics Through the Years: 1984

Los AngelesTop 10 StandingsLeading Medal WinnersTrack & FieldBoxingGymnasticsSwimmingTeam SportsArcheryCanoeingCyclingEquestrianFencingJudoGymnasticsModern PentathlonRowingShootingSynchronized…

Midge Decter

journalist, writerBorn: 7/25/1927Birthplace: St. Paul, Minn. Midge Rosenthal attended the University of Minnesota, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and New York University, but never…

Samuel CHILTON, Congress, VA (1804-1867)

CHILTON, Samuel, a Representative from Virginia; born near Warrenton, Fauquier County, Va., September 7, 1804; moved to Missouri with his parents; attended private school; studied law; was…

Dennis Mark HERTEL, Congress, MI (1948)

HERTEL, Dennis Mark, a Representative from Michigan; born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., December 7, 1948; attended the public schools; graduated from Denby High School, Detroit, 1967; B.A…

John Hugh GRAHAM, Congress, NY (1835-1895)

GRAHAM, John Hugh, a Representative from New York; born in Belfast, Ireland, April 1, 1835; immigrated in 1836 to the United States with his parents, who settled in Brooklyn, N.Y.; attended…

Dennis MOORE, Congress, KS (1945)

MOORE, Dennis, a Representative from Kansas; born in Anthony, Harper County, Kans., November 8, 1945; attended Wichita Southeast High School, Wichita, Kans.; B.A., University of Kansas,…

Richard PARKER, Congress, VA (1810-1893)

PARKER, Richard, a Representative from Virginia; born in Richmond, Va., on December 22, 1810; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in…

Carlos Bulosan

writerBorn: 11/2/1911 Birthplace: Pangasinan, Philippines One of the earliest and most influential of Asian American writers, Bulosan emigrated from the Philippines in 1931. In the U.S., he worked…

Catherine Keener

actressBorn: 1959Birthplace: Miami, Fla. Popular actress on the indie film scene until her role as the sexually direct Maxine in Spike Jonze's hit Being John Malkovich (1999) earned her an Academy…