Born: Jan. 15, 1892Football and hockey star at Princeton (1911-14) member of college football and pro hockey Halls of Fame; college hockey Player of Year award named after him; killed in plane…
actressBorn: 6/8/1950Birthplace: Midland, Texas Emmy Award-winning actress best known for her role as the compassionate mother, doctor and citizen, Jill Brock, on Picket Fences (1991–96). Her…
lawyer and juristBorn: 9/14/1921Birthplace: New Haven, Conn. As a prominent civil rights attorney, Motley won nine of the ten cases she argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, including the 1962 case…
actorBorn: 2/12/1936Birthplace: Groesback, Texas A movie character actor, he is known especially for his portrayals of burly tough guys, as Steve McQueen's unscrupulous brother in Sam Pekinpah's…
Bessie Smith
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HOLIFIELD, Chester Earl, a Representative from California; born in Mayfield, Graves County, Ky., December 3, 1903; moved with his family to Springdale, Ark., in 1912; attended the public…
(Encyclopedia) Brinkley, David McClure, 1920–2003, American news broadcaster, b. Wilmington, N.C. He began (1942) his lengthy journalistic career as a reporter for United Press, soon (1943) joining…
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