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Pleasant Hill

(Encyclopedia) Pleasant Hill, residential city (1990 pop. 31,585), Contra Costa co., W Calif.; inc. 1961. First settled in 1844, the area remained rural until the housing boom of World War II.…

Valley Stream

(Encyclopedia) Valley Stream, village (1990 pop. 33,946), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on Long Island, a residential suburb of New York City; inc. 1925. Kennedy International Airport is to the west. Valley…

Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr., 1902–85, American public official and diplomat, U.S. senator from Massachusetts (1937–44, 1947–53), b. Nahant, Mass.; grandson of Henry Cabot Lodge. He was a…

Wallace, George Corley

(Encyclopedia) Wallace, George Corley, 1919–98, governor of Alabama (1963–67, 1971–79, 1983–87), b. Clio, Ala. Admitted to the bar in 1942, he was active in the Alabama Democratic party, serving in…

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Biography

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedypresident's motherBorn: July 22, 1890Birthplace: Boston, Mass. Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy was the oldest of six children born to Josephine Hannon and John “Honey Fitz”…

Michael Kennedy 1997 Deaths

Michael KennedyAge: 39 head of the nonprofit Citizens Energy Corp. and son of popular politician Robert Kennedy. He fell victim to the powerful family's fabled curse when he hit a tree in a…

Recipients of Kennedy Center Honors

The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., created its Honors awards in 1978 to recognize the lifetime achievements of selected American…

Rosemary Kennedy 2005 Deaths

Rosemary KennedyAge: 86 eldest sister of President John Kennedy who was born mildly retarded. In 1941, her father, Joseph Kennedy, had her lobotomized. The operation left Rosemary in an…

Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg Biography

Caroline Kennedy Schlossbergauthor, public serviceBorn: Nov. 27, 1957Birthplace: New York, N.Y. Caroline, the daughter of John F. and Jacqueline Kennedy, was born in New York while her father…

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend Biography

Kathleen Kennedy TownsendpoliticianBorn: July 4, 1951Birthplace: Greenwich, Conn. The eldest child of Ethel and Robert F. Kennedy, and the eldest grandchild of Rose and Joseph Kennedy,…