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State of the Union Address: Rutherford B. Hayes (December 6, 1880)
Rutherford B. Hayes (December 6, 1880) Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: I congratulate you on the continued and increasing prosperity of our country. By the favor of…State of the Union Address: Rutherford B. Hayes (December 3, 1877)
Rutherford B. Hayes (December 3, 1877) Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: With devout gratitude to the bountiful Giver of All Good, I congratulate you that at the beginning…Yiddish language
(Encyclopedia) Yiddish languageYiddish languageyĭdˈĭsh [key], a member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages; German…2000 NFL Top Recieving Yards By Player
AFCYdsNoAvgLongTDRod Smith, Den.160210016.0498Marvin Harrison, Ind.141310213.978-td14Derrick Alexander, KC13917817.881-td10Eric Moulds, Buf.13269414.1525Ed McCaffrey, Den.131710113.0619Jimmy…Halifax, Charles Montagu, earl of
(Encyclopedia) Halifax, Charles Montagu, earl ofHalifax, Charles Montagu, earl ofhălˈəfăks [key], 1661–1715, English statesman. He and Matthew Prior were coauthors of a parody of John Dryden's The…Maxwell, William Keepers, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Maxwell, William Keepers, Jr., 1908–2000, American novelist, short-story writer, and editor, b. Lincoln, Ill. Educated at the Univ. of Illinois and Harvard, he began his career as a…Wilkes-Barre
(Encyclopedia) Wilkes-BarreWilkes-Barrewĭlks-bârˈē [key], city (1990 pop. 47,523), seat of Luzerne co., E Pa., on the east bank of the Susquehanna River; settled 1769, inc. as a city 1871. Once a…Sherman, John
(Encyclopedia) Sherman, John, 1823–1900, American statesman, b. Lancaster, Ohio; brother of William Tecumseh Sherman. He studied law, was admitted (1844) to the bar, and practiced law several years…Sacks, Oliver Wolf
(Encyclopedia) Sacks, Oliver Wolf, 1933–2015, British neurologist and author, b. London, educated at Queen's College, Oxford. In 1960 he moved to the United States, where he continued his medical…Sports Personalities
Information has been gathered from many sources, including the individuals themselves. However, the almanac cannot guarantee the accuracy of every individual item.Aaron, Hank Abbott, Jim Abdul-…