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Iraq Timeline: 2010

  by Beth Rowen 1920s–1999 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • January 2010 A parliamentary panel recommended that 500 candidates (out of a total of 6,…

King, Coretta Scott

(Encyclopedia) King, Coretta Scott, 1927–2006, American civil-rights leader, b. Heiberger, Ala.; the wife (1953–68) of Martin Luther King, Jr. After her husband's assassination, she carried on his…

Lisa Hutchens Biography

Lisa HutchensAge: 37 Union University (Jackson, Tenn.) women's basketball co-coach whose team was ranked second in Division I NAIA at the time of her death; graduated from the school in 1983…

Jim (Catfish) Hunter

Jim (Catfish) HunterBorn: Apr. 8, 1946Baseball RHP won 20 games or more 5 times (1971-75); played on 5 World Series winners with Oakland and NY Yankees; threw perfect game in 1968; won AL Cy…

Lamar Hunt 2006 Deaths

Lamar HuntAge: 74 founding member of the American Football League and owner of the Kansas City Chiefs, he gave the Super Bowl its name. The AFL championship trophy is named after him. He also…

Otto I, king of Greece

(Encyclopedia) Otto I, 1815–67, first king of the Hellenes (1833–62). The second son of King Louis I of Bavaria, he was chosen (1832) by a conference of European powers at London to rule newly…

Draga

(Encyclopedia) DragaDragadräˈgä [key], 1867–1903, queen consort of King Alexander of Serbia. A widow and a lady in waiting to the king's mother, Draga Mašin (Mashin) was accused by general rumor of a…

Harold I

(Encyclopedia) Harold I or Harold Fairhair, Norse Harald Haarfager, c.850–c.933, first king of Norway, son of Halfdan the Black, king of Vestfold (SE Norway). After succeeding his father, Harold…

Steve Irwin 2006 Deaths

Steve IrwinAge: 44 television personality and animal conservationist, known to fans worldwide as the “Crocodile Hunter,” whose stunts with crocodiles, alligators, and snakes brought him fame—…