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Johnson, Richard Mentor
(Encyclopedia) Johnson, Richard Mentor, 1780–1850, Vice President of the United States (1837–41), b. Kentucky, on the site of present Louisville. Admitted (1802) to the bar, he became prominent in…White, Hugh Lawson
(Encyclopedia) White, Hugh Lawson, 1773–1840, American political leader, b. Iredell co., N.C. He moved (1787) to what is now E Tennessee and served in the wars against the Creek and Cherokee. He was…LeAnn Rimes Biography
LeAnn Rimes country singerBorn: 8/28/1982Birthplace: Jackson, Mississippi At age 8, Rimes was a two-week champion on Star Search (1990) and began her phenomenal rise to fame in her early teens.…1994 Academy Awards
The 1994 Academy Awards were presented March 27, 1995 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles.Best PictureForrest Gump, Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch and Steve Starkey, producers (Paramount)Four…Jackson, Abraham Valentine Williams
(Encyclopedia) Jackson, Abraham Valentine Williams, 1862–1937, American Orientalist, b. New York City. Teaching at Columbia (1895–1935), he was a great authority on ancient Persian religion, language…Port Republic
(Encyclopedia) Port Republic, village, NW Va., on the South Fork of the Shenandoah River. During the Civil War, on June 8–9, 1862, the last battle of Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson's successful…Pearl, river, United States
(Encyclopedia) Pearl, river, 485 mi (781 km) long, rising in E Miss. and flowing S to Lake Borgne, an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico; its lower section (116 mi/187 km) forms the Miss.-La. boundary.…KUHL, John R. (Randy), Jr., Congress, NY (1943)
KUHL John R. (Randy), Jr. , a Representative from New York; born in Bath, Steuben County, N.Y., April 19, 1943; B.S., Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., 1966; J.D., Syracuse University, Syracuse, N…John R. (Randy) KUHL, Jr., Congress, NY (1943)
KUHL, John R. (Randy), Jr., a Representative from New York; born in Bath, Steuben County, N.Y., April 19, 1943; B.S., Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., 1966; J.D., Syracuse University,…Hooker, Sir William Jackson
(Encyclopedia) Hooker, Sir William Jackson, 1785–1865, English botanist. A leading authority of his time on ferns, he formed a famous herbarium and built up the Glasgow Garden and the Royal Botanic…Trending
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