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Jordan

Infoplease has everything you need to know about Jordan. Check out our country profile, full of essential information about Jordan's geography, history, government, economy, population, culture,…

Biographies: 2015 People in the News

2015 People in the News See also 2014 People in the News 2013 People in the News 2012 People in the News 2011 People in the News 2010 People in the News 2009 People in…

Jordan, Vernon Eulion, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Jordan, Vernon Eulion, Jr., 1935–2021, African-American civil-rights leader and lawyer, b. Atlanta, Ga., DePauw Univ. (BA, 1957), Howard…

Jordan, river, Asia

(Encyclopedia) Jordan, river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, formed in the Hula basin, N Israel, by the confluence of three headwater streams and meandering S through the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea; the…

Jordan, country, Asia

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Jordan, officially Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, kingdom (2015 est. pop. 8,117,000), 35,637 sq mi (92,300 sq km), SW Asia. It borders on Israel and the West Bank in the west, on…

Jordan: Kings

Kings Abdullah I, emir (1921–1946), king (1946–1951) Naif, regent (1951) Talal (1951–1952) Hussein (1952–1999) Hassan, regent (1998–1999) Abdullah II (1999– )      

Jordan, Marian

radio actress, Molly of Fibber McGee and MollyBirthplace: Peoria, Ill.Born: 1898Died: 1961

Crossing Jordan

NBCMonday 10:00–11:00 p.m.Cast:Jill Hennessy, Ken Howard, Miguel Ferrar Combine Providence, CSI, and Quincy, M.E. and you have Crossing Jordan. Well sort of. The show is less cloying than…

Transjordan

(Encyclopedia) Transjordan or Transjordania: see Jordan.

Jordan, Michael Jeffrey

(Encyclopedia) Jordan, Michael Jeffrey, 1963–, American basketball player, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. As a freshman at the Univ. of North Carolina, he made the shot that won the 1982 National Collegiate…