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Dallas, Texas

Source: iStock Mayor: Eric Johnson (since 2019) City Manager: T.C. Broadnax 2010 census population (rank): 1,197,816 (9); Male: 598,962 (50.0%); Female: 598,854 (50.0%); White: 607,415 (50…

Harriet Miers, Biography

Harriet Miers, White House Counsel under President George W. BushBorn: August 10, 1945Birthplace: Dallas Texas Miers, President George W. Bush's chief legal counsel since Feb. 2005, was…

Abraham Zapruder

Abraham Zapruder is the bystander who filmed the motorcade of President John F. Kennedy at the moment that Kennedy was shot and killed on 22 November 1963. It happened in Dallas, Texas; Abraham…

Conrad Hilton

Name at birth: Conrad Nicholson HiltonConrad Hilton founded the international chain of business hotels which bear his name. He bought his first hotel in 1919, and founded the first so-named Hilton…

Peter MacNicol Biography

Peter MacNicol actorBorn: 4/10/1954Birthplace: Dallas, Texas MacNicol's career was launched in films of the early 1980s, notably Dragonslayer (1981) and Sophie's Choice (1982), in which he…

Priscilla Davis 2001 Deaths

Priscilla DavisAge: 59 socialite who was wounded in a 1976 multiple shooting in Fort Worth, Texas. Davis survived a gunshot wound to the chest, but her daughter, Andrea Wilborn, and Davis's…

Erykah Badu Biography

Erykah Badu (Erica Wright)musicianBirthplace: Dallas, TexasBorn: 2/26/1971 Raised in an artist-friendly household, Erykah studied acting, painting, and dance as well as music. Her debut album,…

Juanita Craft House

Juanita Craft House Dallas, Texas Both Martin Luther King, Jr., and President Lyndon Johnson visited this ordinary home to seek advice from the extraordinary civil-rights activist Juanita…

Robin Wright Penn Biography

Robin Wright Penn(Robin Wright)actressBorn: 4/8/1966Birthplace: Dallas, Texas Before garnering attention for her performance as the title character in the movie The Princess Bride (1987),…

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy's 1963 assassination was one of the most shocking public events of the 20th century. John Kennedy served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, commanding the patrol boat PT-109 and…