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Molly Ivins

Political journalist Molly Ivins was a Texas liberal known for cracker-barrel commentary with biting humor reminiscent of Mark Twain. Raised in Houston, she was a graduate of Smith College (1966) and…

Kaitlyn Dever

Kaitlyn Dever is the actress who plays the tart-tongued tomboy teen Eve on the TV sitcom Last Man Standing. Kaitlyn Dever was born in Arizona but grew up in Texas. She enrolled in the Dallas Young…

1956 Men's Bobsled Medalists

Event   Time 2-Man ITA (Lamberto Dalla Costa &     Giacomo Conti) 5:30.14 4-Man SWI (Franz Kapus, Gottfried Diener, Robert Alt, Heinrich Angst) 5:10.44  …

James Walter ELDER, Congress, LA (1882-1941)

ELDER James Walter , a Representative from Louisiana; born in Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Tex., October 5, 1882; attended the public schools, and Baylor University, Waco, Tex., 1895-1901;…

Jim CHAPMAN, Congress, TX (1945)

CHAPMAN Jim , a Representative from Texas; born in Washington, D.C., March 8, 1945; graduated from Sulphur Springs High School, Sulphur Springs, Tex., 1963; B.B.A., University of Texas, Austin,…

Michael Allen ANDREWS, Congress, TX (1944)

ANDREWS Michael Allen , a Representative from Texas; born in Houston, Harris County, Tex., February 7, 1944; graduated from Arlington Heights High School, Fort Worth, Tex., 1962; B.A., University…

Lead Belly

Name at birth: Huddie William Ledbetter"King of the 12-string Guitar" is what they called Huddie Ledbetter, the Louisiana singer/songwriter known professionally as Lead Belly (or "Leadbelly").…

Jordan Spieth

Jordan Spieth is the talented golfer who won the 2015 Masters and the 2015 U.S. Open at the young age of 21. A victory in the 2017 British Open put three legs of the career grand slam in his bag…