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Seeger, Ruth Crawford

(Encyclopedia) Seeger, Ruth Crawford, 1901–53, American composer and folklorist, b. East Liverpool, Ohio, as Ruth Porter Crawford, studied American Conservatory, Chicago; stepmother of Pete Seeger…

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Name at birth: Francis Scott Key FitzgeraldF. Scott Fitzgerald was one of the best known American authors of the 1920s and '30s and is closely associated with the optimism and excesses of that era's…

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…

Robert F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy was a candidate for U.S. president when he was assassinated in 1968. His death was doubly shocking because his older brother, President John F. Kennedy, had also been assassinated…

F. Murray Abraham

F. Murray Abraham(Fahrid Murray Abraham)actorBorn: 10/24/1939Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Having garnered a long list of theater credits in the '70s and early '80s, he played the part of…

Chester F. Carlson

Chester F. Carlson Born: 1906Birthplace: Seattle, Wash. Electrophotography—Carlson invented xerographic dry-copy printing basing his process on electrostatics as opposed to chemical or…

Fairmont

(Encyclopedia) Fairmont, city (2020 pop. 18,302), seat of Marion co., N central W.Va., where the West Fork and Tygart rivers form the Monongahela;…

Hannibal, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Hannibal, city (2020 pop. 17,108), Marion and Ralls counties, NE Mo., on the Mississippi River; inc. 1845. It is a river port and…