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Diosdado Macapagal, 2001 News

president of the Philippines, resigned in January after the impeachment trial against him collapsed, causing massive street protests and members of his cabinet and senior military officials…

Neil McElroy Biography

Neil McElroybusiness executiveBorn: 1904Birthplace: Berea, Ohio A business executive who took his Harvard diploma to Cincinnati to work for Procter & Gamble. He worked through the ranks…

Merv Griffin Biography

Merv Griffintelevision host, businessmanBorn: 7/6/1925Died: 8/12/2007Birthplace: San Mateo, Calif. After a brief career as a singer, he became a game show host, then hosted his own talk show…

Normal, Ohio

FoxWednesday 8:30–9:00 p.m.; canceled Cast:John Goodman, Mo Gaffney, Orson Bean, Anita Gillette, Greg Pitts, Joely Fisher John Goodman has pretty much reprised his role as Dan Connor, the…

Al Capone

Name at birth: Alphonsus CaponeAlphonse "Al" Capone was one of America's most famous gangsters during the years between the world wars. A Chicago-based crime boss, he was involved in illegal gambling…

Law, John

(Encyclopedia) Law, John, 1671–1729, Scottish financier in France, b. Edinburgh. After killing a man in a duel (1694) he fled to Amsterdam, where he studied banking. Returning to Scotland (1700), he…

Cuban Missile Crisis

(Encyclopedia) Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962, major cold war confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. In response to the Bay of Pigs Invasion and other American actions against Cuba…

Jack Abramoff, 2006 News

high-powered Republican lobbyist, made a deal with federal prosecutors in January to plead guilty to fraud, public corruption, and tax evasion—all felonies—and to testify against politicians…

John Aspinall 2000 Deaths

John AspinallAge: 74 raffish British millionaire who used profits from his gambling establishment to open two wildlife breeding grounds for gorillas and tigers. He encouraged his zookeepers…

Wyatt Earp

Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp became a legend of the American West for his role in a 30-second gunfight in 1881 at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. For most of his life Earp was an itinerant…