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J. J. Pickle 2005 Deaths

J. J. PickleAge: 91 Democratic politician from Texas who, during his 15 terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, championed Social Security. A former aide to Lyndon Johnson, Pickle was…

J. J. Jackson 2004 Deaths

J. J. JacksonAge: 62 broadcaster who was one of MTV's original video jockeys when the network debuted in 1981. Died: Los Angeles, March 17, 2004Ulrich InderbinenG - LIllinois Jacquet

Barrie, J. M.

(Encyclopedia) Barrie, J. M. (Sir James Matthew Barrie)Barrie, J. M.bârˈē [key], 1860–1937, Scottish playwright and novelist. He is best remembered for his play Peter Pan (1904), a supernatural…

Oppenheimer, J. Robert

(Encyclopedia) Oppenheimer, J. RobertOppenheimer, J. Robertŏpˈənhīˌmər [key], 1904–67, American physicist, b. New York City, grad. Harvard (B.A., 1925), Ph.D. Univ. of Göttingen, 1927. He taught at…

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Name at birth: David Dwight EisenhowerDwight D. Eisenhower was the most famous U.S. Army general of World War II and the 34th president of the United States. A career Army man, "Ike" rose to the…

Franklin D. Roosevelt

President Franklin D. Roosevelt managed to pull Americans out of the Great Depression and lead them to victory in World War II. He was known widely as FDR, and his support of an active federal…

Daniel D. Tompkins

Daniel D. Tompkins was the governor of New York from 1807-1817 and the vice president of the United States during the two terms of James Monroe (1817-1825). Born into a successful New York farming…