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1912 Men's Olympic Swimming Medalists

Event   Time   100m Free Duke Kahanamoku, USA 1:03.4     Cecil Healey, AUS 1:04.6     Kenneth Huszagh, USA 1:05.6   400m Free George Hodgson, CAN 5…

Hamlisch, Marvin

(Encyclopedia) Hamlisch, Marvin, 1944–2012, American composer, conductor, and pianist, b. New York City, grad. Queens College (B.S., 1967). A versatile and prolific composer of melodies ranging from…

Provincetown Players

(Encyclopedia) Provincetown Players, American theatrical company that first introduced the plays of Eugene O'Neill. The company opened with his Bound East for Cardiff at the Wharf Theatre,…

O'Hara, Frank

(Encyclopedia) O'Hara, Frank 1926–66, American poet, b. Baltimore, grad. Harvard (B.A., 1950), Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor (M.A., 1951). His poetry is spontaneous, vernacular, witty, personal, and…

Burns, Ken

(Encyclopedia) Burns, Ken (Kenneth Lauren Burns), 1953–, American documentary filmmaker, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., grad. Hampshire College (1975). Acting as producer, director, and cinematographer, Burns…

aerobics

(Encyclopedia) aerobicsaerobicsârōˈbiks [key], [Gr.,=with oxygen], system of endurance exercises that promote cardiovascular fitness by producing and sustaining an elevated heart rate for a prolonged…

Maj. Gen. Kenneth D. Nichols 2000 Deaths

Maj. Gen. Kenneth D. NicholsAge: 92 Army engineer who supervised the construction of plants that produced nuclear fuel for the first atomic bombs. Died: Bethesda, Md., Feb. 21, 2000Harold…

Kenneth E. BENTSEN, Jr., Congress, TX (1959)

BENTSEN Kenneth E., Jr. , a Representative from Texas; born in Houston, Harris County, Tex., June 3, 1959; graduated from Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Mass., 1977; B.A., University of St. Thomas…

Kenneth Warren DYAL, Congress, CA (1910-1978)

DYAL Kenneth Warren , a Representative from California; born in Bisbee, Cochise County, Ariz., July 9, 1910; attended the public schools of San Bernardino and Colton, Calif.; moved to San…