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Louis Freeh, 2001 News

convicted Oklahoma City bomber, was executed by lethal injection in June for detonating a fertilizer bomb that destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in April 1995 and killed 149…

Brewer's: Louis Dix-huit

was nicknamed Des Huîtres, because he was a great gourmand, and especially fond of oysters. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894LouisianaLouis A B C D E F…

Louis Rukeyser 2006 Deaths

Louis RukeyserAge: 73 broadcaster who hosted PBS's Wall Street Week, one of the network's top-rated shows, from 1970–2002. Died: Greenwich, Conn., May 2, 2006Ibrahim RugovaR - ZJohnny Sain…

Louis V. Ledoux: The Gift

The GiftLouis V. LedouxLet others give you wealth and love, And guard you while you live; I cannot set my gift above The gifts that others give.And yet the gift I give is good: In one man'…

Julia Louis-Dreyfus Biography

Julia Louis-Dreyfus actressBorn: 1/13/1961Birthplace: New York City Film and television actress best known as Elaine Benes on the NBC sitcom Seinfeld (1990–98). Louis-Dreyfus got her start in…

Louis Satchmo Armstrong Biography

Louis “Satchmo” Armstrongjazz musicianBorn: 8/4/1901Birthplace: New Orleans Jazz musician known for his virtuosic skills on the cornet and trumpet. Armstrong popularized the scat style of…

Louis B. Mayer Biography

Louis B. Mayer(Lazar Meir, Eliezer Mayer)movie executiveBorn: 7/4/1885Birthplace: Minsk, Russia From 1924 to 1951, Mayer reigned over Metro-Goldwin-Mayer (MGM). With his production supervisor, Irving…

Louis Gossett, Jr. Biography

Louis Gossett, Jr.actorBorn: 5/27/1936Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Lanky actor equally able to play the hero or the villain, Gossett won an Emmy for his appearance in the TV mini-series Roots (1977…

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr., is a professor at Harvard University, the author of many books of literary criticism and African American history, and the director of Harvard's W.E.B. DuBois Institute for…

Garnier-Pagès, Étienne Joseph Louis

(Encyclopedia) Garnier-Pagès, Étienne Joseph LouisGarnier-Pagès, Étienne Joseph Louisātyĕnˈ zhôzĕfˈ lwē gärnyāˈ-päzhĕsˈ [key], 1801–41, French politician; brother of Louis Antoine Garnier-Pagès. He…