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Willie Mays

Name at birth: Willie Howard Mays, Jr.Willie Mays was the model of a multi-talented baseball hero during his 22-season major league career. A speedy center fielder, he stole 338 bases, won 11 Gold…

May 2007

Here are the key news events of the month organized into three categories: World News, U.S. News, and Business, Society, and Science News. World Rice Meets With Syrian Counterpart (May 3): At a…

Theresa May

Name at birth: Theresa BrasierTheresa May became the new leader of the Conservative Party, and the new prime minister of the United Kingdom, on July 13, 2016. She replaced the resigning David Cameron…

Writers

  Achebe, Rousseau, Yourcenar, and more A-B | C | D-F | G-H | I-L | M-N | O-P | R-S | T-Z   Achebe, Chinua Adams, Henry Addison, Joseph Aesop Agee, James Agnon, S. Y. Alcott,…

Barrymore

(Encyclopedia) Barrymore, Anglo-American family of actors. Lionel and Ethel's younger brother, John Barrymore,John Barrymore, 1882–1942, b. Philadelphia, tried his hand at painting and cartooning…

Patrick HENRY, Congress, VA (1736-1799)

HENRY, Patrick, (grandfather of William Henry Roane, cousin of Isaac Coles, and great-great-great-grandfather of Robert Lee Henry), a Delegate from Virginia; born in Studley, Hanover County,…

Princess Charlotte of Cornwall and Cambridge

Name at birth: Charlotte Elizabeth DianaPrincess Charlotte of Cornwall and Cambridge is the second child of Prince William, who is the heir to the British throne, and his wife the Duchess of Cornwall…

Walter Hampden OVERTON, Congress, LA (1788-1845)

OVERTON Walter Hampden , a Representative from Louisiana; born near Louisa Court House, Va., in 1788; moved in infancy with his father to North Carolina, and thence to Tennessee in 1801; attended…

Notable Female Athletes

Martina Hingis Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators and Scholars Fashion Designers and Models…

William Darius JAMIESON, Congress, IA (1873-1949)

JAMIESON William Darius , a Representative from Iowa; born near Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa, November 9, 1873; attended the common schools and the University of Iowa at Iowa City; studied law at…