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Alexander Haig
Name at birth: Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr.Al Haig graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1947, served in Europe and Asia until 1960, worked in Washington until a combat tour in…King Abdullah II
King Abdullah II has ruled Jordan since the 1999 death of his father, King Hussein I. As king, Abdullah has continued his father's policy of making Jordan a moderate voice in the Middle East, with…Thomas E. Selfridge
First Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge of the United States Army was a pioneer in the development of air travel and the first air crash fatality. A graduate of the West Point military academy,…Joseph Ellis, 2001 News
historian and Pulitzer Prize–winning writer, admitted in June that he led his students at Mount Holyoke College to believe that he had served as a paratrooper in Vietnam, when in reality his…Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis was the only president of the Confederate States of America, the group of southern states that seceded from the United States and prompted the Civil War (1861-65). Davis was born in…Lloyd Austin
General Lloyd J. Austin III was sworn in as the United States Secretary of Defense on January 22, 2021, three days before President Joe Biden was inaugurated. Austin was confirmed by the Senate by a…George Armstrong Custer
George Armstrong Custer was on the losing end of a violent clash between Native Americans and the U.S. Army at the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876. The battle was so famous that it became known as "…Mike Krzyzewski
Mike Krzyzewski is the winningest coach in men's major college basketball history. "Coach K" is a fixture at Duke University, where he has coached the men's basketball team to five national…Allen Say
Allen Say is the author and illustrator of more than a dozen books for children, including the Caldecott Medal winner Grandfather's Journey (1993) and the Caldecott Honor winner The Boy of the Three-…Stephen SANFORD, Congress, NY (1826-1913)
SANFORD Stephen , a Representative from New York; born in Mayfield, Fulton County, N.Y., May 26, 1826; attended the common schools and local academy at Amsterdam, N.Y., Georgetown College,…Trending
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