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George Musso 2000 Deaths

George MussoAge: 90 two-way star for the Chicago Bears in the 1930s and 40s and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame; nicknamed "Moose"; first player to win All-NFL honors at two positions…

Dan Quayle

Dan Quayle was vice president of the United States under President George Bush from 1989-93. The son of an Indiana newspaper publisher, Quayle was elected to Congress at age 29 and in 1980, at age…

Sandra Day O’Connor

Name at birth: Sandra DaySandra Day O'Connor was the first woman ever to sit on the United States Supreme Court. Born Sandra Day, she earned undergraduate and law (1952) degrees from Stanford…

Elizabeth Dole

Elizabeth Dole is a former Republican senator from North Carolina, former Secretary of Transportation, and former candidate for president in 2000. She is also the wife of former U.S. Senator Bob Dole…

John Hinckley, Jr.

John Hinckley, Jr. shot U.S. president Ronald Reagan on 30 March 1981, as Reagan left a Washington (D.C.) Hilton Hotel after making a speech. President Reagan was severely wounded, as were his press…

Jon Huntsman

Name at birth: Jon Huntsman, Jr.Jon Huntsman is the former governor of Utah who also served as the American ambassador to China from 2009-2011. One of nine children, Jon Huntsman grew up in Palo Alto…

gun control

(Encyclopedia) gun control, government limitation of the purchase and ownership of firearms. The availability of guns is controlled by nations and localities throughout the world. In the United…

Dick Cheney

Name at birth: Richard Bruce CheneyDick Cheney was elected vice president of the United States in 2000, as the running mate of George W. Bush, and served in that office from 2001-2009. Dick Cheney…

Clare Boothe Luce

From the 1930s through the 1960s Clare Boothe Luce blazed a trail as a successful writer, socialite and political dabbler -- and stayed in the headlines as the wife of Henry Luce, the publisher of…

Lawrence Summers

Name at birth: Lawrence Henry SummersLawrence "Larry" Summers is the director of the National Economic Council and a top advisor to President Barack Obama on economic policies. Summers has been in…