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Herbert Hoover
Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st American president, serving from 1929-33, during the Great Depression. Hoover was a successful mining engineer and businessman in Australia and China before turning…John Muir
John Muir was an early American conservationist who has been called "The Father of the National Parks System." Muir came to the United States from Scotland in 1849 and studied at the University of…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,…America's Most Endangered Places
The Ellis Island Hospital in New York Harbor is among American sites most at risk America's Most Endangered Places America's Most Endangered Places 2011America's Most Endangered Places…Third Parties | Civics: Links to History
Links to History: Third Parties 1830 1832 For the first time in American history, a third party challenges the major two parties. William Wirt of the Anti-Masonic Party carries 8…Carleton Putnam 1998 Deaths
Carleton PutnamAge: 96 a founder and former chairman of Delta Airlines. He was also acclaimed as the author of a biography of Theodore Roosevelt and of a classic defense of racial segregation…Julius Erving
Name at birth: Julius Winfield Erving IIJulius Erving, known as "Dr. J," was a basketball superstar in the ABA and NBA in the 1970s and 1980s. He helped bring the modern "above the rim" style of play…The Devil's Dictionary: Redundant
by Ambrose Bierce RED-SKINREFERENDUMREDUNDANT -adj. Superfluous; needless; de trop. The Sultan said: "There's evidence abundant To prove this unbelieving dog redundant." To whom…International Park
Name and location Total acreageRoosevelt Campobello (New Brunswick, Canada) 2,800International Historic SiteThe National Park SystemNational CemeteriesPhilip Burke 2000 Deaths
Philip BurkeAge: 65 New York sports public relations executive in the 1960s who was a publicist at Columbia University and Roosevelt Raceway, then the nation's leading harness racing track,…Trending
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