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Diana Ross

Name at birth: Diana EarleDiana Ross started singing in a trio as a teenager, and in 1960 she and her two partners, Florence Ballard (1943-76) and Mary Wilson (b. 1944) were signed by Berry Gordy to…

Betsy Ross

Name at birth: Elizabeth GriscomAccording to patriotic legend, Betsy Ross sewed the first American flag at the request of George Washington. No firm evidence exists to prove the story; the legend is…

Bob Ross

Name at birth: Robert Norman RossPublic television’s Bob Ross made his educational painting show, The Joy of Painting, at station WIPB in Muncie, Indiana from 1983 to 1994. After his death in 1995,…

Katharine Ross

Katharine Ross actressBorn: 1/29/1940Birthplace: Hollywood, California   Ross's film career made a promising start when she was nominated for an Oscar for her performance as Elaine Robinson in The…

Ross Perot

Name at birth: Henry Ross PerotRoss Perot was the businessman who ran for president as an independent in 1992 and 1996, runs which may have led to the election and re-election of Bill Clinton. Ross…

Ross Lynch

Name at birth: Ross Shor LynchActor and Ross Lynch is one star of the Disney Channel series Austin & Ally, a comedy about a boy singer and a girl songwriter who form an unlikely partnership in…

Ross, Harold Wallace

(Encyclopedia) Ross, Harold Wallace, 1892–1951, American editor, b. Aspen, Colo. He founded the New Yorker in 1925 and was its influential managing editor until his death. Ross quit school at the age…

Skagit

(Encyclopedia) SkagitSkagitskăjˈĭt [key], river, c.150 mi (240 km) long, rising in the Cascade Range, British Columbia, and flowing SW through Wash. into Puget Sound. Gorge High Dam, Diablo Dam, and…

1920 – 1929 World History

Benito Mussolini(1883–1945)National Archives and Records Admin.Bessie Smith(1894–1937)The Library of Congress Picture CollectionWilliam Butler Yeats(1865–1939)Archive PhotosJoseph Stalin (…

Marie Byrd Land

(Encyclopedia) Marie Byrd Land, area of W Antarctica, E of the Ross Shelf Ice and the Ross Sea and S of the Amundsen Sea; the Ford Ranges lie in the northwest part. The region was discovered and…