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Master P Biography

Master P(Percy Miller)rap musician, filmmaker, record label executiveBorn: 4/29/1970Birthplace: New Orleans Master P used a $10,000 inheritance to open a record store in 1989, which he later…

Arthur Tappan Biography

Arthur Tappan merchant, philanthropist, abolitionist Born: 5/22/1786Birthplace: Northampton, Mass. After a failed attempt in the dry goods business, he and his brother Lewis founded a…

Jacob Sloat FASSETT, Congress, NY (1853-1924)

FASSETT Jacob Sloat , a Representative from New York; born in Elmira, Chemung County, N.Y., November 13, 1853; attended the public schools and was graduated from the University of Rochester in…

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu became the first Mexican director to be nominated for an Oscar for his work on the 2006 film Babel, then he won both directing and screenwriting Oscars for his 2014 film…

Barry Manilow Biography

Barry Manilow(Barry Alan Pincus)singer, songwriterBorn: 6/17/1946Birthplace: New York City Often maligned by critics, Barry Manilow was one of the best-selling balladeers of the 1970s.…

Roller Derby History

Bay City Bombers star Joanie Weston was to '60s Roller Derby what Hulk Hogan was to professional wrestling in the '80s.Leo Seltzer dreamed up the Roller Derby in 1935. With the help of…

Design Engineer---Medical equipment

Hank Westra Tell us about your work---what do you do? We make medical instruments that perform robotic heart surgery. In layman's words, we eliminate…

Legal Administrative Assistant

Daniele K. Anderson Tell us about your work---what do you do? I assist the attorneys in our office with their duties which include revising and…

How to Whitelist Infoplease in Ad Blockers

Thank you for your interest in whitelisting Infoplease with your ad blocker. Our small team of editors work hard to produce factual and informative content to people around the world. The…

Chester Bliss BOWLES, Congress, CT (1901-1986)

BOWLES Chester Bliss , a Representative from Connecticut; born in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., April 5, 1901; graduated from Choate School, Wallingford, Conn., in 1919 and from Yale…