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July 2011 Current Events: World News
U.S. News | Business News | Disasters & Science News Here are the key events in world news for the month of July 2011…Pulitzer Prizes: Special Citations
(For years not listed, no award was made.) 1938 Edmonton [Alberta] Journal, special bronze plaque for…Mencken, H. L.
(Encyclopedia) Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis Mencken)Mencken, H. L.mĕngˈkən, mĕnˈ– [key], 1880–1956, American editor, author, and critic, b. Baltimore, studied at the Baltimore Polytechnic. Probably…Dreiser, Theodore
(Encyclopedia) Dreiser, TheodoreDreiser, Theodoredrīˈsər, –zər [key], 1871–1945, American novelist, b. Terre Haute, Ind. A pioneer of naturalism in American literature, Dreiser wrote novels…How large was the iceberg that sank the <b ><i >Titanic</i></b>?
The exact size of the iceberg will probably never be known, but according to early newspaper reports the height and length of the iceberg was approximated at 50 to 100 feet high and 200 to…Julia Ward Howe
Julia Ward Howe was a poet who co-published the anti-slavery newspaper The Commonwealth with her husband, Samuel Gridley Howe. In 1861 she wrote the words to The Battle Hymn of the Republic, which…Entertainment News from June 2000
1Comedian Bob Hope, 97, is rushed to a California hospital and undergoes emergency intestinal surgery.2Willie Fulgear, the 61-year-old Los Angeles resident who was rewarded with $50,000 after…Sulzberger, Arthur Ochs
newspaper publisherBirthplace: New York CityBorn: 2/5/26Carlo Collodi
Name at birth: Carlo LorenziniA journalist by profession, Collodi is better known as the author of the fairy tale The Adventures of Pinocchio. The title character is a wooden marionette who comes to…Cowles, Gardner, Jr.
newspaper publisherBirthplace: Algona, IowaBorn: 1903Died: 1985Trending
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