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Al Capp Biography
Al Capp(Alfred Gerald Caplin)cartoonistBorn: 9/28/1909Birthplace: New Haven, Connecticut Capp's most famous creation was the comic strip, Li'l Abner (1934–77), which detailed the adventures…Al Davis Biography
Al DavisBorn: July 4, 1929Football GM-coach of Oakland 1963-66; helped force AFL-NFL merger as AFL commissioner in 1966; returned to Oakland as managing general partner and directed club to 3…Al Unser Jr.
Al Unser Jr.Born: Apr. 19, 1962Auto racer 2-time CART-IndyCar national champion (1990,94); captured Indy 500 for 2nd time in 3 years in '94, giving Unser family 9 overall titles at the…Al Unser Sr.
Al Unser Sr.Born: May 29, 1939Auto racer 3-time USAC-CART national champion (1970,83,85); 4-time winner of Indy 500 (1970-71,78,87); retired in 1994 ranked 3rd (now 4th) on all-time CART list…Hofuf
(Encyclopedia) Hofuf Hofuf hōf&oomacr;fˈ [key] or Al Hufuf Hofuf…Arte Povera
(Encyclopedia) Arte Povera [Ital.,=poor art], influential art movement that arose in Italy in the late 1960s. It was championed by the Italian art critic Germano Celant, who also named (1967) the…Sheik Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah 2006 Deaths
Sheik Jaber al-Ahmad al-SabahAge: 79 emir of Kuwait who led the country during Iraq's occupation in 1990. He guided the country back to stability after the invasion by shrewdly forming an…Wad Madani
(Encyclopedia) Wad MadaniWad Madaniwäd mädäˈnē [key], city (1993 pop. 211,362), SE cental Sudan, on the Blue Nile River. It is linked by rail with Khartoum and is the chief center of the Al Gezira…Abbasid
(Encyclopedia) AbbasidAbbasidəbăˈsĭd, ăˈbəsĭd [key] or AbbasideAbbaside–sīd, –sĭd [key], Arab family descended from Abbas, the uncle of Muhammad. The Abbasids held the caliphate from 749 to 1258, but…Majid, Ali Hassan al-
(Encyclopedia) Majid, Ali Hassan al-Majid, Ali Hassan al-äˈlē hāˈsän äl-mäjēdˈ [key], 1941–2010, Iraqi general and Ba'athist, cousin of Saddam Hussein. After Hussein took power (1979), Majid played a…Trending
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