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1950 Emmy Awards

Best Dramatic ShowPulitzer Prize Playhouse (KECA-TV)Best ActorAlan YoungBest ActressGertrude BergMost Outstanding PersonalityGroucho MarxBest Variety ShowThe Alan Young Show (KTTV, CBS)Best…

Young, Mahonri Mackintosh

(Encyclopedia) Young, Mahonri MackintoshYoung, Mahonri Mackintoshməhŏnˈrē [key], 1877–1957, American sculptor, painter, and etcher, b. Salt Lake City, studied at the Art Students League and at Julian…

Davis, Lydia

(Encyclopedia) Davis, Lydia, 1947–, American writer known for innovative, very short stories, b. Northampton, Mass., studied Barnard College. Davis earned early praise for her translations from the…

Humala Tasso, Ollanta Moisés

(Encyclopedia) Humala Tasso, Ollanta Moisés, 1962–, Peruvian army officer and political leader, b. Lima. The son of a labor lawyer, Humala joined the Peruvian army in 1982, became an officer, and…

Cronin, James Watson

(Encyclopedia) Cronin, James Watson, 1931–2016, American nuclear physicist, b. Chicago, Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1955. Cronin and co-researcher Val Logsdon Fitch were awarded the 1980 Nobel Prize in…

Baumgartner, Felix

(Encyclopedia) Baumgartner, Felix, 1969–, Austrian skydiver and daredevil. He made his first skydive at age 16, and turned to BASE jumping [Buildings, Antennas, Spans (bridges), and Earth (mountains…

Fred A. Young 1998 Deaths

Fred A. Youngcinematographer three-time Academy Award-winning cinematographer of Lawrence of Arabia, Dr. Zhivago and Ryan's DaughterBorn: 1902Died: 1998Sam YortyR - ZRobert Young

Cale Young Rice: The Chant of the Colorado

The Chant of the Colorado(At the Grand Canyon)Cale Young RiceMy brother, man, shapes him a plan And builds him a house in a day, But I have toiled through a million years For a home to last…

Cale Young Rice: Old Age

Old AgeCale Young RiceI have heard the wild geese, I have seen the leaves fall, There was frost last night On the garden wall. It is gone to-day And I hear the wind call. The wind? … That is…

Whitney M. Young, Jr. Biography

Whitney M. Young, Jr.social reformerBorn: 7/31/1921Birthplace: Lincoln Ridge, Ky. As executive director of the National Urban League (1961–1971) Young focused on gaining equality for blacks…