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Red River. 1 River, 1,222 mi (1,967 km) long, southernmost of the large tributaries of the Mississippi River. It rises in two branches in the Texas Panhandle and flows SE between Texas and Oklahoma…George Elmer OUTLAND, Congress, CA (1906-1981)
OUTLAND George Elmer , a Representative from California; born in Santa Paula, Ventura County, Calif., October 8, 1906; attended the public schools; Whittier (Calif.) College, A.B., 1928; Harvard…Elmer Austin BENSON, Congress, MN (1895-1985)
Senate Years of Service: 1935-1936 Party: Farmer Laborite BENSON Elmer Austin , a Senator from Minnesota; born in Appleton, Swift County, Minn., September 22, 1895; attended the public schools;…Melvin Joseph MAAS, Congress, MN (1898-1964)
MAAS Melvin Joseph , a Representative from Minnesota; born in Duluth, Minn., May 14, 1898; moved with his parents to St. Paul, Minn., in 1898; educated in the public schools; was graduated from St.…Richard Green LUGAR, Congress, IN (1932)
Senate Years of Service: 1977-2013 Party: Republican LUGAR Richard Green , a Senator from Indiana; born in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., April 4, 1932; attended the public schools of…Corea, Chick
(Encyclopedia) Corea, Chick (Armando Anthony), 1941-2021, American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader, b. Chelsea, Ma. Corea’s father was a…Aldrich, Nelson Wilmarth
(Encyclopedia) Aldrich, Nelson Wilmarth, 1841–1915, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, b. Foster, R.I. He rose in local politics as state assemblyman (1875–76) and U.S. Representative (1879–81) before…Ginzburg, Vitaly Lazarevich
(Encyclopedia) Ginzburg, Vitaly Lazarevich, 1916–2009, Russian physicist, Ph.D. Moscow State Univ., 1938. He was a researcher at Lebedev Physics Institute of the USSR (later Russian) Academy of…Iacocca, Lee
(Encyclopedia) Iacocca, Lee (Lido Anthony Iacocca)Iacocca, Leeīˌəkōˈkə [key], 1924–2019, American automobile business executive, b. Allentown, Pa., grad. Lehigh Univ. (1945), Princeton (M.A., 1946).…Abrikosov, Alexei Alekseyevich
(Encyclopedia) Abrikosov, Alexei Alekseyevich, 1928–2017, Russian-American physicist, Ph.D. Institute for Physical Problems, USSR Academy of Sciences, 1951. Abrikosov was a researcher at the…Trending
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