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Wayne Bailey 2000 Deaths

Wayne BaileyAge: 47 top-fuel drag racing driver who crashed during qualifying at an International Hot Rod Association event at Red River Raceway in Gilliam, La. and died the next morning;…

Jacqueline Auriol 2000 Deaths

Jacqueline AuriolAge: 82 decorated French pilot who, in 1953, became the second woman to break the sound barrier. She started as a stunt pilot and went on to be a military test pilot, flying…

Dennis Johnson Biography

basketball playerDied: February 22, 2007 (Austin, Texas) Best Known as: brilliant defensive basketball player in the N.B.A. Former basketball player who…

Laura Welch Bush Biography

Laura Welch BushFirst LadyBorn: 11/4/1946Birthplace: Midland, Texas A Midland, Texas native, Laura Bush holds a BA from Southern Methodist University and an MA in library science from the…

Walter Edward ROGERS, Congress, TX (1908-2001)

ROGERS Walter Edward , a Representative from Texas; born in Texarkana, Miller County, Ark., July 19, 1908; B.A., Austin College, Sherman, Tex., 1926; J.D., University of Texas, Austin, Tex., 1935…

Red Auerbach

Red AuerbachBorn: Sept. 20, 1917Basketball 4th winningest coach (regular season and playoffs) in NBA history; won 1,037 times in 20 years; as coach-GM, led Boston to 9 NBA titles, including 8…

Men's NCAA Basketball Championships, 2005

Division IFirst Round—AustinEastern Kentucky 64, Kentucky 72Iowa 64, Cincinnati 76Niagara 67, Oklahoma 84Texas-El Paso 54, Utah 60Vermont 60, Syracuse 57Delaware State 46, Duke 57Old Dominion…

Ridgway, Matthew Bunker

(Encyclopedia) Ridgway, Matthew Bunker, 1895–1993, U.S. general, b. Fort Monroe, Va. A West Point graduate, in World War II he was made (1942) assistant division commander and then commander of the…