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Black Government Officials

    Former Secretary of State Colin Powell Browse more African-American biographies by category: A-Z List Government Officials Civil Rights Leaders Religious Leaders…

The History of the Internet

From a simple 300-mile transmission to a global network in cyberspace by Ricco Villanueva Siasoco   The Internet is over 40 years old. Related Links Internet Quiz Internet…

1980–1981 Emmy Awards

Outstanding Drama SeriesHill Street Blues (NBC)Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama SeriesDaniel J. Travanti, Hill Street BluesOutstanding Lead Actress in a Drama SeriesBarbara Babcock, Hill…

1992 Olympic Yachting Medal Winners

Event     Finn Class José van der Ploeg, SPA 33.4   Brian Ledbetter, USA 54.7   Craig Monk, NZL 64.7 International Star United States 31.4   New Zealand…

All-Century Teams

Soccer America named their Men's and Women's Collegiate All-Century Teams as well as their Men's Player of the Century (Claudio Reyna) and Women's Player of the Century (Mia Hamm) in their…

Pairs—Olympic Figure Skating

Multiple gold medals: MEN–Pierre Brunet, Artur Dmitriev, Sergei Grinkov, Oleg Protopopov and Aleksandr Zaitsev (2). WOMEN–Irina Rodnina (3); Ludmila Belousova, Ekaterina Gordeeva and Andree…

1980 National Book Awards

AutobiographyHardcoverLauren Bacall by Myself, Lauren BacallPaperbackAnd I Worked at the Writer's Trade: Chapters of Literary History 1918–1978, Malcolm CowleyBiographyHardcoverThe Rise of…

Acknowledgments

The first five editions of The Columbia Encyclopedia were published in 1935, 1950, 1963, 1975, and 1993. All editions owe a debt of gratitude to Clark Fisher Ansley, the editor of the first edition,…