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Ed McMahon Biography

Ed McMahonannouncer, television host, actorBorn: 3/6/1923Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan Each night, Ed McMahon would introduce Johnny Carson with a, rolling “Heeeeeeeeere's Johnny!,” and he…

1998-99 Division II Football Playoffs

First Round (Nov. 21) at Carson-Newman (Tenn.) 30 West Georgia 20 Fort Valley St. (Ga.) 21 at Delta St. (Miss.) 14 at Slippery Rock (Pa.) 37 Grand Valley St. (Mich.) 14 Shepherd (W…

1999-2000 Division II Football Playoffs

First Round (Nov. 20) at NW Missouri St. 20 OT North Dakota 13 at N. Colorado 34 Pittsburg St. 31 at Millersville (Pa.) 21 Shepherd 14 Indiana (Pa.) 27 OT at Slippery Rock…

Horace Franklin BARTINE, Congress, NV (1848-1918)

BARTINE Horace Franklin , a Representative from Nevada; born in New York City March 21, 1848; moved with his parents to New Jersey in 1858; attended the common schools until fifteen years of age…

fur trade

(Encyclopedia) fur trade, in American history. Trade in animal skins and pelts had gone on since antiquity, but reached its height in the wilderness of North America from the 17th to the early 19th…

Paul Dominque LAXALT, Congress, NV (1922)

Senate Years of Service: 1974-1987Party: RepublicanLAXALT, Paul Dominque, a Senator from Nevada; born in Reno, Washoe County, Nev., August 2, 1922; attended the public schools of Carson City,…

Rush, Richard

(Encyclopedia) Rush, Richard, 1780–1859, Amercian statesman and diplomat, b. Philadelphia; son of Benjamin Rush. He studied law and became (1811) attorney general of Pennsylvania, resigning the same…

Winton, Tim

(Encyclopedia) Winton, Tim (Timothy John Winton), 1960–, Australian writer, generally regarded as the preeminent Australian novelist of his generation. Most of his books have been set in his coastal…