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Michael Ontkean Biography

Michael OntkeanactorBorn: 1/24/1946?Birthplace: Vancouver, British Columbia A former child actor, Ontkean gained fame for his role in the TV police drama The Rookies (1972–74). He created a memorable…

Joshua Jackson Biography

Joshua JacksonactorBorn: 6/11/1978Birthplace: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada After begging his casting-director mother to let him go on auditions, Joshua Jackson began his acting career…

Tony Leswick 2001 Deaths

Tony LeswickAge: 78 feisty Detroit Red Wings forward partly responsible for one of the most famous goals in NHL history; credited with the goal that was accidentally knocked into the Montreal…

George Washington KIPP, Congress, PA (1847-1911)

KIPP George Washington , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Green Township, Pike County, Pa., March 28, 1847; attended the public schools; engaged in the lumber business for thirty-five…

Gary Ridgway

Gary Leon Ridgway confessed on 5 November 2003 to 48 murders in Seattle's King County, making him the most prolific convicted serial killer in United States history. Ridgway grew up in the Seattle…

John Richard SCHMIDHAUSER, Congress, IA (1922)

SCHMIDHAUSER John Richard , a Representative from Iowa; born in the Bronx, Queens County, N.Y., on January 3, 1922; B.A., University of Delaware, Newark, Del., 1949; M.A., University of Virginia,…

Raymond Burr

Raymond Burr(William Stacey Burr)actorBorn: 5/21/1917Birthplace: New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada A heavy-set character actor, he gained fame playing mainly bad guys, as the murderer…

Raymond Burr Biography

Raymond Burr(William Stacey Burr)actorBorn: 5/21/1917Birthplace: New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada A heavy-set character actor, he gained fame playing mainly bad guys, as the murderer…

Justin Trudeau

Justin Trudeau led Canada's Liberal Party to victory in the election of 2015 and won the office once occupied by his father, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. As the son of a celebrity politician,…

Malcolm Lowry

Malcolm Lowry’s 1947 novel Under the Volcano is often mentioned as one of the great books in 20th century English literature. It tells the tale of a man modeled after Lowry himself -- a drunken…