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Collected Inaugural Addresses of U.S. Presidents: Jimmy Carter
Richard Milhous Nixon Ronald Reagan Jimmy Carter Inaugural Address Thursday, January 20, 1977 FOR myself and for our Nation, I want to thank my predecessor for all he has done to heal…Ben Edwards Biography
Ben EdwardsAge: 82 prolific Broadway set designer whose career, which began in the 1930s, included work on scores of Broadway productions as well as TV shows and movies. He was honored with a…Rich Rice Biography
Rich RiceAge: 39 fastpitch softball player who was inducted into the Central Washington men's fastpitch softball hall of fame the day of his death, which came after he collapsed during an all…Edie Payne 2000 Deaths
Edie PayneAge: 94 Australia's oldest living Olympian; ran in the 1928 Amsterdam Games and was the first woman to represent her country at an Olympic track event; officially opened the Olympic…Peter Williams, Jr. Biography
Peter Williams, Jr.religious leaderBorn: 1780Birthplace: New Brunswick, New Jersey Williams grew up to become active in the Methodist Church. In 1818, with the blessings of prominent white…Yushiro Yagi 2001 Deaths
Yushiro YagiAge: 72 president of the Japan Olympic Committee; coached Japan's biathlon team at the 1972 Sapporo Olympics and skiers at the 1988 Calgary Olympics; led Japanese delegates at the…Union Pacific Railroad
(Encyclopedia) Union Pacific Railroad, transportation company chartered (1862) by Congress to build part of the nation's first transcontinental railroad line. Under terms of the Pacific Railroads Act…The Devil's Dictionary: Freemasons
by Ambrose Bierce FREEDOMFRIENDLESSFREEMASONS -n. An order with secret rites, grotesque ceremonies and fantastic costumes, which, originating in the reign of Charles II, among working…Sacheen Littlefeather Biography
Sacheen Littlefeather(Maria Cruz)actressBorn: 1947Birthplace: California Sacheen Littlefeather is best known for having appeared at Marlon Brando's behest at the Academy Awards ceremony in…Mildred Loving Biography
prevailed in Supreme Court caseDied: May 2, 2008Best Known as: Black woman whose marriage to a white man led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling Deathplace: Central Point, Virginia In 1958, Mildred…Trending
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