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John Moses Browning Biography

John Moses Browninggunsmith, inventorBorn: 1/21/1855Birthplace: Ogden, Utah Raised by Mormon parents, he made his first gun from scrap iron at age 13. He founded the Browning Brothers Company…

Brown Meggs 1997 Deaths

Brown Meggsrecording executive, writer As an executive at Capitol Records in the 1960s, Meggs signed The Beatles. After resigning from Capitol, Meggs went on to publish several novels,…

Browning Ross 1998 Deaths

Browning RossAge: 74 formed the Philadelphia Road Runners Club in 1957 which expanded into a national organization a year later and became what is today the 180,000-member Road Runners Club…

Claude Brown 2002 Deaths

Claude BrownAge: 64 writer who vividly chronicled his experiences growing up poor in Harlem alongside drug dealers, murderers, and prostitutes in his 1965 bestseller Manchild in the Promised…

Roosevelt Brown 2004 Deaths

Roosevelt BrownAge: 71 hall of fame football player who spent 51 years with the New York Giants, playing offensive tackle for 13 years before becoming an assistant coach and a scout. Died:…

Ruth Brown 2006 Deaths

Ruth BrownAge: 78 R&B singer, actress, and activist for royalty reform. Her 1950s hits included “Teardrops from My Eyes,” “5-10-15 Hours,” and “(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean.”Died:…

James Brown 2006 Deaths

James BrownAge: 73 legendary singer, songwriter, and dancer acclaimed as the “Godfather of Soul.” His musical career spanned more than 50 years, with his first hit single, “Please Please…

Ike Brown 2001 Deaths

Ike BrownAge: 59 Negro Leagues veteran and utilityman with the Detroit Tigers from 1969-74; batted .256 in 280 games with the Tigers and was 1-for-2 with 2 RBI in the 1972 A.L.C.S. The cause…

Alice Brown: Hora Christi

Hora ChristiAlice BrownSweet is the time for joyous folk Of gifts and minstrelsy; Yet I, O lowly-hearted One, Crave but Thy company. On lonesome road, beset with dread, My questing lies…

Brown County, IN Social Statistics

Brown county indiana dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics SubjectNumberPercent SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school3,303100.0Nursery school,…