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Deion Sanders

Deion SandersBorn: Aug. 9, 1967Baseball OF and Football DB-KR-WR 2-time All-America at Florida St. St. in football (1987-88); 7-time NFL All-Pro CB with Atlanta, San Fran. and Dallas (1991-94…

Chuck Green 1997 Deaths

Chuck Greentap dancer Green was one of the most influential tap dancers in American dance and led the tap revival in the 1960s. He performed with James (Chuckles) Walker in the early 1940s,…

Chuck Hull 2000 Deaths

Chuck HullAge: 75 ring announcer for most of the big Las Vegas fights of the 1980s and 1984 Olympic Games; former sportscaster for KLAS-TV in Las Vegas; retired in 1995; Cause of death was…

Chuck Jones 2002 Deaths

Chuck JonesAge: 89 animator of such classic cartoon characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Elmer Fudd. Jones spent 30 of his 70 years in animation with Warner Bros., bringing to life the…

Brewer's: Barry Cornwall

poet. A nom de plume of Bryan Waller Procter. It is an anagram of his name. (1788–1874.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BarsaniansBarristers' Gowns A B C…

Barry Levinson Biography

Barry Levinson director, screenwriterBorn: 4/6/1942Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland   After winning Emmy awards as a writer for The Carol Burnett Show in the 1970s, Levinson turned to screenplays,…

Barry Sonnenfeld Biography

Barry SonnenfelddirectorBorn: 4/1/1953Birthplace: New York City When it came time for sending her only child off to college, Barry Sonnenfeld's mother made her views clear. If he went to—as…

Barry Bonds Biography

Barry BondsBorn: July 24, 1964Baseball OF set MLB single-season HR record in 2001 with 73 and became all-time homerun leader in 2007; 6-time NL MVP, 2 with Pittsburgh (1990,92) and 4 with San…

Baseball Fun Facts

The first World Series was played between Pittsburgh and Boston in 1903 and was a nine-game series. Boston won the series 5-3.The New York Yankees have won 26 World Series titles, which is more than…

Carter, Ashton Baldwin

(Encyclopedia) Carter, Ashton Baldwin, 1954–, U.S. political scientist and government official, b. Philadephia, Pa. Trained as a theoretical physicist, he shifted to the study of ballistic missiles…