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Sig Mickelson 2000 Deaths

Sig MickelsonAge: 86 television-news pioneer who launched the television career of Walter Cronkite. In 1952, he called on Cronkite, then a local Washington newscaster, to anchor CBS's…

State and Main

Director/Writer: David Mamet Fine Line Features; R; 102 minutes Release: 12/00 Cast: Alec Baldwin, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Sarah Jessica Parker, William H. Macy David Mamet's…

Lubin, David

(Encyclopedia) Lubin, DavidLubin, Davidl&oomacr;ˈbĭn [key], 1849–1919, American agriculturist, b. Poland. After prospering as a merchant in California, he devoted himself to helping farmers with…

Bath-sheba

(Encyclopedia) Bath-shebaBath-shebabăthˈ-shēbə, –shēˈbə [key], in the Bible, wife of Uriah the Hittite. David seduced her, effected the death of her husband, and then married her. Her second son by…

Derek H. R. Barton 1998 Deaths

Derek H. R. BartonAge: 79 British scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1969. His discovery in chemical analysis was a key in research on new drugs and chemicals. Died: March 16,…

John Keats: To J. H. Reynolds, Esq.

This Living Hand, Now Warm and CapableTranslated from RonsardTo J. H. Reynolds, Esq. Dear Reynolds, as last night I lay in bed, There came before my eyes that wonted thread Of shapes, and…

William H. FRIST, Congress, TN (1952)

Senate Years of Service: 1995-2007 Party: Republican FRIST William H. , a Senator from Tennessee; born in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., on February 22, 1952; attended public and private…

Michael H. MICHAUD, Congress, ME (1955)

MICHAUD Michael H. , a Representative from Maine; born in Millinocket, Penobscot County, Maine, January 18, 1955; graduated from Schenck High School, East Millinocket, Maine, 1973; mill worker;…

Daniel H. MILLER, Congress, PA (1846)

MILLER Daniel H. , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., birth date unknown; elected as a Jackson Republican to the Eighteenth Congress; reelected as a Jacksonian to the…