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1960 Academy Awards

The 1960 Academy Awards were presented April 17, 1961 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.Best Motion PictureThe Alamo, John Wayne, producer (United Artists)The Apartment, Billy Wilder,…

British (Wimbledon) Champions

(Amateur from inception in 1877 through 1967)Singles—Men1877 Spencer Gore 1878 Frank Hadow 1879–80John Hartley 1881–86Willie Renshaw 1887 Herbert Lawford 1888 Ernest Renshaw 1889 Willie…

USBC Women's Champions<sup class="fnr" >1</sup>

Year Singles All events1959 Mae Bolt Pat McBride1960 Marge McDaniels Judy Roberts1961 Elaine Newton Evelyn Teal1962 Martha Hoffman Flossie Argent1963 Dot Wilkinson Helen Shablis1964 Jean…

Louis, Joe

(Encyclopedia) Louis, Joe (Joseph Louis Barrow)Louis, Joel&oomacr;ˈĭs [key], 1914–81, American boxer, b. Lafayette, Ala. His father, a sharecropper, died when Louis was four years old, and in…

Tulsa

(Encyclopedia) Tulsa Tulsa tŭlˈsə [key], city (2020 pop. 413,066), seat of Tulsa co., NE Okla., on the…

Rosicrucians

(Encyclopedia) RosicruciansRosicruciansrōzĭkr&oomacr;ˈshənz [key], members of an esoteric society or group of societies, who claim that their order has been in existence since the days of ancient…

Robert Roberts HITT, Congress, IL (1834-1906)

HITT Robert Roberts , a Representative from Illinois; born in Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio, January 16, 1834; moved to Ogle County, Ill., in 1837 with his parents, who settled in Mount Morris…

Robert Whyte ROBERTS, Congress, MS (1784-1865)

ROBERTS Robert Whyte , a Representative from Mississippi; born in Kent County, Del., November 28, 1784; received a liberal education; studied law; was admitted to the bar; shortly after…

Brewer's: John Doe

At one time used in law pleadings for an hypothetical plaintiff; the supposititious defendant being “Richard Roe.” These fictions are not now used. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable…