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Reggie Jackson

Reggie JacksonBorn: May 18, 1946Baseball OF led AL in HRs 4 times; MVP in 1973; played on 5 World Series winners with Oakland, NY Yankees; 1977 Series MVP with 5 HRs; 563 career HRs; all-time…

Helen Jacobs

Helen JacobsBorn: Aug. 6, 1908Tennis 4-time winner of U.S. Championship (1932-35); Wimbledon winner in 1936; lost 4 Wimbledon finals to arch-rival Helen Wills Moody.Died: June 2, 1997Dr.…

Maria Karnilova 2001 Deaths

Maria KarnilovaAge: 80 actress and dancer who won a Tony Award for her portrayal of Golde in 1964 The Fiddler on the Roof. She was a charter of the American Ballet Theater, specializing in…

Jason McCray 1998 Deaths

Jason McCrayAge: 20 had 17 tackles in 10 games as a freshman defensive end on the Navy football team; died while playing basketball with other midshipmen at the First District Coast Guard…

Richard Mudd 2002 Deaths

Richard MuddAge: 101 physician who was consumed with clearing the name of his grandfather, Dr. Samuel Mudd, who was convicted by a military court of conspiring in the assassination of…

The Devil's Dictionary: In'ards

by Ambrose Bierce INNATEINSCRIPTIONIN'ARDS -n. The stomach, heart, soul and other bowels. Many eminent investigators do not class the soul as an in'ard, but that acute observer and…

The Devil's Dictionary: Laughter

by Ambrose Bierce LASTLAUREATELAUGHTER -n. An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious and, though intermittent…

Bartow WHITE, Congress, NY (1776-1862)

WHITE Bartow , a Representative from New York; born in Yorktown, Westchester County, N.Y., November 7, 1776; attended the common schools and completed preparatory studies; studied medicine with…