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Duane Josephson Biography

Duane JosephsonAge: 54 former Chicago White Sox (1965–70) and Boston Red Sox (1971–72) catcher; lifetime average was .258 with 23 home runs and 164 RBI; of a heart ailmentDied: New Hampton,…

Notable Women in Media

Oprah Winfrey Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators and Scholars Fashion Designers and Models…

Millennium Milestones

The 100 Most Significant Events of the Last Thousand Years Reducing the millennium to a laundry list of highlights cannot pretend to be a definitive or accurate exercise. Note that only…

Medical Advances Timeline

Find key developments in the field of medicine, from the birth of Hippocrates to today. 460 BCE Birth of Hippocrates, Greek physician and founder of the first university. Considered the father…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Biographical Sketch

Biographical SketchThe Emersons first appeared in the north of England, but Thomas, who landed in Massachusetts in 1638, came from Hertfordshire. He built soon after a house, sometimes railed…

2001 Deaths: A - F

AaliyahLionel AbelLarry AdlerMortimer AdlerAffirmedTommie AgeeMichele AlboretoStephen AilesBlaise AlexanderGreat AlzanaJorge AmadoA. R. AmmonsPoul AndersonFrank AnnunzioJoe AndrewsEarl…

Brewer's: National Anthem

Both the music and words were composed by Dr. Henry Carey in 1740. However, in Antwerp cathedral is a MS. copy of it which affirms that the words and music were by Dr. John Bull; adding…