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2018 Grammy Awards

The 61st Annual Grammy Awards were presented at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 10, 2019. Some of the evening's biggest features were a medley of "Songs I wish I'd written" by Alicia Keys, a…

William Hinson COLE, Congress, MD (1837-1886)

COLE William Hinson , a Representative from Maryland; born in Baltimore, Md., January 11, 1837; attended a private school; studied medicine, and then studied law; was admitted to the bar and…

Philip Miller CRANE, Congress, IL (1930)

CRANE Philip Miller , a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., November 3, 1930; attended DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind., University of Michigan, and the…

Isaac HILL, Congress, NH (1789-1851)

Senate Years of Service: 1831-1836 Party: Jacksonian; Democrat HILL Isaac , a Senator from New Hampshire; born in West Cambridge, near Arlington, Mass., on April 6, 1789; attended the common…

Daniel B. MAFFEI, Congress, NY (1968)

MAFFEI Daniel B. , a Representative from New York; born in Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y., July 4, 1968; graduated from Nottingham High School, Syracuse, N.Y., 1986; B.A., Brown University,…

Harold Himmel VELDE, Congress, IL (1910-1985)

VELDE Harold Himmel , a Representative from Illinois; born on a farm near Parkland, Tazewell County, Ill., April 1, 1910; attended rural grade and high schools; student at Bradley University,…

1954 College Basketball Recap

Final AP Top 20Major Conference ChampionsNCAA Tournament (24 teams)NIT Tournament (12 teams)Player of the YearConsensus All-America Kentucky returned from forced exile to win all 25 of its regular…

Drake, Joseph Rodman

(Encyclopedia) Drake, Joseph Rodman, 1795–1820, American poet and satirist, b. New York City. Under the name “The Croakers,” he and his friend Fitz-Greene Halleck wrote a series of light satirical…

Hilton, Walter

(Encyclopedia) Hilton, Walter, d. 1396, English religious writer, an Austin canon of Thurgarton, Nottinghamshire. His spiritual treatise The Scale of Perfection (ed. by Evelyn Underhill, 1923) is a…