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Mae West Biography

Mae WestactressBorn: 8/17/1893Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Stage and film actress who was the queen of double entendre and exaggerated, humorous sexiness. Her films include She Done Him…

Reginald A. Fessenden

Reginald A. Fessenden Born: 1866Birthplace: East Bolton, Quebec, Canada Apparatus for signaling by electromagnetic waves—Canadian Reginald Fessenden made history in 1906 when he broadcast the world'…

Michael Hutchence Biography

Michael Hutchencesinger As lead singer of the Australian rock band INXS, Hutchence's theatrics recalled Jim Morrison and Mick Jagger. The band became a sensation in the 1980s with the…

Thomas J. Fogarty

Thomas J. Fogarty Born: 1934Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio Embolectomy balloon catheter—Dr. Fogarty's embolectomy catheter, which is used to remove blood clots, consists of a small hollow tube (…

Yves Montand Biography

Yves Montand(Ivo Livi)actor, singerBorn: 10/13/1921Birthplace: Monsummano Alto, Italy A protege of singer Edith Piaf, Montand gained international recognition for his role in the thriller The…

Forest Whitaker Biography

Forest Whitakeractor, directorBorn: 7/15/1961Birthplace: Longview, Texas Whitaker attended USC on a classical music scholarship before making his film debut in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (…

Hillman, Sidney

(Encyclopedia) Hillman, Sidney, 1887–1946, American labor leader, b. Lithuania. He emigrated to the United States in 1907. Beginning as a garment worker, he became a union leader after his key…

Knox, Philander Chase

(Encyclopedia) Knox, Philander ChaseKnox, Philander Chasefəlănˈdər [key], 1853–1921, U.S. cabinet member, b. Brownsville, Pa. He built up a fortune as a corporation lawyer in Pittsburgh. He was…

American Labor party

(Encyclopedia) American Labor party, organized in New York by labor leaders and liberals in 1936, primarily to support Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal and the men favoring it in national and…

Moscow Conferences

(Encyclopedia) Moscow Conferences, meetings held between 1941 and 1947 at Moscow, USSR. At a conference in Sept.–Oct., 1941, American and British representatives laid the basis for lend-lease aid to…