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Annual Awards: Rookie of the Year

Rookie of the Year Voted on by the Baseball Writers Assn. of America. One award was presented from 1947-48. Two awards (one for each league) have been presented since 1949. Winners who were…

The Wright Brothers Centennial

A Century of Flight The Wright Brothers first flight at Kitty Hawk Wilbur and Orville Wright with their second powered machine; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio Orville Wright, Major John F.…

Football Hall of Fame: Players

Abell, Earl—Colgate, 1915Agase, Alex—Purdue/Illinois, 1946Agganis, Harry—Boston Univ., 1952Albert, Frank—Stanford, 1941Aldrich, Chas. (Ki)—Texas Christian, 1938Aldrich, Malcolm—Yale,…

mercantilism

(Encyclopedia) mercantilismmercantilismmûrˈkəntĭlĭzəm [key], economic system of the major trading nations during the 16th, 17th, and 18th cent., based on the premise that national wealth and power…

Notable Women Adventurers

Louise Arner Boyd Quiz: Women Adventurers Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators…

2004 Deaths: A - F

Abu AbbasBrock AdamsUmberto AgnelliYasir ArafatVictor ArgoRichard AvedonPeter BarnesEmily Morison BeckArnold O. BeckmanGeoffrey BeeneSune BergströmElmer BernsteinJan BerryFanny Blankers-…

1928 Women's Olympic Swimming Medalists

Event   Time   100m Free Albina Osipowich, USA 1:11.0 OR   Eleonor Garatti, USA 1:11.4     Joyce Cooper, GBR 1:13.6   400m Free Martha Norelius, USA…

1932 Women's Olympic Swimming Medalists

Event   Time   100m Free Helene Madison, USA 1:06.8 OR   Willie den Ouden, NED 1:07.8     Eleonor Garatti, USA 1:08.2   400m Free Helene Madison, USA…