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Elizabeth Dole

Breaking down gender barriers by Beth Rowen This article was posted on August 17, 1999. Elizabeth Dole has been appointed by three presidents to high-level executive positions. Dole finished…

Election Cliffhanger

The neck-and-neck race, however, continued well beyond election day, Nov. 7th. Results were so close that at different times on election night and into the early hours of Nov. 8, each of…

Mallory, George Herbert Leigh

(Encyclopedia) Mallory, George Herbert LeighMallory, George Herbert Leighmălˈərē [key], 1886–1924, English mountain climber. After some spectacular ascents in the Alps, he participated in the Everest…

Tony Snow, 2006 News

journalist and political commentator, resigned from his job at Fox News in April to become President Bush's press secretary, replacing Scott McClellan. A staunch conservative, Snow is known…

Minot, George Richards

(Encyclopedia) Minot, George RichardsMinot, George Richardsmīˈnət [key], 1885–1950, American physician and pathologist, b. Boston, M.D. Harvard, 1912. From 1928 to 1948 he was professor of medicine…

Biographies: Deaths of 2018

// Cite   Deaths of 2018 See also 2016 Deaths 2015 Deaths 2014 Deaths 2013 Deaths 2012 Deaths 2011 Deaths More Deaths Related Links 2018 People in the News Biographies by Category…

Iconic Presidential Moments: Barack Obama

There are images that will stay with us forever. From FDR notifying the world that the U.S. had entered WWII, to Obama's trademark fist bump at the Democratic National Convention, these…

The Presidential Gallery

An illustrated guide to the presidents of the United States [ Go to the First Ladies Gallery or the Presidential Factfile! ] Barack Obama2009–Present George W. Bush2001–2009…

Richard Bruce CHENEY, Congress, WY (1941)

CHENEY Richard Bruce , a Representative from Wyoming and a Vice President of the United States; born in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebr., January 30, 1941; attended public schools in Lincoln and…

August 2000 News and Events

WorldQueen Mother Turns 100 (Aug. 4): Elizabeth celebrates with three generations of royal family. UN Peacekeepers Reach Lebanon (Aug. 5): Troops fan out along border with Israel after weeks…