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Gould, Glenn

(Encyclopedia) Gould, Glenn, 1932–82, Canadian pianist and composer. A prodigy, he began study at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto at 12. He was piano soloist with the Toronto Symphony at…

Emily Morison Beck 2004 Deaths

Emily Morison BeckAge: 88 editor of the 13th, 14th, and 15th editions of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations. Died: Canton, Mass., March 28, 2004Peter BarnesA - FArnold O. Beckman

Kent State University

(Encyclopedia) Kent State University, mainly at Kent, Ohio; coeducational; founded 1910 as a normal school, became Kent State College in 1929, gained university status in 1935. The university's…

McDonnell, James Smith

(Encyclopedia) McDonnell, James Smith, 1899–1980, American aviation pioneer, b. Denver, B.S. Princeton, 1921, M.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1925. He designed the Doodlebug (1929), a…

Thorpe, Jim

(Encyclopedia) Thorpe, Jim (James Francis Thorpe), 1888–1953, American athlete, b. near Prague, Okla. Thorpe was probably the greatest all-round male athlete the United States has ever produced. His…

Glenn Hughes 2001 Deaths

Glenn HughesAge: 50 singer who performed, dressed in leather biker attire, in the 1970s disco band the Village People. The group's hits include “Macho Man” and “Y.M.C.A.”Died: Manhattan,…

Glenn Montgomery 1998 Deaths

Glenn MontgomeryAge: 31 former Houston Oilers and Seattle Seahawks defensive lineman who was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease, in 1996; played eight…

John Glenn, 1998 News

77, recent U.S. senator and legendary astronaut, became the oldest person to fly in space, 36 years after he became the first American to orbit Earth. NASA decided to include an…