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Joseph Marion Hernandez Biography

Joseph Marion HernandezU.S. CongressmanBorn: 8/4/1793Birthplace: St. Augustine, Florida Joseph Marion Hernandez was the first Hispanic to serve in the U.S. Congress, as a delegate from the…

Joseph Greenberg 2001 Deaths

Joseph GreenbergAge: 85 prominent linguist who specialized in classifying the 5,000 languages of the world. He organized Africa's 1,500 languages into four families: Niger-Kordofanian,…

(Joseph) Lane Kirkland Biography

(Joseph) Lane KirklandAge: 77 president of the AFL–CIO from 1979 to 1995. As head of the federation, Kirkland fought to sustain the unions' waning power, in part by bringing renegades such as…

Joseph Kibwetere, 2000 News

Ugandan cult leader, duped scores of Ugandans into surrendering their possessions to him and joining his sect, Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God. In March, as many…

Joseph Maher 1998 Deaths

Joseph MaherAge: 64 actor of the stage and screen who held the record for the most Tony award nominations for supporting actor.Died: July 17, 1998.Sadie MageeM - QEarl (The Goat) Manigault…

Robert Joseph Barro Biography

Robert Joseph BarroeconomistBorn: 1944Birthplace: New York City As a professor of economics at the University of Rochester since 1975, he espoused “new classical macroeconomics” which focus…

Joseph Sobek 1998 Deaths

Joseph SobekAge: 79 inventor of racquetball; developed the sport while working in a rubber manufacturing plant in Bridgeport, Conn. in 1950; single-handedly promoted the sport and founded…

O'Brien, Edward Joseph

O'Brien, Edward Joseph[1890-1941](2)Born in Boston, Mass., Dec. 10, 1890. Educated at Boston College and Harvard University. Author of "White Fountains", 1917; "The Forgotten Threshold",…

Joseph Barbera 2006 Deaths

Joseph BarberaAge: 95 with William Hanna, the founder of legendary cartoon studio Hanna-Barbera. In 1940, the two teamed up to create the award-winning series of Tom and Jerry shorts at MGM.…

Joseph Farwell Glidden Biography

Joseph Farwell Gliddeninventor of barbed wireBorn: 1/18/1813Birthplace: Charlestown, N.H. Glidden grew up on his father's farms in New Hampshire and (later) New York State. In 1837 he married…