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Jill Dando Biography

Jill DandoAge: 37 high-profile British television journalist who hosted a popular travel show and presented the news for the BBC. Dando's shocking murder may have been linked to the monthly…

Jill Ireland Biography

Jill Irelandactress, producer, writerBorn: 4/24/1936Birthplace: London, England Jill Ireland began her career as a dancer, making her screen debut in the Michael Powell-Emeric Pressburger film Oh,…

Jill Clayburgh Biography

Jill ClayburghactressBorn: 4/30/1944Birthplace: New York CityDied: 11/5/2010 A versatile actress who appeared on the Broadway stage before entering films, she was nominated for a Best Actress…

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

(Encyclopedia) Vietnam Veterans Memorial, war memorial in Washington, D.C., built 1982. Designed by the American sculptor and architect Maya Ying Lin, it is a sloping, V-shaped, 493-ft (150-m) wall…

Larkin, Philip

(Encyclopedia) Larkin, Philip, 1922–85, English poet. He graduated from St. John's College, Oxford (B.A., 1943; M.A., 1947) and was for many years librarian at the Univ. of Hull. With an eye for the…

Jill Carroll, 2006 News

freelance reporter for the Christian Science Monitor, was kidnapped at gunpoint in January in Baghdad after she left the office of Sunni politician Adnan Dulaimi. She was held for 82 days by…

Jill Lynette LONG, Congress, IN (1952)

LONG Jill Lynette , a Representative from Indiana; born in Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Ind., July 15, 1952; graduated from Columbia City Joint High School, Columbia City, Ind.; B.S., Valparaiso…

The Sacagawea Golden Dollar

The first new coin of the millennium Source: The U.S. Mint Ever wanted to know where the dollar sign originated Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell and U.S. Mint director Philip Diehl with artist…