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Iconic Presidential Moments

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…

July 1999 News and Events

1999 News Month-By-MonthWorldWomen's Groups Challenge Vatican (July 1): Worldwide organizations at U.N. conference attack Vatican efforts to block plan to limit population growth through…

George E. Brown Jr. Biography

George E. Brown Jr.Age: 79 oldest member of the House of Representatives. The senior Democrat on the House Science Committee, Rep. Brown had a fascination with science and space exploration.…

Daniel Chappie James, Jr. Biography

Daniel “Chappie” James, Jr.generalBorn: 2/11/1920Birthplace: Pensacola, Florida James joined the segregated United States Army Air Corp while attending Tuskegee Institute. He was made a…

Morton Downey, Jr. 2001 Deaths

Morton Downey, Jr.Age: 67 contentious host of the short-lived but popular Morton Downey, Jr. Show, a 1980s talk show. Downey had a long and diverse career before he became an icon of the…

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. 2000 Deaths

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.Age: 90 debonair actor, producer, and diplomat who starred in 75 films, including The Prisoner of Zenda and Gunga Din. The son of silent film legend Douglas Fairbanks,…

Raymond Portwood Jr. 2000 Deaths

Raymond Portwood Jr.Age: 66 animator and game developer who created the popular Carmen Sandiego computer-game series. Died: Windsor, Calif., July 17, 2000Cal PokasM - QAnthony Powell

Ring Lardner Jr. 2000 Deaths

Ring Lardner Jr.Age: 85 Hollywood screenwriter who won two Academy Awards, but saw his career plunge into a free-fall after he refused to tell the House Un-American Activities Committee if he…

Walter Bishop Jr. 1998 Deaths

Walter Bishop Jr.jazz pianist recorded with Miles Davis and Charlie ParkerBorn: 1928?Died: 1998Ilse BingA - FDoug Blosser