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1958 Cannes Film Festival

Palme d'OrThe Cranes Are Flying, Mikhail Kalatozov with an Honorary Award to Tatiana Samoilova for her superb performance (U.S.S.R.)Special Jury PrizeMy Uncle, Jacques Tati (France)Best…

February 2006 Disasters

Feb. 3, Red Sea: a fire on the Al-Salaam Boccaccio 98 a Red Sea ferry, enroute from Saudi Arabia to Egypt, caused it to sink 60 miles off the Egyptian coast, killing more than 1,000 of the 1,…

History of Fingerprints

The Question: Where is the origin of fingerprinting? The Answer: There is evidence that links man's first discovery of fingerprints back to…

Robert GARCIA, Congress, NY (1933)

GARCIA Robert , a Representative from New York; born in New York, Bronx County, N.Y., January 9, 1933; attended the public schools; graduated from Haaren High School, Bronx, 1950; attended City…

Pedro GUEVARA, Congress, PI (1879-1937)

GUEVARA Pedro , a Resident Commissioner from the Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands; born in Santa Cruz, Laguna Province, Luzon, Philippine Islands, February 23, 1879; attended local schools…

John Zuinglius ANDERSON, Congress, CA (1904-1981)

ANDERSON John Zuinglius , a Representative from California; born in Oakland, Alameda County, Calif., March 22, 1904; moved with his parents to Santa Cruz, Calif., the same year, and to San Jose,…

Jackson ORR, Congress, IA (1832-1926)

ORR Jackson , a Representative from Iowa; born at Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio, September 21, 1832; moved with his parents to Benton, Elkhart County, Ind., in 1836; attended the…

Bryan Adams Biography

Bryan Adams singer, songwriterBorn: 11/5/1959Birthplace: Kingston, Ontario, Canada Though he achieved commercial success with both his third and fourth albums—Cuts Like a Knife (1983) and…

2000 Men's Olympic Greco-Roman Wrestling Medalists

119 lbs (54 kg): 1. Sim Kwon Ho, S. Kor def. 2. Lazaro Rivas, CUB (8-0); 3. Kang Yong Gyun, N. Kor def. Andriy Kalashnikov, UKR (7-0). 128 lbs (58 kg): 1. Armen Nazarian, BUL def. 2. Kim In-Sub, S…

2002 Deaths: A - F

Jack Henry AbbottJohn AgarBob AkinStephen AmbroseWalter AnnenbergKenneth ArmitageBuck BakerNorman “Buddy” BakerJoaquín BalaguerDavid W. BarryAlice BauerMildred BensonDave BergMilton…