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Rainey, Gertrude "Ma"

(Encyclopedia) Rainey, Gertrude "Ma," 1886–1939, African-American blues singer and songwriter, b. Columbus, Ga., as Gertrude Melissa Nix Pridgett.…

Royal Biographies: Princess Margaret

Princess Margaret by David Johnson Related Links Royal Family TreeThe Queen MotherViscount LinleyLady Sarah Armstrong-Jones Once considered the most unhappy royal, Queen Elizabeth'…

Year in Review, 1999: People in the News

Whether taking the helm of a newly-independent South Africa or simply living "La Vida Loca," these were the ones who made the headlines in 1999. by Beth Rowen Lance Armstrong Age 27…

Apollo 11 - Anniversary

Apollo 11July 20 marks the anniversary of man's first walk on the moon by Ricco Villanueva Siasoco How many movies, songs, anecdotes—even clichés—have sprung from humanity's first landing on the…

1998-99 Other NBA Award Winners

Defensive Player of the Year— Alonzo Mourning, Miami; Most Improved Player—Darrell Armstrong, Orlando; Sixth Man Award— Darrell Armstrong, Orlando; Kennedy PBWAA Citizenship Award— Brian Grant,…

2003 Deaths: M - Q

Lester MaddoxClark MacGregorHerbie MannLuis MardenBurke MarshallCarol MatthauBill MauldinRobert McCloskeyMark McCormackTex McCraryWill McDonoughRobert MertonDoug MichelsGeorge MillerPaul…

FM Radio

The Question: When did FM radio begin? The Answer: Howard Armstrong broadcast the first radio transmission employing frequency…

Cary Stayner, 1999 News

37, motel handyman, confessed to the July killing of a 26-year-old Yosemite National Park naturalist, Joie Ruth Armstrong, and the February massacre of three sight-seers, Carole Sund, 42;…

2002 Tour de France Winners

The 89th Tour de France (July 6-28) ran 20 stages plus a prologue, covering 2,050 miles starting in Luxembourg, passing through the Alps and Pyrenees in France and finishing on the Avenue des Champs…