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Mark Belanger 1998 Deaths

Mark BelangerAge: 54 eight-time Gold Glove-winning shortstop with the Baltimore Orioles and key figure in the baseball players' union after his playing career ended in 1982; nicknamed “Blade…

Jay Livingston Biography

Jay Livingstonpop composer and lyricistBorn: 3/28/1915Birthplace: McDonald, Pennsylvania pop composer and lyricist who, with Ray Evans, scored more than 80 films and won three Best Song…

Bernard Oliver

Bernard OliverBorn: 1916 Pulse Code Modulation. Oliver and Shannon developed the first high-speed digital transmission system based on coded electronic pulses, making digital telephone…

Claude Shannon

Claude ShannonBorn: 1916 Pulse Code Modulation. Oliver and Shannon developed the first high-speed digital transmission system based on coded electronic pulses, making digital telephone…

Ralph Bellamy

Ralph BellamyactorBorn: 6/17/1904Birthplace: Chicago A prolific character actor, he was often cast as the nice guy who didn't get the girl in screwball comedies such as The Awful Truth (1937…

Ralph Bellamy Biography

Ralph BellamyactorBorn: 6/17/1904Birthplace: Chicago A prolific character actor, he was often cast as the nice guy who didn't get the girl in screwball comedies such as The Awful Truth (1937…

Seoul

(Encyclopedia) SeoulSeoulsāˈ&oomacr;l, sāˈ&oobreve;l, sōl [key], city (1995 pop. 10,229,262), capital of South Korea, NW South Korea, on the Han River. It has special status equivalent to…

pulsar

(Encyclopedia) pulsar, in astronomy, a neutron star that emits brief, sharp pulses of energy instead of the steady radiation associated with other natural sources. The study of pulsars began when…

Toussaint Louverture, François Dominique

(Encyclopedia) Toussaint Louverture or L'Ouverture, François DominiqueToussaint Louverture or L'Ouverture, François DominiquefräNswäˈ dômēnēkˈ t&oomacr;săNˈ l&oomacr;vĕrtürˈ [key], c.1744–…

Peter Pan: Come Away, Come Away!

The Shadow The Flight Come Away, Come Away! For a moment after Mr. and Mrs. Darling left the house the night-lights by the beds of the three children continued to burn clearly. They…