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Antonio Sabato, Jr. Biography

Antonio Sabato, Jr.model, actorBorn: 2/29/1972Birthplace: Rome, Italy Actor and model who moved from Italy to California when he was 12 years old and made a few big screen appearances before…

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Biography

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.Douglas Elton Ulman FairbanksactorBorn: 12/9/1909Birthplace: New York City Son of actor Douglas Fairbanks, he began acting as a teenager and later starred in a number of…

Volk, Leonard Wells

(Encyclopedia) Volk, Leonard Wells, 1828–95, American sculptor, b. Wellstown (now Wells), N.Y. In 1848 he went to St. Louis, where he studied drawing and worked at funerary sculpture. With the aid of…

Rodino, Peter Wallace, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Rodino, Peter Wallace, Jr.Rodino, Peter Wallace, Jr.rōdēˈnō [key], 1909–2005, U.S. congressman, b. Newark, N.J., as Pellegrino Rodino, Jr.; grad. New Jersey Law School, 1937. Awarded…

Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel

(Encyclopedia) Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, officially the Lucius J. Kellam, Jr. Bridge-Tunnel, 17.6 mi (28.2 km) long, across the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, E Va., connecting Cape Charles with…

Wild America

Director: William DearWriter: David Michael WiegerDirector of Photography:David BurrEditor:O. Nicholas BrownMusic:Joel McNeelyProduction Designer:Steven JordanProducers:James G. Robinson,…

Tolbert, William Richard, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Tolbert, William Richard, Jr.Tolbert, William Richard, Jr.tŏlˈbərt [key], 1913–80, president of Liberia (1971–80). In government since 1935, he was vice president (1951–71), succeeding…

Jackson, Jesse Louis

(Encyclopedia) Jackson, Jesse Louis, 1941–, African-American political leader, clergyman, and civil-rights activist, b. Greenville, S.C. Raised in poverty, he attended the Chicago Theological…

Unser, Al

(Encyclopedia) Unser, Al (Alfred Unser, Sr.) Unser, Al ŭnˈsər [key] 1939–2021, American automobile racing driver, b.…