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Lou Kusserow 2001 Deaths

Lou KusserowAge: 73 record-setting tailback and safety at Columbia in the 1940s, who later became a producer for NBC Sports; scored two touchdowns in Columbia's 21-20 victory over Army in…

Lou Boudreau 2001 Deaths

Lou BoudreauAge: 84 arguably the best position player in Cleveland Indians history; a wildly popular, athletic shortstop who led A.L. shortstops in fielding percentage eight times; made…

Lou Rawls 2006 Deaths

Lou RawlsAge: 72 Grammy Award-winning singer whose chart-topping hits include “Love Is a Hurtin' Thing,” “Tobacco Road,” and “You'll Never Find (Another Love Like Mine).” Rawls started his…

Lou Diamond Phillips Biography

Lou Diamond Phillips(Lou Upchurch)actorBorn: 2/17/1962Birthplace: The Philippines This handsome actor first distinguished himself in roles as rock star Richie Valens in La Bamba (1987) and a…

Mary Lou Retton Biography

Mary Lou RettonBorn: Jan. 24, 1968Gymnast won gold medal in women's All-Around at the 1984 Olympics; also won 2 silvers and 2 bronzes.Pee Wee ReeseR - TButch Reynolds

Agricola, Georgius

(Encyclopedia) Agricola, GeorgiusAgricola, Georgiusjôrˈjēə əgrĭkˈələ [key], Latinized from Georg BauerGeorg Bauergāˈôrk bouˈər [key], 1494–1555, German physician and scientist, known as the father of…

Fitzpatrick, Sir Charles

(Encyclopedia) Fitzpatrick, Sir Charles, 1853–1942, Canadian jurist, b. Quebec. He won renown as defense counsel for Louis Riel. In Wilfrid Laurier's government he became solicitor general (1896) and…

Pathet Lao

(Encyclopedia) Pathet LaoPathet Laopätˈət lou [key], left-wing nationalist group that was ultimately victorious in the Laotian civil war that began in the mid-1950s. The name was first used in 1950…

Fannie Lou (Townsend) Hamer Biography

Fannie Lou (Townsend) Hamercivil rights activistBorn: 10/6/1917Birthplace: Ruleville, Miss. Hamer was the youngest of 20 children and began working with her sharecropper parents at age 6. She left…

Lou BARLETTA, Congress, PA (1956)

BARLETTA Lou , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pa., January 28, 1956; graduated from Hazleton High School, Hazleton, Pa., 1974; attended Bloomsburg University…