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Sam Jethroe 2001 Deaths

Sam JethroeAge: 83 one of the first black players in Major League Baseball history and the oldest player to ever win rookie of the year honors; nicknamed "The Jet" for his speed; debuted in…

Sam Boyd 2001 Deaths

Sam BoydAge: 86 Baylor football star who later coached the team to their only Sugar Bowl berth, a 13-7 victory over Tennessee in 1956; all-conference wide receiver for the Bears in 1937 and…

Sam Francis 2002 Deaths

Sam FrancisAge: 88 University of Nebraska fullback; earned All-America honors and finished second in Heisman Trophy voting in 1936; placed fourth in the shot put at the 1936 Berlin Olympics;…

Sam's Time Travel Essay

Sam witnesses the parting of the Red Sea and other miracles Related Links Moses How to Write a Five Paragraph Essay Punctuation…

Sam M. Raimi Biography

Sam M. Raimidirector, screenwriter, actorBorn: 10/23/1959Birthplace: Royal Oak, Michigan This creative director has won a cult following for his campy horror films Evil Dead (1983), Evil Dead…

Hainisch, Michael

(Encyclopedia) Hainisch, MichaelHainisch, Michaelmĭˈkhäĕl hīˈnĭsh [key], 1858–1940, president of Austria (1920–28). He was a leading agriculturist and a noted writer. Politically acceptable to all…

Schwab, Charles Michael

(Encyclopedia) Schwab, Charles MichaelSchwab, Charles Michaelshwäb [key], 1862–1939, American steel magnate, b. Williamsburg, Pa. He started as a stake driver in Andrew Carnegie's steelworks and rose…

Praetorius, Michael

(Encyclopedia) Praetorius, MichaelPraetorius, Michaelprētôrˈēəs [key], 1571–1621, German composer and musicographer, whose name originally was Schultheiss. He was a prolific composer, his Musae…

Colt, Samuel

(Encyclopedia) Colt, Samuel, 1814–62, American inventor, b. Hartford, Conn. In 1835–36, he patented a revolving-breech pistol and founded at Paterson, N.J., the Patent Arms Company, which failed in…

Warner Brothers

(Encyclopedia) Warner Brothers, American movie studio executives and producers. Sons of poor E European Jewish immigrants, the brothers were Harry Morris (1881–1958), Albert (1884–1967), Samuel Louis…