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Griffey, Ken, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Griffey, Ken, Jr. (George Kenneth Griffey, Jr.), 1969–, American baseball player, b. Donora, Pa. The son of a veteran outfielder, he joined the Seattle Mariners of the American League…Maddox, Lester G.
(Encyclopedia) Maddox, Lester G. (Lester Garfield Maddox, Sr), 1915–2003, U.S. public official, governor of Georgia (1967–71), b. Atlanta. He achieved national notoriety in 1964 when he drove African…Wendell Hampton FORD, Congress, KY (1924)
Senate Years of Service: 1974-1999 Party: Democrat FORD Wendell Hampton , a Senator from Kentucky; born near Owensboro, Daviess County, Ky., September 8, 1924; attended the public schools of…Wendell Richard ANDERSON, Congress, MN (1933)
Senate Years of Service: 1976-1978 Party: Democrat ANDERSON Wendell Richard , a Senator from Minnesota; born in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., February 1, 1933; educated in the public schools of…R. Wendell BAILEY, Congress, MO (1940)
BAILEY R. Wendell , A Representative from Missouri; born in Willow Springs, Mo., July 30, 1940; graduated from Willow Springs High School, Willow Springs, Mo.; B.S., Southwest Missouri State…Stone, Oliver
(Encyclopedia) Stone, Oliver, 1946–, American filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer, b. New York City, studied filmmaking with Martin Scorsese at New York Univ. (B.F.A., 1971). Stone enlisted (1967)…Morse, John Torrey
(Encyclopedia) Morse, John Torrey, 1840–1937, American lawyer and biographer, b. Boston. Admitted to the bar in 1862, he practiced law in Boston until 1880, when he turned all his attention to…Watson, Thomas John, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Watson, Thomas John, Jr., 1914–93, American industrialist, b. Dayton, Ohio. The son of Thomas John Watson, Sr., the founder of the International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), he…Saint Oliver Plunket
The last Catholic martyr to die at Tyburn, he was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1975 by Ann-Marie Imbornoni St. Oliver Plunket (1629–1681) Born in County Meath, Oliver Plunket went to Rome to be…Oliver Ellsworth: Landholder I
Landholder IOliver Ellsworth5 November 1787To the Holders and Tillers of Land. The writer of the following passed the first part of his life in mercantile employments, and by Industry and…Trending
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