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Bourget, Le

(Encyclopedia) Bourget, Le, town, Seine–Saint-Denis dept., N central France. A suburb of Paris, it is the site of Le Bourget airport, once Paris's main…

Brewer's: Friends ... Enemies

Our friends the enemy. When, on April 1, 1814, the allied armies entered Paris, Sir George Jackson tells us he heard a viva pass along the streets, and the shout “nos amis, nos ennemis…

Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake, 2004 News

pop stars, created an enormous scandal when Timberlake ripped the bodice of Jackson's costume during the halftime show of February's Super Bowl XXXVIII, exposing her right breast, which was…

Andrew JACKSON, Congress, TN (1767-1845)

Senate Years of Service: 1797-1798; 1823-1825 Party: Democratic Republican JACKSON Andrew , a Representative and a Senator from Tennessee and 7th President of the United States; born on March 15,…

George JACKSON, Congress, VA (1757-1831)

JACKSON George , a Representative from Virginia; born in Cecil County, Md., January 9, 1757; moved with his parents to Moorefield, Va. (now West Virginia), and in 1769 to Jacksons Fort, Va. (now…

Jabez Young JACKSON, Congress, GA (1790)

JACKSON Jabez Young , a Representative from Georgia; born in Savannah, Ga., in July 1790; resided at Clarkesville; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by…

JACKSON, James, Congress, GA (1819-1887)

JACKSON James , a Representative from Georgia; born in Jefferson County, Ga., on October 18, 1819; pursued classical studies and was graduated from the University of Georgia at Athens in 1837;…

James JACKSON, Congress, GA (1757-1806)

Senate Years of Service: 1793-1795; 1801-1806 Party: Anti-Administration; Democratic Republican JACKSON James , a Representative and a Senator from Georgia; born in Moreton-Hampstead, Devonshire,…

JACKSON, James, Congress, GA (1757-1806)

Senate Years of Service: 1793-1795; 1801-1806 Party: Anti-Administration; Democratic Republican JACKSON, James, (father of Jabez Y. Jackson and grandfather of James Jackson [1819-1887]), a…

Jonathan JACKSON, Congress, MA (1743-1810)

JACKSON, Jonathan, a Delegate from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., June 4, 1743; pursued classical studies and was graduated from Harvard College in 1761; engaged in mercantile pursuits…