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Horse Racing Summary: Preakness Stakes

Pimlico; 3-year-olds; 13/16 mi The following table lists names of the winning horses and jockeys at the Preakness Stakes from 1873 to the present. In 2009, Rachel…

May 2009 Current Events: U.S. News

World News | Business/Science News Here are the key events in United States news for the month of May 2009. Longshot Mine That Bird Wins Kentucky Derby (May 2): A 50–1 longshot, Mine That Bird,…

Roy Rogers Biography

Roy Rogers(Leonard Frank Sly)actor, singerBorn: 11/5/1911Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio Actor and singer who starred in more than 80 Westerns, earning the moniker “King of the Cowboys.” He…

James Agee Biography

James AgeewriterBorn: 11/27/1909Birthplace: Knoxville, Tennessee Brilliant and versatile, he wrote the text for Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (1941), which, with photographs by Walker Evans,…

Linda Evangelista Biography

Linda Evangelista modelBorn: 5/10/1965Birthplace: St. Catharines, Ont., Canada   Highly successful supermodel whose striking good looks have launched a thousand products and graced a thousand…

Wilbur Charles (Weeb) Ewbank 1998 Deaths

Wilbur Charles (Weeb) EwbankAge: 91 professional football coach with the NY Jets and Baltimore Colts who won two of the sport's biggest games in history; led the Colts to a victory over the…

Gary Arthur MYERS, Congress, PA (1937)

MYERS Gary Arthur , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Toronto, Jefferson County, Ohio, August 16, 1937; attended Evans City (Pa.) Elementary School, 1943-1951; graduated, Evans City…

Derby, English horse race

(Encyclopedia) DerbyDerbydärˈbē [key], English horse race, instituted (1780) by the 12th earl of Derby and held annually at Epsom Downs, near London. The race is open only to three-year-old colts and…

Armory Show

(Encyclopedia) Armory Show, international exhibition of modern art held in 1913 at the 69th-regiment armory in New York City. It was a sensational introduction of modern art into the United States.…

Pleven, René

(Encyclopedia) Pleven, RenéPleven, Renérənāˈ plĕväNˈ [key], 1901–93, French political leader. He held various diplomatic and financial posts in the Free French government during World War II and…