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Biddle, Francis Beverley

(Encyclopedia) Biddle, Francis Beverley, 1886–1968, U.S. Attorney General (1941–45), b. Paris, France, of American parents. Secretary to Associate Justice O. W. Holmes (1912), he became a successful…

Gordy, Berry, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Gordy, Berry, Jr., 1929–, African-American music-industry executive, b. Detroit. After stints in the army and as a professional boxer,…

Merrill, James

(Encyclopedia) Merrill, James (James Ingram Merrill), 1926–95, American poet, b. New York City. Born into wealth as the son of Charles Merrill, he studied at Amherst College (grad. 1947) and was free…

Middleweight

1867–72 Tom Chandler1872–81 George Rooke1881–82 Mike Donovan11884–91 Jack (Nonpareil) Dempsey1891–97 Bob Fitzsimmons21908 Stanley Ketchel,Billy Papke1908–10 Stanley Ketchel31913 Frank…

Rev. Jesse Jackson, 2001 News

civil rights activist, admitted in January that he and Karin Stanford had had a child together in 1998, just about the time he was counseling President Clinton during the Lewinsky scandal.…

Doris Kenner-Jackson 2000 Deaths

Doris Kenner-JacksonAge: 58 singer with The Shirelles, one of pop's most successful girl groups of the 1960s. She sang lead vocals on songs such as “Blue Holiday” and “I Saw a Tear.” The band…

Thomas Penfield Jackson, 2000 News

federal judge, ruled in March that Microsoft violated the Sherman Antitrust Act by exercising monopoly control over PC operating systems and using its power to the detriment of consumers.…

J. J. Jackson 2004 Deaths

J. J. JacksonAge: 62 broadcaster who was one of MTV's original video jockeys when the network debuted in 1981. Died: Los Angeles, March 17, 2004Ulrich InderbinenG - LIllinois Jacquet

Jackson County, OK Census Data

Oklahoma Jackson County, Oklahoma People QuickFactsJackson CountyOklahomaPopulation, 2005 estimate 26,5183,547,884Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -6.8%2.8%Population…

Jackson County, MN Census Data

Minnesota Jackson County, Minnesota People QuickFactsJackson CountyMinnesotaPopulation, 2005 estimate 11,1825,132,799Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -0.8%4.3%…