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Sierra Madre, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Sierra MadreSierra Madresēĕrˈə mäˈdrā [key], residential city (1990 pop. 10,762), Los Angeles co., S Calif., at the foot of Mt. Wilson; inc. 1907. There is some light manufacturing.

Nye, Edgar Wilson

(Encyclopedia) Nye, Edgar WilsonNye, Edgar Wilsonnī [key], known as Bill Nye, 1850–96, American humorist and journalist, b. Shirley Mills, Maine. He lived in Wisconsin from 1852 to 1876, when he went…

Corcoran, William Wilson

(Encyclopedia) Corcoran, William WilsonCorcoran, William Wilsonkôrˈkərən [key], 1798–1888, American financier, philanthropist, and art collector, b. Georgetown, D.C. After becoming a successful…

Benn, Anthony Wedgwood

(Encyclopedia) Benn, Anthony Wedgwood (Tony Benn), 1925–2014, British politician, b. London, grad. New College, Oxford. After working for the British Broadcasting Corporation (1949–50), he was…

1910 – 1919 World History

Albert Einstein (1879–1955)AIP Niels Bohr LibraryVladimir Lenin (1870–1924)Novosti PhotosWoodrow Wilson(1856–1924)The Library of Congress Picture Collection1910Boy Scouts of America…

Carl Wilson 1998 Deaths

Carl WilsonAge: 51 A founding member of the Beach Boys, Wilson sang and played lead guitar with the group for more than thirty years. Memorable hits like “Good Vibrations” and “Surfin' U.S.A…

Sloan Wilson 2003 Deaths

Sloan WilsonAge: 83 novelist whose 1955 book The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit defined the postwar suburban and career angst experienced by countless Americans. Gregory Peck and Jennifer Jones…

Joseph Wilson, 2003 News

former ambassador, discredited President Bush's claim—and a justification for war in Iraq—that Saddam Hussein was pursuing a nuclear weapons program by seeking to obtain uranium from Niger.…

Cabinet Members Under Wilson

Secretary of State William J. Bryan, 1913Robert Lansing, 1915Bainbridge Colby, 1920Secretary of the Treasury William G. McAdoo, 1913Carter Glass, 1918David F. Houston, 1920Secretary of War…

Kemmons Wilson 2003 Deaths

Kemmons WilsonAge: 90 hotelier who opened the first Holiday Inn motel in Memphis in 1952. The chain now includes 3,000 motels. Died: Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 12, 2003Bernard WilliamsR - ZSloan…