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Secretary of State Dean Rusk, 1961Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon, 1961Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, 1961Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, 1961Postmaster General J.…Other American Library Association Awards for Children's Books, 2001
Also see the Caldecott Medal and the Newbery Medal winnners.2001 Coretta Scott King Awards, honoring black authors and illustrators: (author): Miracle Boys, Jacqueline Woodson (Putnam)(…Audubon, John James
(Encyclopedia) Audubon, John JamesAudubon, John Jamesôˈdəbŏn [key], 1785–1851, American ornithologist, b. Les Cayes, Santo Domingo (now Haiti). The illegitimate son of a French sea captain and…Houdin, Jean Eugène Robert
(Encyclopedia) Houdin, Jean Eugène Robert or Jean Eugène Robert-HoudinHoudin, Jean Eugène RobertzhäN özhĕnˈ rōbĕrˈ &oomacr;dăNˈ [key], 1805–71, French conjurer and magician. Originally a…2012 National Book Critics Circle Awards
Fiction: Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, Ben Fountain (Ecco) General Nonfiction: Far From the…Robert the Strong
(Encyclopedia) Robert the Strong, d. 866, French warrior, marquess of Neustria; father of the French kings Eudes and Robert I and ancestor of the Capetians. He joined the rebellious nobles against…Justin A. Volpe, 1999 News
27, New York City police officer, admitted in court in May that he tortured and meant to humiliate Haitian immigrant Abner Louima when he rammed a broom handle into the man's rectum and then…Randolph A. Hearst 2000 Deaths
Randolph A. HearstAge: 85 the last surviving son of legendary publisher William Randolph Hearst. Hearst's 19-year-old daughter, Patricia, was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army in…A. R. Ammons 2001 Deaths
A. R. AmmonsAge: 75 award-winning poet whose simple verse often disguised the depth of his work. Ammons wrote nearly 30 books of poetry and won scores of awards, including two National Book…Herbert A. Simon 2001 Deaths
Herbert A. SimonAge: 84 polymath who won several awards, including the 1978 Nobel Prize in Economics, for his theory on decision making and his groundbreaking research and work on artificial…Trending
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