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Brewer's: M. B. Waistcoat

A clerical cassock waistcoat was so called (about 1830) when first introduced by the High Church party. M. B. means “mark of the beast.” “He smiled at the folly which stigmatised an M.B. `waistcoat…

Lester B. Pearson Award

Awarded to the season's most outstanding player and named after the former diplomat, Nobel Peace Prize winner and Canadian prime minister. Winners selected by the NHL Players Assn. Multiple…

Susan B. Anthony House

Susan B. Anthony House Rochester, New York A National Historic Landmark, this house was the home and headquarters of feminist Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) for nearly half a century. Countless…

Cecil B. DeMille Biography

Cecil B. DeMilledirector, producer, screenwriterBorn: 8/12/1881Birthplace: Ashfield, Massachusetts An innovative and influential figure in the development of Hollywood filmmaking, he is best known…

Louis B. Mayer Biography

Louis B. Mayer(Lazar Meir, Eliezer Mayer)movie executiveBorn: 7/4/1885Birthplace: Minsk, Russia From 1924 to 1951, Mayer reigned over Metro-Goldwin-Mayer (MGM). With his production supervisor, Irving…

Susan B. Anthony Dollar

Library of Congress Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) is the first woman to appear on U.S. coinage. Anthony worked for nearly 70 years to bring suffrage (the right to vote) to women in the…

Cabinet Members with Dates of Appointment

Cabinet Members Under Washington Cabinet Members Under J. Adams Cabinet Members Under Jefferson Cabinet Members Under Madison Cabinet Members Under Monroe Cabinet Members…

Kane, Elisha Kent

(Encyclopedia) Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820–57, American physician and arctic explorer, b. Philadelphia. Seeking adventure after medical school, Kane entered naval service and before he was 30 had seen…