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Boston Marathon

101st edition of the Boston Marathon, held Monday, April 21, 1997 and run, as always, from Hopkinton through Ashland, Framingham, Natick, Wellesley, Newton and Brookline to Boston, Mass.…

2005 National Journalism Awards

The Scripps Howard Foundation sponsors the annual National Journalism Awards, honoring the best in print, Web and electronic journalism and journalism education. Investigative Reporting Walt…

Biographies: Notable Architects

Notable Architects Frank Lloyd Wright See also Notable Artists People in the NewsRecent Obituaries Related Links Architecture American Architecture Architecture…

Johnson, Samuel, English author

(Encyclopedia) Johnson, Samuel, 1709–84, English author, b. Lichfield. The leading literary scholar and critic of his time, Johnson helped to shape and define the Augustan Age. He was equally…

Poe, Edgar Allan

(Encyclopedia) Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809–49, American poet, short-story writer, and critic, b. Boston. He is acknowledged today as one of the most brilliant and original writers in American literature.…

1960 Men's Boxing Medalists

Class   Flyweight (-112 1/2lb) Gyula Török, HUN   Sergey Sivko, URS   Kiyoshi Tanabe, JPN   Abdel Elgiundi, VAR Bantamweight (-119 lb) Oleg Grigoryev, URS   Primo…

Women's Olympic Swimming: 400-meter Freestyle

400-meter Freestyle Find the Olympic gold-medal times for the women's 400m Freestyle swimming competition from 1920 to the present. Year WinnerTime Record1920 Ethelda Bleibtrey, USA…

Teen Read Week

Pick up a humorous book or a graphic novel and read for the fun of it Harry Potter #1 on Teens' Top Ten Related Links Teen Read Week from the ALA…