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Brand, Sir John Henry
(Encyclopedia) Brand, Sir John Henry, or Jan Hendrik BrandJan Hendrik Brandyän hĕnˈdrək bränt [key], 1823–88, South African politician, president of the Orange Free State, b. Capetown. He was called…Freedom Riders
(Encyclopedia) Freedom Riders, American civil-rights demonstrators who engaged (1961) in nonviolent protests against segregation of public interstate buses and terminals in the South. From the 1940s…Normandy campaign
(Encyclopedia) Normandy campaign, June to Aug., 1944, in World War II. The Allied invasion of the European continent through Normandy began about 12:15 a.m. on June 6, 1944 (D-day). The plan, known…Pike, Zebulon Montgomery
(Encyclopedia) Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779–1813, American explorer, an army officer, b. Lamberton (now part of Trenton), N.J. He joined the army (c.1793) and was commissioned second lieutenant in…Bird, Robert Montgomery
(Encyclopedia) Bird, Robert Montgomery, 1806–54, American playwright and novelist, b. New Castle, Del., M.D. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1827. He wrote several prizewinning verse plays for the actor Edwin…Grand Prix Season Standings
Final Top 10 standings from the 2002 IAAF Grand Prix season. Overall Men's and Women's winners receive $100,000 (US) each. All ties are broken by a complex Grand Prix scoring system.MEN1.…Bernard C. Bert Kuczynski Biography
Bernard C. “Bert” KuczynskiAge: 77 became the first athlete to play pro football and baseball in the same season when he suited up for the Philadelphia Athletics and the Detroit Lions in…Bernard SANDERS, Congress, VT (1941)
Senate Years of Service: 2007- Party: Independent SANDERS Bernard , a Senator and a Representative from Vermont; born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., September 8, 1941; graduated from Madison High…How a Bill Becomes a Law
When a senator or a representative introduces a bill, he or she sends it to the clerk of his house, who gives it a number and title. This is the first reading,…Walt Whitman: Laws for Creations
Laws for CreationsLaws for creations, For strong artists and leaders, for fresh broods of teachers and perfect literats for America, For noble savans and coming musicians. All must have…Trending
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