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George Bush Biography

George BushBorn: June 12, 192441st President of U.S. (1989-93) and avid sportsman played 1B on 1947 and '48 Yale baseball teams that placed 2nd in College World Series; captain of 1948 team.…

Willi Stoph Biography

Willi StophAge: 84 two-time prime minister of East Germany. He held office during the reconciliation between East and West Germany, stepping down days before the fall of the Berlin Wall in…

Stephen Sprouse 2004 Deaths

Stephen SprouseAge: 50 fashion designer whose punk-inspired, sophisticated creations were favored by rock stars as well as followers of haute couture. Died: Manhattan, March 4, 2004Susan…

Howard Solomon 2004 Deaths

Howard SolomonAge: 75 owner of the Cafe au Go Go in Greenwich Village who was arrested with Lenny Bruce on obscenity charges after the comedian's performance at the club in 1964. Solomon was…

Pulitzer Prizes: Correspondence

1929Paul Scott Mowrer (Chicago Daily News)1930Leland Stowe (New York Herald Tribune)1931H. R. Knickerbocker (Philadelphia Public Ledger and New York Evening Post)1932Walter Duranty (New York…

Ruth Brown 2006 Deaths

Ruth BrownAge: 78 R&B singer, actress, and activist for royalty reform. Her 1950s hits included “Teardrops from My Eyes,” “5-10-15 Hours,” and “(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean.”Died:…

Ernest Lehman 2005 Deaths

Ernest LehmanAge: 89 esteemed screenwriter who penned the classic films North by Northwest and Sweet Smell of Success. He adapted the plays Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and The Sound of…

Writers

  Achebe, Rousseau, Yourcenar, and more A-B | C | D-F | G-H | I-L | M-N | O-P | R-S | T-Z   Achebe, Chinua Adams, Henry Addison, Joseph Aesop Agee, James Agnon, S. Y. Alcott,…