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Menno Oosting Biography

Menno OostingAge: 34 professional tennis player from the Netherlands who won seven ATP Tour doubles titles and reached 11 finals in his career; was 7-4 in Davis Cup competition from 1983-88;…

Anita O'Day 2006 Deaths

Anita O'DayAge: 87 big-band and jazz vocalist who defied racial and other boundaries, becoming perhaps the only white woman to be classed among the great jazz singers of the 1940s and 1950s.…

Nam June Paik 2006 Deaths

Nam June PaikAge: 73 artist, known as “the father of video art,” who created the video synthesizer, which can paint screens, produce images, and reverse images on a video monitor. In his…

Cloudsplitter

Author:Russell BanksPublisher:Harper Flamingo Banks's ambitious portrait of abolitionist John Brown, whose famed (and failed) attempt to liberate slaves in the 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry…

Games Slayter

Games Slayter Born: 1896 Birthplace: Argos, Indiana Fiberglass—In the 1930s, Games Slayter, Dale Kleist, and John Thomas developed the method…

John Thomas

John Thomas Born: 1907 Birthplace: East St. Louis, Illinois Fiberglass—In the 1930s, John Thomas, Games Slayter, and Dale Kleist developed the…

Charles SWINDALL, Congress, OK (1876-1939)

SWINDALL Charles , a Representative from Oklahoma; born at College Mound, near Terrell, Kaufman County, Tex., February 13, 1876; attended the public schools and Vanderbilt University, Nashville,…

England (Group G)

FIFA World Ranking: 5 Players to Watch: Alan Shearer (F), Michael Owen (F), Steve McManaman (M) Prospects: England could be the best team in Europe right now. If they maintain their level of play…

The Minus Man

Director/Writer:Hampton FancherShooting Gallery; 112 minutes; RRelease:9/99 Cast:Owen Wilson, Janeane Garofalo, Brian Cox, Dwight Yoakum This sneaky little film follows a blankly harmless man…

Dale Kleist

Dale Kleist Born: 1909 Birthplace: Newark, Ohio Fiberglass—In the 1930s, Dale Kleist, Games Slayer, and John Thomas…