Search

Search results

Displaying 131 - 140

Prince Edward Island Map

  Prince Edward Island Profile: History · Government · Economy · Population €¦ Note: Prince Edward Island, together with New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, form Canada's Maritime…

Edward Reilly Stettinius, Jr.

Stettinius, Edward Reilly, Jr. (stətinˈeəs) [key], 1900–1949, American statesman and industrialist, b. Chicago. He held (1926–34) several executive posts in the General Motors Corp., and in 1938 he…

Edward Heath 2005 Deaths

Edward HeathAge: 89 leader of Britain's Conservative Party who, as prime minister, guided the country's 1973 entry into Europe's Economic Community, now called the European Union. He…

Ralph Edwards 2005 Deaths

Ralph EdwardsAge: 92 pioneer in radio and television who created the hit shows that went on to become American institutions: This Is Your Life and Truth or Consequences. Often called the “…

Edward Levy 2001 Deaths

Edward LevyAge: 74 longtime manager and coach of the N.Y. Pioneer Club, one of the country's leading amateur athletic clubs which produced U.S. track and field Olympians such as John Carlos…

Edward Hall 2006 Deaths

Edward HallAge: 91 U.S. Air Force engineer who supervised the development of the country's Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile system and the Air Force's shift to solid-fuel…

Edward Teller 2003 Deaths

Edward TellerAge: 95 Hungarian-born atomic physicist who helped to establish the nuclear era with his advocacy for and work on the atomic bomb and later the hydrogen bomb. He was widely…

Edward Said 2003 Deaths

Edward SaidAge: 67 scholar and literary critic who championed a Palestinian homeland and railed against U.S. and Israeli policy toward Palestinians and Arab nations. In his book Orientalism,…

Eddie "the Eagle" Edwards

The comically inept British "ski jumper" by Gerry Brown Eddie "the Eagle" Edwards Related Links 2010 Winter Olympics Memorable Olympic Moments Birth of the Modern Olympics…