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Nobel Prize for Physics

Below find every winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, from 1901 through 2016. For years not listed, no award was made. 1901Wilhelm K. Roentgen (Germany), for discovery of Roentgen…

1970 – 1979 World History

Richard Nixon(1913–1994)The Library of Congress Picture CollectionMao Zedong(1893–1976)Agence France Press/Archive PhotosIngmar Bergman (1918–2007)Archive PhotosLyndon B. Johnson(1908–1973)…

Dryden, John

(Encyclopedia) Dryden, John, 1631–1700, English poet, dramatist, and critic, b. Northamptonshire, grad. Cambridge, 1654. He went to London about 1657 and first came to public notice with his Heroic…

Cabinet Members Under Lincoln

Secretary of State William H. Seward, 1861Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase, 1861William P. Fessenden, 1864Hugh McCulloch, 1865Secretary of War Simon Cameron, 1861Edwin M. Stanton,…

Benjamin FITZPATRICK, Congress, AL (1802-1869)

Senate Years of Service: 1848-1849; 1853-1855; 1855-1861 Party: Democrat FITZPATRICK Benjamin , a Senator from Alabama; born in Greene County, Ga., June 30, 1802; orphaned, he was taken by his…

BUCHANAN, James, Congress, PA (1791-1868)

Senate Years of Service: 1834-1845 Party: Democrat BUCHANAN James , a Representative and a Senator from Pennsylvania and 15th President of the United States; born at Cove Gap, near Mercersburg,…

Father's Day

Director: Ivan ReitmanWriters: Lowell Ganz and Babaloo MandelDirector of Photography:Stephen H. BurumEditors:Sheldon Kahn and Wendy Greene BricmontMusic:James Newton HowardProduction Designer…