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Willie Pep

Willie PepBorn: Sept. 19, 1922Boxer 2-time world featherweight champion (1942-48,49-50); pro record 230-11-1 with 65 KOs.Died: Nov. 23, 2006Roger PenskeN - QMarie-Jose Perec

Willis Reed

Willis ReedBorn: June 25, 1942Basketball C led NY Knicks to NBA titles in 1970 and '73, Finals MVP both years; regular season MVP 1970. Voted one of NBA's 50 Greatest Players.Bill RassmussenR…

Willie Stargell

Willie StargellBorn: Mar. 6, 1940Baseball OF-1B “Pops”; led NL in home runs twice (1971,73); 475 career HRs; NL co-MVP and World Series MVP in 1979.Died: Apr. 9, 2001Amos Alonzo StaggR -…

Keats, Ezra Jack

(Encyclopedia) Keats, Ezra Jack, 1916–83, American author and illustrator of children's books, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., as Jacob Ezra Katz. During the Great Depression, he painted murals for the Works…

Joshua Willis ALEXANDER, Congress, MO (1852-1936)

ALEXANDER Joshua Willis , a Representative from Missouri; born in Cincinnati, Ohio, January 22, 1852; attended public and private schools; graduated from Christian University (now Culver-Stockton…

Willie Person MANGUM, Congress, NC (1792-1861)

Senate Years of Service: 1831-1836; 1840-1853 Party: Jacksonian; Anti-Jacksonian; Whig MANGUM Willie Person , a Representative and a Senator from North Carolina; born in Orange (now Durham)…

Hillsboro

(Encyclopedia) Hillsboro. <1> City (2020 pop. 6481), seat of Highland co., SW Oh.; founded 1807. It was long a center of bell making and is known…

Mauldin, Bill

(Encyclopedia) Mauldin, Bill (William Henry Mauldin), 1921–2003, American cartoonist, b. Mountain Park, N.Mex. During World War II, in which he served as an infantryman-cartoonist in Italy, France,…

Floyd, Carlisle

(Encyclopedia) Floyd, Carlisle (Carlisle Sessions Floyd, Jr.), 1926–, American composer, b. Latta, S.C., grad. Syracuse Univ. (B.A., 1946; M.A., 1949). His reputation rests on his operas, for which…

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…