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Central Intelligence Agency Directors

DirectorYearsSidney W. Souers1946Hoyt S. Vandenberg1946–1947Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter1947–1950Walter Bedell Smith1950–1953Allen W. Dulles1953–1961John A. McCone1961–1965William F. Raborn, Jr.…

Biographies: Selected Basketball Players

Selected Basketball Players Magic Johnson drives by Angola's Anibal Moreira (Barcelona Olympics, 1992) See also NBA Most Valuable Players People in the NewsRecent…

Movies and Film: The Past 20 Years

The Past 20 YearsMovies and FilmItalian Film HistoryTurnin' to TurinRinging the White TelephoneA Few Good FilmsThe Past 20 Years During the 1980s, American movies virtually dominated the Italian…

November 2009 Current Events: U.S. News

World News | Business/Science News Here are the key events in United States news for the month of November 2009. Maine Voters Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Law (Nov. 3): Maine voters overturn a…

Television Hall of Fame

Each year, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences inducts up to seven people or programs to the Television Hall of Fame. Here are the past…

Outstanding Owner

Outstanding OwnerYear 1971 Mr. & Mrs. E.E. Fogleson 1972-73 No award1974 Dan Lasater1975 Dan Lasater1976 Dan Lasater1977 Maxwell Gluck1978 Harbor View Farm1979 Harbor View Farm1980 Mr.…

SETI

(Encyclopedia) SETISETIsĕtˈē [key] [Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence], name given to a series of independent programs to detect radio signals from civilizations beyond the solar system.…

Great Depression

(Encyclopedia) Great Depression, in U.S. history, the severe economic crisis generally considered to have been precipitated by the U.S. stock-market crash of 1929. Although it shared the basic…