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Jack Black Biography

Jack Blackactor, musicianBorn: 4/7/1969Birthplace: Los Angeles Black spent most of the mid- and late-1990s in relative obscurity, frequently playing offbeat sidekick characters. That all…

Harold Stephen Black

Harold Stephen Black Born: 1898Birthplace: Leominster, Mass. Negative feedback amplifier—Black's negative feedback concept involved feeding systems output back to the input as a method of…

Shirley Temple Black

Shirley Temple BlackactressBorn: 4/23/1928Birthplace: Santa Monica, California Actress famous for her childhood roles. Her curly hair, dimples and charm captivated America in the films…

Clint Black Biography

Clint Blacksinger, songwriterBorn: 2/4/1962Birthplace: Long Branch, New Jersey Raised in a suburb of Houston, Texas, he helped spark the surge in popularity of country music in the early 1990's. He…

Albert Wahl HAWKES, Congress, NJ (1878-1971)

Senate Years of Service: 1943-1949 Party: Republican HAWKES Albert Wahl , a Senator from New Jersey; born in Chicago, Ill., November 20, 1878; attended the public schools; graduated from…

Charles HAWKS, Jr., Congress, WI (1899-1960)

HAWKS Charles, Jr. , a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Horicon, Dodge County, Wis., July 7, 1899; attended the public and high schools and the commerce school of the University of Wisconsin…

Kemal, Yaşar

(Encyclopedia) Kemal, Yaşar or Yashar, 1923–2015, Turkish novelist, b. Kemal Sadik Gögçeli. His rural childhood was marked by poverty and trauma; at a mosque at age five he witnessed his father's…

Davis, Jefferson

(Encyclopedia) Davis, Jefferson, 1808–89, American statesman, President of the Southern Confederacy, b. Fairview, near Elkton, Ky. His birthday was June 3. Davis took little part in the secession…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: March 6, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark March 5, 1806March 7, 1806March 6, 1806 Thursday March 6th 1806. This morning the fishing and hunting parties set out agreeably to their…