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Leonard, Buck

(Encyclopedia) Leonard, Buck (Walter Fenner Leonard), 1907–1997, African-American baseball player, b. Rocky Mount, N.C. Beginning in 1933, he played semiprofessional ball with the Baltimore Stars and…

Dundalk, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Dundalk Dundalk dŭnˈdôlkˌ [key], city (2020 pop. 67,796), Baltimore co., NE Md., a suburb of…

Douglas-Home, Sir Alec

(Encyclopedia) Douglas-Home, Sir Alec: Douglas-Home, Alexander Frederick, Baron Home of the Hirsel.

Home, 14th earl of

(Encyclopedia) Home, 14th earl of: see Douglas-Home, Alexander Frederick, Baron Home of the Hirsel.

Athens, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia) Athens. 1 City (2020 population 25406), seat of Limestone co., N Al; inc. 1818. One of the first incorporated cities in Alabma, the city was established a year before the…

Ford, Betty

(Encyclopedia) Ford, Betty, 1918–2011, American first lady (1974–77), wife of President Gerald Ford, b. Chicago as Elizabeth Anne Bloomer. A candid, outspoken, and popular first lady, she became an…