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Harry Usher 2000 Deaths
Harry UsherAge: 61 attorney and former executive vice president and general manager of the 1984 Olympic Summer Games; teamed with Peter Ueberroth to successfully raise money and organize the…Joseph Moakley 2001 Deaths
Joseph MoakleyAge: 74 popular politician from Massachusetts who served for 15 terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. A quintessential Boston Irish Democrat, Moakley dedicated his career…Alfred Nobel
The Question: Was the Nobel who invented the Nobel prize some sort of explosives expert? What made him decide to start giving awards, especially the Peace Prize…The Hutterian Brethren
The Question: I am in a class entitled "American Communal Utopias" and we are studying the Hutterites. I was wondering if there is any information about life…Joseph Pulitzer Biography
Joseph PulitzerjournalistBorn: 4/10/1847Birthplace: Mako, Hungary Newspaperman who emigrated to the United States in 1864 and began a successful career as editor and publisher of the St. Louis Post-…Henry George STEBBINS, Congress, NY (1811-1881)
STEBBINS Henry George , a Representative from New York; born in Ridgefield, Conn., September 15, 1811; attended private schools; moved to New York; engaged in banking; colonel of the Twelfth…State of the Union Address: Lyndon B. Johnson (January 17, 1968)
Lyndon B. Johnson (January 17, 1968) Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, Members of the Congress, and my fellow Americans: I was thinking as I was walking down the aisle tonight of what Sam Rayburn told me…November Current Events 2022: World News
Top of Page US News | Disaster News | Science & Technology News The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the World…John Kenneth Galbraith 2006 Deaths
John Kenneth GalbraithAge: 97 Harvard economist and best-selling author who advised several presidents and championed using government funds to reduce unemployment and for public services. An…Einar Gustafson 2001 Deaths
Einar GustafsonAge: 65 young baseball fan, whose battle with a rare form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 1948 inspired the Jimmy Fund, a cancer research organization and the official charity of…