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Hoyt Wilhelm
Hoyt WilhelmBorn: July 26, 1923Baseball RHP Knuckleballer who is 3rd all-time in games pitched (1,070) and 1st in games finished (651) and games won in relief (123); career ERA of 2.52 and…Letter from Benjamin Banneker to Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Banneker Letter from Benjamin Banneker, &c. Maryland, Baltimore County, Near Ellicotts Lower Mills August 19th 1791. Thomas Jefferson Secretary of State.…Julius Rosenwald Biography
Julius Rosenwaldmerchant, retail executive, philanthropistBorn: 8/12/1862Birthplace: Springfield, Ill. Having successfully run a Chicago store specializing in men's fashions (1885–95),…Martha Gellhorn Biography
Martha Gellhorn international correspondentBorn: 11/8/1908Birthplace: St. Louis, Mo. Gellhorn dropped out of Bryn Mawr College in 1927 to become a writer. The New Republic accepted a few of…William Shakespeare: Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day
Why didst thou promise such a beauteous dayWhy didst thou promise such a beauteous day, And make me travel forth without my cloak, To let base clouds o'ertake me in my way, Hiding thy bravery…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Nithsdale's Welcome Hame
by Robert Burns Address To The Shade Of ThomsonFrae The Friends And Land I LoveNithsdale's Welcome Hame The noble Maxwells and their powers Are coming o'er the border, And…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Frae The Friends And Land I Love
by Robert Burns Nithsdale's Welcome HameSuch A Parcel Of Rogues In A NationFrae The Friends And Land I Love Tune-"Carron Side." Frae the friends and land I love, Driv'n by…foreign aid
(Encyclopedia) foreign aid, economic, military, technical, and financial assistance given on an international, and usually intergovernmental level. U.S. foreign aid programs have included at least…Roman art
(Encyclopedia) Roman art, works of art produced in ancient Rome and its far-flung provinces. The continued striving after three-dimensional illusionist effects revealed in the various phases of…Dan Quisenberry 1998 Deaths
Dan QuisenberryAge: 45 submarine-throwing relief pitcher for the Kansas City Royals; a three-time all-star, “Quiz” led the league in saves five times during his career and helped the Royals…