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Joseph Marmaduke PRATT, Congress, PA (1891-1946)

PRATT Joseph Marmaduke , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., September 4, 1891; moved with his parents to Philadelphia, Pa. in 1892; attended the public…

Season of U.S. Travel in 2003

(percent of trips)Winter20%Spring23%Summer33%Fall24%Source: Travel Industry Association of America; Travelscope®.World's Top Ten Tourism Earners, 2004Travel StatisticsTop States Visited by U.…

Cuba Gooding, Jr. Biography

Cuba Gooding, Jr. actorBorn: 1/2/1968Birthplace: Bronx, New York Talented actor who stole the show, and walked away with the Best Supporting Actor Oscar, as the temperamental but passionate…

Rebecca De Mornay Biography

Rebecca De Mornay (Rebecca George)actressBorn: 8/29/1958Birthplace: Los Angeles   Making her film debut in Francis Ford Coppola's One from the Heart (1982), she achieved popular success after…

Roy Evans 1998 Deaths

Roy EvansAge: 88 longtime president of the International Table Tennis Federation who is credited with coming up with the idea of Ping-Pong Diplomacy, the 1971 initiative that paved the way…

Ken Kesey 2001 Deaths

Ken KeseyAge: 66 writer and counterculture hero who was inspired to write his first novel, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, while working as a night attendant in the psychiatric ward of a…

America the Beautiful

The Question: Who wrote the music and words to the song America the Beautiful? The Answer: The words were written by an instructor at Wellesley (Mass.)…

How Long To Mars?

The Question: How long would it take to land a manned spacecraft on Mars? The Answer: According to NASA, a vessel with humans on it would take roughly six months…

Charles Vernon CULVER, Congress, PA (1830-1909)

CULVER Charles Vernon , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Logan, Hocking County, Ohio, September 6, 1830; received a liberal preparatory schooling and attended the Ohio Wesleyan…

Tanya Donelly

Beautysleep4AD/Beggars Banquet She was a driving force behind bands like Belly, The Breeders, and Throwing Muses, bands that put Tanya Donelly on the alt-rock fast track. But she slipped off…