(Encyclopedia) Allen, Woody, 1935–, American actor, writer, and director, one of contemporary America's leading filmmakers, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., as Allen Stewart Konigsberg. Allen began his career…
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born in Virginia in 1759;
moved to South Carolina with his father's family, who settled in Spartanburg District in 1765;
served in the…
RONAN Daniel John , a Representative from Illinois;
born in Chicago, Ill., July 13, 1914;
attended parochial schools;
graduated from St. Ignatius High School in 1933, from Loyola University,…
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