by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark August 6, 1805August 8, 1805August 7, 1805 Wednesday August 7th 1805. The morning being fair we spread our stores to dry at an early hour.…
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark July 20, 1806July 20, 1806July 22, 1806July 22, 1806July 21, 1806 Monday July 21st 1806. We set out at sunrise and proceeded a short distance up…
From the snow-capped Andes to the rolling Pampas and the windswept plains of Patagonia, Argentina is a country of breathtaking diversity and irresistible charm. As the second-largest nation in South…
Senate Years of Service: 1829-1836; 1845-1849; 1853-1856
Party: Anti-Jacksonian; Whig; Opposition CLAYTON John Middleton , a Senator from Delaware; born in Dagsboro, Sussex County, Del., July 24,…
Senate Years of Service: 1906-1917
Party: Republican du PONT Henry Algernon , a Senator from Delaware; born at Eleutherean Mills, New Castle County, Del., July
30, 1838; attended private…
Senate Years of Service: 1885-1899
Party: Democrat GRAY George , a Senator from Delaware; born in New Castle, New Castle County, Del., May 4,
1840; attended the common schools and graduated…
Lloyd ShearerAge: 84 journalist who, under the pen name Walter Scott, wrote the Personality Parade column for Parade magazine from 1958 to 1991.Died: Los Angeles, May 24, 2001Claude ShannonR…
Waldo L. SemonBorn: 1898Birthplace: Demopolis, Ala. PVC plastisols—Semon's work turned polyvinyl chloride (PVC), first considered worthless, into the world's second-best selling plastic. He…
John C. SheehanBorn: 1915Birthplace: Battle Creek, Mich. Semi-synthetic penicillin—For almost 30 years after Sir Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin, the process for harvesting the…
