LESTER Posey Green , a Representative from Virginia;
born near the town of Floyd, Floyd County, Va., March 12, 1850;
attended the common schools and the Jacksonville graded school at Floyd;…
Mary Antinwriter, activistBorn: 6/13/1881Birthplace: Polotsk, Russia Antin's works often chronicled the immigrant experience in the United States. She is best known for her memoir, The…
Janeane Garofalo
actress, comedian
Born: 9/28/1964
Birthplace: Newton, New Jersey
Offbeat, sometimes brash, comedian best known as the talent booker Paula in The Larry Sanders Show (1992–97).…
Day 209 Day 211 Clark, August 20, 1804 20th August Monday 1804 Sergeant Floyd much weaker and no better. Made Mr. Fauforn the interpter a fiew presents, and the Indians a Canister of…
PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation PrizePeter Constantine, Six Early Stories, Thomas Mann (Sun & Moon)PEN Award for Poetry in TranslationEamon Grennan, Selected Poems, Velimir…
Prodigy rock band Masters in the art of electronica, Prodigy emerged into the British music scene in 1992. The band's first album, The Prodigy Experience (1992), spent five weeks on the U.K.…
Rufus Sewell
actorBorn: 10/29/1967Birthplace: London, England
An accomplished thespian of both stage and screen, Sewell has proven himself adept at playing a range of roles in pieces as diverse…
keyboardistDied: September 15, 2008Best Known as: keyboardist and founding member of Pink Floyd Deathplace: London, England Richard Wright was one of the…
Walter Kerr theater criticBorn: 7/8/1913Birthplace: Evanston, Illinois The Pulitzer Prize-winner got his start as a critic in 1949 when he joined Commonweal, a Roman Catholic weekly. From…
WOLFE Simeon Kalfius , a Representative from Indiana; born near Georgetown, Floyd County,
Ind., February 14, 1824; attended Floyd County schools, and was graduated from
the law department of the…
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