Ian DuryAge: 57 gravel-voiced musician whose band, the Blockheads, was at the fore of the punk movement. The band's simple yet humorous songs include “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll”…
Ian HamiltonAge: 63 British poet, editor, and biographer who wrote a controversial, unauthorized biography of J. D. Salinger. Salinger successfully sued to block distribution of the book.…
Katie Holmes
actress
Born: 12/18/1978
Birthplace: Toledo, Ohio
Having launched her career with a role in the critically acclaimed film The Ice Storm (1997), she quickly leveraged this success…
Senate Years of Service: 1820-1825
Party: Democratic Republican; Jackson Republican HOLMES David , a Representative from Virginia and a Senator from Mississippi; born at Mary Ann Furnace, near…
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(Encyclopedia) Whitelaw of Penrith, William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, Viscount, 1918–99, British politician. A Scottish landowner and cattle farmer, he was elected to Parliament as a Conservative in 1955…
Eleanor Holm WhalenAge: 90? swimmer who won a gold medal in 100-meter backstroke at the 1932 Olympics. She created an Olympic-sized scandal in 1936 when she was kicked off the U.S. swimming…
Senate Years of Service: 1820-1827; 1829-1833
Party: Democratic Republican; Adams Republican HOLMES John , a Representative from Massachusetts and a Senator from Maine; born in Kingston,
Mass.,…
Mississippi Holmes County, Mississippi People QuickFactsHolmes CountyMississippiPopulation, 2005 estimate 21,0992,921,088Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -2.4%2.7%…
Florida Holmes County, Florida People QuickFactsHolmes CountyFloridaPopulation, 2005 estimate 19,26417,789,864Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 3.8%11.3%Population,…
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