(Encyclopedia) Jaggar,Thomas Augustus, Jr., 1871–1953, American geologist and volcanologist, b. Philadelphia, Ph.D. Harvard, 1897. One of the team of U.S. scientists (1902) who surveyed the eruptions…
(Encyclopedia) Farmer, James Leonard, Jr., 1920–99, African-American civil-rights leader who was one of the principal civil-rights figures of the 1950s and 60s, b. Marshall, Tex., grad. Wiley College…
William Jr. StanleyBorn: 1858Birthplace: Brooklyn, N.Y. Induction coil—Stanley designed a practical induction coil system that varied alternating current (AC) voltage. His coil became the prototype…
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Noah Beery, Jr. actorBorn: 8/10/1913Birthplace: New York City He appeared in the Howard Hawks-directed movies Sergeant York (1941) and Red River (1948). He also appeared in Walking Tall (…
Leopold Godowsky, Jr.Born: 1900 Color Film. The duo, Godowsky and Mannes, affectionately known by colleagues and friends as “God and Man” were professional musicians who enjoyed photography as a…
Berry Gordy, Jr. record company founder and executiveBorn: 11/28/1929Birthplace: Detroit Gordy pursued a career as a boxer and served in the U.S. Army before returning to Detroit where he…
July 16 marks the anniversary of Kennedy's tragic plane crash by Beth Rowen John F. Kennedy, Jr., and his wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, died in a small plane on July 16, 1999. The Kennedys John…
(Encyclopedia) Brandy Station, small trading center, Culpeper co., Va. It was the scene of the greatest cavalry engagement of the Civil War (also called the battle of Fleetwood Hill), fought June 9,…
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