(Encyclopedia) Alito, Samuel Anthony, Jr.
Alito, Samuel Anthony, Jr.
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[key], 1950–, U.S. government official and judge, associate justice of the U.S.
Supreme Court (…
(Encyclopedia) Hitchcock, Thomas, Jr., 1900–1944, American polo player and aviator, b. Aiken, S.C. The son of avid polo players, Tommy Hitchcock played in his first tournament at the age of 13.…
Walter (Buck) LeonardBorn: Sept. 8, 1907Baseball 1B won Negro League championship nine years in a row with the Homestead Grays; hit .391 in 1948 to lead the league; usually batted cleanup…
Sugar Ray LeonardBorn: May 17, 1956Boxer light welterweight Olympic champ (1976); won world welterweight title 1979 and four more titles; retired after losing to Terry Norris on Feb. 9, 1991…
Buck LeonardAge: 90 hall-of-fame first baseman known as the "Black Lou Gehrig"; batted .340 and averaged 34 home runs during his 17-year career in the Negro Leagues; began his career with…
Leonard Cohen
composer
Born: 9/21/1934
Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Popular Canadian poet and songwriter whose first book of poetry was Let Us Compare Mythologies (1956). A graduate of…
Sheldon Leonard(Sheldon Leonard Bershad)actor, producer, directorBorn: 2/22/1907Birthplace: New York City As an actor, Leonard specialized in playing gangster characters in films such as…
(Encyclopedia) Buckley, William Frank, Jr., 1925–2008, American editor, author, and lecturer, b. New York City, grad. Yale, 1946. A popular, eloquent, and witty spokesman for the conservative point…
