Tamas DarnyiBorn: June 3, 1967Hungarian swimmer 2-time double gold medal winner in 200m and 400m individual medley at 1988 and '92 Olympics; also won both events in 1986 and '91 world…
Al DavisBorn: July 4, 1929Football GM-coach of Oakland 1963-66; helped force AFL-NFL merger as AFL commissioner in 1966; returned to Oakland as managing general partner and directed club to 3…
(Encyclopedia) Courbet, GustaveCourbet, Gustavegüstävˈ k&oomacr;rbāˈ [key], 1819–77, French painter, b. Ornans. He moved to Paris in 1839 and studied there, learning chiefly by copying…
Scatman Crothers(Benjamin Sherman Crothers)actorBorn: 5/23/1910Birthplace: Terre Haute, Indiana A supporting player, he appeared in a wide range of movies from the 1950s to the 1980s,…
BONNER Herbert Covington , a Representative from North Carolina; born in Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C., May 16, 1891; graduated from Graham School, Warrenton, N.C.;
United States Army during…
Sheryl Crow
musicianBorn: 2/11/1962Birthplace: Kennett, Missouri
Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter known all-around musical expertise and for her edgy pop songs, such as âAll I…
(Encyclopedia) Gainsborough, ThomasGainsborough, Thomasgānzˈbûrˌō [key], 1727–88, English portrait and landscape painter, b. Sudbury. In 1740 he went to London and became the assistant and pupil of…
