Shirley MuldowneyBorn: June 19, 1940Drag Racer “Cha Cha”; women's racing pioneer; 3-time Winston drag racing Top Fuel champion (1977,80,82); recorded 18 career NHRA National Event Victories.…
Vance HartkeAge: 84 three-term Democratic senator (1958–1977) from Indiana who was an early critic of the war in Vietnam. Died: Fairfax, Va., July 27, 2003Marion HargroveG - LAndrew Heiskell…
Iris MurdochAge: 79 important British writer whose 27 novels included The Bell (1958) and The Sea, the Sea (1978), for which she won the Booker Prize. In 1987 she was made a Dame of the Order…
Cynthia Belgravetheater actress and director Belgrave acted in several landmark plays, including Jean Genet's The Blacks and Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a Negro. With her husband,…
Guy LafleurBorn: Sept. 20, 1951Hockey RW led NHL in scoring 3 times (1976-78); 2-time MVP (1977-78), played for 5 Stanley Cup winners in Montreal; playoff MVP in 1977; returned to NHL as…
Conrad HallAge: 76 Academy Award–winning cinematographer known for his naturalistic style. He won Oscars for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and American Beauty. His other credits include…
Charlie BradshawAge: 75 former Kentucky and Troy State head football coach who, as an assistant, won a national title with Bear Bryant's 1961 Alabama team; was 25-41-4 at Kentucky (1962-68)…
Michelle KwanBorn: July 7, 1980Figure Skater 1998 Olympic silver medalist at Nagano and 2002 bronze medalist at Salt Lake City; 9-time U.S. Champion (1996,98-05) tieing Maribel Vinson's…
Bette Davis(Ruth Elizabeth Davis)actressBorn: 5/5/1908Birthplace: Lowell, Massachusetts Academy Award -winning film and television actress known for her distinctive appearance and voice, as well as…
(Encyclopedia) pastoral, literary work in which the shepherd's life is presented in a conventionalized manner. In this convention the purity and simplicity of shepherd life is contrasted with the…
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