(Encyclopedia) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, scientific research centers run by the Univ. of California, located in Berkeley, Calif., and Livermore…
(Encyclopedia) Neagle, JohnNeagle, Johnnēˈgəl [key], 1796–1865, American portrait painter, b. Boston. He was reared in Philadelphia, where he was apprentice to a coach painter. After travel in the…
David TomlinsonAge: 83 British actor best known for playing the father in Mary Poppins. Other credits include The Love Bug and Bedknobs and Broomsticks. Died: Buckinghamshire, England, June…
Herb ThomasAge: 77 NASCAR pioneer who won the Grand National Racing (now Winston Cup) championship in 1951 and 1953; ranks 12th on the career victory list with 48 wins in 230 starts; won…
(Encyclopedia) Gordon, Ruth, 1896–1985, American actress and playwright, b. Wollaston, Mass. From her debut as Nibs in Peter Pan (1915), Gordon's career encompassed broad stage and film experience.…
(Encyclopedia) Billy the Kid, 1859–81, American outlaw, b. New York City. His real name was probably Henry McCarty; he was known as William H. Bonney. His family moved to Kansas and then to New…
(Encyclopedia) Brown, Jerry (Edmund Gerald Brown, Jr.), 1938–, American political leader, b. San Francisco. The son of Edmund Gerald (Pat) Brown (1905–96), governor of California (1959–67), Brown…
Hagler, Marvelous Marvin
(Encyclopedia) Hagler, Marvelous Marvin
(Marvin Nathaniel Hagler), 1954-2021, African American
champion middle-weight boxer, b. Newark, N.J. Raised…
Senate Years of Service: 1918-1919
Party: Democrat POLLOCK William Pegues , a Senator from South Carolina; born near Cheraw, Chesterfield County, S.C.,
December 9, 1870; attended private and…
