Senate Years of Service: 1978-1978
Party: Democrat HUMPHREY Muriel Buck , a Senator from Minnesota; born Muriel Fay Buck in Huron, Beadle County, S.Dak., February 20, 1912; educated in the public…
Harold S. VanderbiltBorn: July 6, 1884Sportsman successfully defended America's Cup 3 times (1930, 34,37); also invented contract bridge in 1926.Died: July 4, 1970Johnny Vander MeerU -…
Robert S. LedleyBorn: 1926Birthplace: New York City Diagnostic x-ray systems—Ledley developed the ACTA diagnostic x-ray scanner, the first whole-body computerized tomography (CT) machine. He…
BUCK Alfred Eliab , a Representative from Alabama; born in Foxcroft, Piscataquis County,
Maine, February 7, 1832; was graduated from Waterville (Maine) College in 1859;
during the Civil War…
(Encyclopedia) Forester, C. S. (Cecil Scott Forester), 1899–1966, British novelist, b. Cairo, Egypt, educated in England. A prolific and popular author, C. S. Forester is best known for his novels of…
Harry S. TrumanBorn: 5/8/1884Birthplace: Lamar, Mo. Harry S. Truman was born on a farm near Lamar, Mo., on May 8, 1884. During World War I, he served in France as a captain with the 129th…
BUCK Daniel , a Representative from Vermont; born in Hebron, Conn., November 9,
1753; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1783 and practiced in Thetford,
Vt.; prosecuting attorney of Orange…
(Encyclopedia) translation [Lat.,=carrying across], the rendering of a text into another language. Applied to literature, the term connotes the art of recomposing a work in another language without…
(Encyclopedia) Truman, Harry S., 1884–1972, 33d President of the United States, b. Lamar, Mo.
Truman remained active in politics for many years after his retirement, campaigning around the…
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