A race of mendicants. The Bethlem Hospital was made to accommodate six lunatics, but in 1644 the number admitted was forty-four, and applications were so numerous that many inmates were…
Leofric, Earl of Mercia and Lord of Coventry, imposed some very severe imposts on the people of Coventry, which his countess, Godiva, tried to get mitigated. The earl, thinking to silence…
Cordial gin. Thomas Norris, one of the men employed in Messrs. Hodges' distillery, opened a gin palace in Great Russell Street, Covenant Garden, and called the gin concocted by Thomas…
A negro slave, noted for his fidelity, piety, and the faithful discharge of all his duties. Being sold, he has to submit to the most revolting cruelties. (Mrs. Beecher Stowe: Uncle Tom's…
Tom GlazerAge: 88 folk singer who, with Pete Seeger, Leadbelly, and Burl Ives, helped to popularize the genre in the 1940s. Died: Philadelphia, Feb. 21, 2003Althea GibsonG - LRobert Good…
Tom BradleyAge: 80 former mayor of Los Angeles, first elected in 1973. He presided over two decades of city's explosive growth. Died: Sept. 29, 1998.Owen BradleyA - FF. Cecil Brenner
Tom CheneyAge: 67 Washington Senators pitcher who set the major league record with 21 strikeouts in a 16-inning game on Sept. 12, 1962. The cause of his death was not given.Died: Rome, Ga.,…
Tom NovakAge: 72 only four-time all-conference selection in Nebraska football history; played fullback and center and nicknamed "Train Wreck" for his hard hits; elected to Nebraska Football…
Tom ChandlerAge: 76 longtime Texas A&M baseball coach and major league scout; won 660 games and five conference titles in 26 years with the Aggies; lost only World Series appearance in…
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