Born: Jan. 25, 1924Football T-PK 6-time All-Pro; played in 13 championship games for Cleveland from 1946-67; kicked winning field goal in 1950 NFL title game; 1,608 career points (1,349 in NFL).…
Born: Jan. 6, 1937Football coached Notre Dame to national title in 1988; 2-time Coach of Year (1977,88); coached six schools in all—Wm. & Mary (3 years), N.C. State (4), Arkansas (7), Minnesota…
(Encyclopedia) Agricola, GeorgiusAgricola, Georgiusjôrˈjēə əgrĭkˈələ [key], Latinized from Georg BauerGeorg Bauergāˈôrk bouˈər [key], 1494–1555, German physician and scientist, known as the father of…
civil rights activistBorn: 10/6/1917Birthplace: Ruleville, Miss. Hamer was the youngest of 20 children and began working with her sharecropper parents at age 6. She left school after the sixth grade…
An illustrated guide to the first ladies of the United States
Please note: Martha Jefferson, Rachel Jackson, Hannah Hoes Van Buren, and Ellen Arthur all died before their husbands became president…
The Question: Which president promised "a chicken in every pot"? The Answer: It wasn't just chicken. During the presidential campaign of 1928, a circular…
(Encyclopedia) Bonus Marchers, in U.S. history, more than 20,000 veterans, most of them unemployed and in desperate financial straits, who, in the spring of 1932, spontaneously made their way to…
