Word: louise
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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> Round Rock.Texas (pop. 1,400) would probably never have had a jail if Sam Bass, the train robber, had not come to town on July 19, 1878 to hold up the Williamson County Bank. "Sam Bass," in the words of a mournful cowboy ballad, "was born in Indiana, it was...
Arriving in Hawaii from Japan with her husband, Trumpeter Louis ("Satchmo") Armstrong, former Show Girl Lucille Wilson Armstrong ran into trouble with Honolulu customs men who dug into her overnight bag, found a spectacles case containing crazy cigarettes. Charged with trying to smuggle marijuana, Lucille contended that the whole case...
When all is over, however, one last dilemma remains: what is MGM going to do with all those plaster busts of Louis Calhern?
Prince François Ferdinand de Joinville, son of King Louis Philippe of France, was a man of many parts: admiral in the French navy, expert military tactician and accomplished artist. In 1861 De Joinville crossed the Atlantic and joined the staff of Major General George B. McClellan as observer...
¶ Brooklyn Dodger Second Baseman James ("Junior") Gilliam, who hit .278, fielded .976, led the league in triples (17) and drew 100 bases on balls, as a lead-off batter, was named the National League's Rookie of the Year, the fifth Negro in a row to win the...