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Elisha Jenkins (1772 – May 18, 1849) was an American politician who served as New York Secretary of State and Mayor of Albany. He was born to a Providence...

Marvel Gymnasium was a 3,000-seat multipurpose gymnasium in Providence, Rhode Island. It was home to the Brown University Bears basketball team as well...

Halchidhoma traditional narratives include myths, legends, tales, and oral histories preserved by the Halchidhoma people who formerly lived along the lower...

Samuel Richard Shockley, Jr. (January 12, 1909 – December 3, 1948) was an inmate at Alcatraz prison, who was executed for his participation in the Alcatraz...

Fajitagate was a series of legal and political incidents in San Francisco that began with a street fight outside a neighborhood bar between three off-duty...

The William A. Egan Civic and Convention Center (commonly known as simply the Egan Center) is a 45,000-square-foot (4,200 m2) convention center located...

1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery Regiment was an artillery regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 1st Connecticut Heavy...

The Brubeck Institute was a special program at the University of the Pacific's Conservatory of Music. It was founded in 2000 by noted Jazz pianist and...

Robert Zangwill Kalfin (April 22, 1933 – September 20, 2022) was an American stage director and producer who has worked on and off Broadway and at regional...

Thomas Calvin Baker (June 11, 1913 – January 3, 1991), nicknamed "Rattlesnake", was an American Major League Baseball player. He was a pitcher for four...

The Floorball League of Canada is the Floorball Canada-sanctioned, elite-level national floorball league that has teams located in Ontario and Quebec....

Carol Ann Windley (born 18 June 1947) is a Canadian short story writer and novelist. Carol Ann Windley was born in Tofino, British Columbia and raised...

Carolyn Lynnet Harris (1947 – January 15, 1994) was an American library conservationist. She received a B.A. in Art History in 1969 and a Masters of Library...

Francis H. Gates (July 30, 1839 – July 6, 1925) was an American politician from New York. He was the son of Daniel Gates (1812–1900) and Lany (Ehle) Gates...

Olive May Graves Percival (July 1, 1868 – February 18, 1945) was a writer, photographer, gardener, artist, and bibliophile in Los Angeles. Although she...

Chartered in 1866, the Cartersville and Van Wert Railroad was originally planned to connect the Western & Atlantic Railroad at Cartersville, Georgia, to...

Lovick P. Thomas (May 12, 1812 – May 24, 1878), was a quartermaster in the Confederate Army of the Confederate States of America, 1861–1863 and the father...

John William Merrow (August 15, 1874 – April 11, 1927) was a New York City theater architect. John William Merrow, son of Moses H. and Ella R. A. (Proctor)...

Henry Roosevelt Pressley, Sr. (1945–2005) was an American blues and soul instrumentalist from Edgefield County, South Carolina. He was born prior to the...

Ellen (Nellie) Pucell Unthank (November 6, 1846 – July 21, 1915) was a Mormon pioneer, Utah settler, and amputee remembered as a symbol of pioneer endurance...