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Earvin Magic Johnson Earvin Magic Johnson
Earvin “Magic” Johnson 1959– Former professional basketball player, entrepreneur At a Glance…... Read more
Magic Johnson Magic Johnson
Magic Johnson (Earvin Johnson, Jr.), 1959-, African-American basketball player, b. Lansing, Mich. After winning the national championship with Michigan State Univ. (1979), he joined the Los Angeles Lakers and with them won five National Basketball Association championships (1980, 1982, 1985,... Read more
College basketball College basketball
COLLEGE BASKETBALL Rebound At the beginning of the decade, few fans held their breath over what team would be crowned champion of college basketball. Many fans—and even a few sportswriters—complained that the winning ways of the John Wooden-coached UCLA Bruins had robbed the season and... Read more
George W Lucas Jr George W Lucas Jr
George W. Lucas, Jr. 1944-, American film director, producer, and writer, b. Modesto, Calif. Although Lucas's first film, THX-1138 (1970), was not successful, his next two, American Graffiti (1973) and Star Wars (1977), set the course for filmmaking in the next decade. The first made song... Read more
Great Society Great Society
Great Society in U.S. history, term for the domestic policies of President Lyndon Johnson . In his first State of the Union message, he called for a war on poverty and the creation of a "Great Society," a prosperous nation that had overcome racial divisions. To this end, Johnson proposed an... Read more
Benjamin Franklin Wade Benjamin Franklin Wade
Benjamin Franklin Wade 1800-1878, U.S. Senator from Ohio (1851-69), b. near Springfield, Mass. He moved (1821) to Ohio and studied law. He was successively prosecuting attorney of Ashtabula co., state senator, and presiding judge of the third judicial district in Ohio before becoming a Whig... Read more
free silver free silver
free silver in U.S. history, term designating the political movement for the unlimited coinage of silver. Origins of the Movement Free silver became a popular issue soon after the Panic of 1873, and it was a major issue in the next quarter century. The hard times of 1873-78 stimulated advocacy of... Read more
Stephen Johnson Field Stephen Johnson Field
Stephen Johnson Field 1816-99, American jurist, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1863-97), b. Haddam, Conn. After practicing law for several years in New York City with his brother David Dudley Field , he went to California in 1849, settled at Marysville, and in 1850 was elected to the... Read more
Hugh Samuel Johnson Hugh Samuel Johnson
Hugh Samuel Johnson 1882-1942, American army officer, government administrator, b. Fort Scott, Kans. After graduation (1903) from West Point, he entered the U.S. army as a second lieutenant. In World War I he formulated (1917) plans for selective service in the U.S. army, administered the draft,... Read more
Donald H. Barden Donald H. Barden
Don H. Barden 1943– Business executive At a Glance… Tried His Hand at Politics Traveled Information Superhighway Music or Politics? Sources Don Barden, the former owner of a Detroit cable television empire that employs more than 300 workers and serves nearly 120,000 households, has... Read more

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