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May 9, 2024 · Christopher McCandless (born February 12, 1968, El Segundo, California, U.S.—found dead September 6, 1992, Stampede Trail, Alaska) was an American adventurer who died from starvation and possibly poisoning, at age 24, while camping alone on a remote trail in Alaska. His death made him a figure of controversy, admired by some as an idealist in ...
May 3, 2024 · John Marshall (born Sept. 24, 1755, near Germantown [now Midland], Va.—died July 6, 1835, Philadelphia, Pa.) was the fourth chief justice of the United States and principal founder of the U.S. system of constitutional law. As perhaps the Supreme Court ’s most influential chief justice, Marshall was responsible for constructing and defending ...
May 18, 2024 · John D. Rockefeller (born July 8, 1839, Richford, New York, U.S.—died May 23, 1937, Ormond Beach, Florida) was an American industrialist and philanthropist, founder of the Standard Oil Company, which dominated the oil industry and was the first great U.S. business trust. He is the major historical figure behind the famed Rockefeller family ...
May 13, 2024 · John Jay (born Dec. 12, 1745, New York, N.Y. [U.S.]—died May 17, 1829, Bedford, N.Y., U.S.) was a Founding Father of the United States who served the new nation in both law and diplomacy. He established important judicial precedents as the first chief justice of the United States (1789–95) and negotiated the Jay Treaty of 1794, which ...
May 10, 2024 · Lincoln Alexander (born January 21, 1922, Toronto, Ontario, Canada—died October 19, 2012, Hamilton, Ontario) was a Canadian politician and lawyer who was the first Black member of the Canadian Parliament, serving in the House of Commons (1968–80); the first Black cabinet member, as minister of labour (1979–80); and the first Black person to hold a viceregal office in Canada, as the 24th ...
Apr 30, 2024 · Alexander (V) (born c. 1339, Candia, Crete—died May 3, 1410, Bologna, Papal States) was an antipope from 1409 to 1410. Alexander became a Franciscan theologian and then archbishop of Milan (1402). Pope Innocent VII appointed him cardinal (1405) and papal legate to Lombardy. Unanimously elected by the invalid Council of Pisa in 1409 when he ...
5 days ago · John Joseph McGraw (April 7, 1873 – February 25, 1934) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) player and manager who was for almost thirty years manager of the New York Giants. He was also the third baseman of the pennant -winning 1890s Baltimore Orioles teams, noted for their innovative, aggressive play.
