Robert Montgomery Knight is an American former basketball coach. Nicknamed "the General",Knight won 902 NCAA Division I men's college basketball games,a record at the time of his retirement,and currently fifth all-time,behind his former player and assistant coach Mike Krzyzewski of Duke,Roy Williams,Bob Huggins and Jim Boeheim of Syracuse,of which Krzyzewski,Huggins,and Boeheim are still active. Knight is best known as the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers from 1971 to 2000. He also coached at Texas Tech (2001–2008) and at Army (1965–1971).
Thomas Andrews Hendricks was an American politician and lawyer from Indiana who served as the 16th governor of Indiana from 1873 to 1877 and the 21st vice president of the United States from March to November 1885. Hendricks represented Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives (1851–1855) and the U.S. Senate (1863–1869). He also represented Shelby County,Indiana,in the Indiana General Assembly (1848–1850) and as a delegate to the 1851 Indiana constitutional convention. In addition,Hendricks served as commissioner of the General Land Office (1855–1859). Hendricks,a popular member of the Democratic Party,was a fiscal conservative. He defended the Democratic position in the U.S. Senate during the American Civil War and Reconstruction era and voted against the Thirteenth,Fourteenth,and Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. He also opposed Radical Reconstruction and President Andrew Johnson's removal from office following Johnson's impeachment in the U.S. House.
Thomas Hart Benton was an American painter and muralist. Along with Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry,he was at the forefront of the Regionalist art movement. The fluid,sculpted figures in his paintings showed everyday people in scenes of life in the United States. His work is strongly associated with the Midwestern United States,the region in which he was born and which he called home for most of his life. He also studied in Paris,lived in New York City for more than 20 years and painted scores of works there,summered for 50 years on Martha's Vineyard off the New England coast,and also painted scenes of the American South and West.
Michael Richard Pence is an American politician,broadcaster,and lawyer who served as the 48th vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party,he was the 50th governor of Indiana from 2013 to 2017. Pence was also a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013,representing the 2nd district of Indiana from 2001 to 2003 and the 6th district of Indiana from 2003 to 2013.
The Swiss Family Robinson is a novel by Johann David Wyss,first published in 1812,about a Swiss family of immigrants whose ship en route to Port Jackson,Australia,goes off course and is shipwrecked in the East Indies. The crew of the ship is lost,but the family and a number of domestic animals survive. They make their way to shore where they build a settlement,undergoing a number of adventures before they are rescued;some of them refuse rescue and remain on the island.
Isiah Lord Thomas III is an American former professional basketball player,coach and executive who is an analyst for NBA TV. A point guard,the 12-time NBA All-Star was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History as well as the 75 Greatest Players,and inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He played his entire professional career for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Thomas Taggart was an Irish-American politician who was the political boss of the Democratic Party in Indiana for the first quarter of the twentieth century and remained an influential political figure in local,state,and national politics until his death. Taggart was elected auditor of Marion County,Indiana (1886–1894),and mayor of Indianapolis. His mayoral administration supported public improvements,most notably the formation of the city's park and boulevard system. He also served as a member of the Democratic National Committee (1900–1916) and as its chairman (1904–1908). Taggart was appointed to the U.S. Senate in March 1916,but lost the seat in the November election.
Amanda Louise Wyss is an American film and television actress. She began her career in the early 1980s and first gained notice for her role as Lisa in the comedy film Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982). She then rose to international prominence after playing Tina Gray in the horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). She subsequently starred in Silverado (1985),Better Off Dead (1985),Powwow Highway (1989),Shakma (1990),and The Id (2016). Outside of film,Wyss has guest-starred on a variety of television series including Otherworld (1985),Cheers (1985–1986),Charmed (1999),Dexter (2006),and a supporting role as investigative reporter Randi McFarland in the television series Highlander:The Series (1992–1993).
Neo-prohibitionism is a current movement to attempt to stop consumption of alcohol in society through legislation and policies which further restrict the sale,possession,and marketing of alcohol in order to reduce average per capita consumption and change social norms to reduce its acceptability.
John Thomas Myers was a Republican congressman from Indiana's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1967 to 1997. His son-in-law,Brian D. Kerns,represented the same district from 2001 to 2003. Myers was married and had two daughters and five grandchildren.
WYSS is a radio station broadcasting at 99.5 FM in Sault Ste. Marie,Michigan. Branded as "99.5 Yes FM," the station has had a Top 40 (CHR) format since 1986. The station's slogans are "Sault Sainte Marie's Hit Music Station" and "All the Hits for Sault Sainte Marie." WYSS is currently by owned Sovereign Communications,who acquired it and fellow Sault stations WKNW and WMKD from Northern Star Broadcasting in 2010.
The Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represents Indiana University Bloomington in NCAA Division I college basketball and competes in the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers play on Branch McCracken Court at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington,Indiana on the Indiana University Bloomington campus. Indiana has won five NCAA Championships in men's basketball –the first two under coach Branch McCracken and the latter three under Bob Knight. For forty-five years and counting,Indiana's 1976 squad remains the last undefeated NCAA men's basketball champion.
The Indiana–Purdue rivalry is a rivalry between the Indiana University Hoosiers and the Purdue University Boilermakers,the two flagship universities in the state of Indiana. It is regarded as one of the most intense collegiate rivalries in the United States,and one of the strongest and most followed collegiate rivalries in the Big Ten Conference. Among all of college sports rivalries,Newsweek listed it among the top 12 and Huffington Post listed it as the fifth best rivalry overall.
Indiana,a state in the Midwest,played an important role in supporting the Union during the American Civil War. Despite anti-war activity within the state,and southern Indiana's ancestral ties to the South,Indiana was a strong supporter of the Union. Indiana contributed approximately 210,000 Union soldiers,sailors,and marines. Indiana's soldiers served in 308 military engagements during the war;the majority of them in the western theater,between the Mississippi River and the Appalachian Mountains. Indiana's war-related deaths reached 25,028. Its state government provided funds to purchase equipment,food,and supplies for troops in the field. Indiana,an agriculturally rich state containing the fifth-highest population in the Union,was critical to the North's success due to its geographical location,large population,and agricultural production. Indiana residents,also known as Hoosiers,supplied the Union with manpower for the war effort,a railroad network and access to the Ohio River and the Great Lakes,and agricultural products such as grain and livestock. The state experienced two minor raids by Confederate forces,and one major raid in 1863,which caused a brief panic in southern portions of the state and its capital city,Indianapolis.
Danilo Wyss is a Swiss road racing cyclist,who most recently rode for UCI WorldTeam NTT Pro Cycling. He is no relation to fellow Swiss cyclist Daniel Wyss who won the Race Across America in 2006 and 2009.
Hansjörg Wyss is a Swiss billionaire businessman and donor to politically liberal and environmental causes in the United States. He is the founder and the former president and chairman of Synthes USA,a medical device manufacturer. His Wyss Foundation has more than $2 billion in assets. As of 2021,Wyss had a net worth of US $5.8 billion,according to Forbes. Having donated hundreds of millions of dollars to environmental causes,he has more recently increased his donations to groups promoting progressive causes.
Franz Anatol Wyss is a Swiss painter.
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana were held on November 8,2016,to elect the nine U.S. Representatives from the state of Indiana,one from each of the state's nine congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on May 3.
The 2018 United States Senate election in Indiana took place on November 6,2018,along with other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly sought reelection to a second term,facing Republican businessman and former state representative Mike Braun and Libertarian Party nominee Lucy Brenton. In 2017,Politico described the race as "possibly the GOP's best opportunity to seize a Senate seat from Democrats" in the 2018 elections. The primary election was held on May 8,2018. In October 2018,RealClearPolitics rated the race a toss-up between the Democratic and Republican nominees,with the Libertarian receiving a poll average of 6%. Braun defeated Donnelly in the general election by a margin of 5.96 percent.
A gas explosion at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum in Indianapolis on October 31,1963,killed up to 81 people and injured about 400 others. It was one of the worst disasters in the history of both the city and the U.S. state of Indiana.
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