Whooping Cough Disease. Whooping cough (also called pertussis) is a highly contagious infection of the respiratory system. This bacterial infection is transmitted through direct contact with an infected person's respiratory secretions and can be passed either through the air or by touching a contaminated surface.
On March 24, 1976, Peyton Manning is born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Archie and Olivia Manning. Archie had been a star quarterback for the University of Mississippi (1968-1970) and the New Orleans Saints (1971-1981). Peyton began his own football career at Isidore Newman High School in New Orleans, where he threw passes to his older brother Cooper, a wide receiver.
A geologist by training, Manning has served as Member of Parliament for the San Fernando East constituency since 1971 and is currently the longest-serving member of the House of Representatives. He was the Leader of the Opposition from 1986 to 1990 and again from 1995 to 2001. Manning was born in San Fernando and received his secondary education at Presentation College, San Fernando, and his Bachelor's Degree from the University of the West Indies at Mona, in 1969. After graduation he returned to Trinidad where he worked as a geologist for Texaco.