Born: June 19, 1903Baseball 1B played in 2,130 consecutive games from 1925-39 a major league record until Cal Ripken Jr. surpassed it in 1995; led AL in RBI 5 times and HRs 3 times; drove in 100…
Born: Sept. 10, 1963Baseball LHP 6’10’’ flamethrower; struck out over 300 batters 6 times (1993,98,99,00,01,02); led AL in Ks 4 times (1992-95) and NL 5 times (1999-2002,04); struck out 20 batters…
actressBorn: 2/4/1971Birthplace: Laleham, England As the daughter of a film producer and an English actress, you might say that the beautiful lady had little choice but to become an actress. Her…
Major League Cities & Teams As of Oct. 31, 2006, there were 132 major league teams playing or scheduled to play men's baseball, men's basketball, NFL football, hockey and men's soccer in 53…
actressBorn: 11/17/1958Birthplace: Oak Park, Illinois Stage and film actress Mastrantonio delivered a strong performance opposite Al Pacino in Scarface (1983) and followed this with an Oscar…
actressBorn: 1/13/1964Birthplace: Los Angeles Miller's performance in Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues (1988; she had previously appeared in the Broadway play) won critical attention, leading to a variety…
actorBorn: 12/7/1915Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York A distinguished actor with a 46-year career spanning both Hollywood and European movies, he also has appeared prolifically on television. He has…
(Encyclopedia) amphoterismamphoterismămˌfətĕrˈĭzm [key], in chemistry, the property of certain substances of acting either as acids or as bases depending on the reaction in which they are involved.…
(Encyclopedia) Arabic literature, literary works written in the Arabic language. The great body of Arabic literature includes works by Arabic speaking Turks, Persians, Syrians, Egyptians, Indians,…
Born: Feb. 6, 1895Baseball LHP-OF two-time 20-game winner with Boston Red Sox (1916-17); had a 94-46 record with a 2.28 ERA, while he was 3-0 in the World Series with an ERA of 0.87; sold to New…
