actressBorn: 8/17/1893Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Stage and film actress who was the queen of double entendre and exaggerated, humorous sexiness. Her films include She Done Him Wrong (1933) and…
Born: Oct. 13, 1967Cuban high jumper first man to clear 8 feet (8-0) on July 29, 1989; won gold medal at 1992 Olympics with jump of only 7-ft, 8-in.; broke world record with leap of 8-01/2 in 1993…
Born: July 31, 1919Radio-TV former radio voice of NY Yankees and then Boston Red Sox from 1949–66; TV play-by-play man for AFL, NFL and major league baseball; has broadcast World Series, All-Star…
AFC Central Pittsburgh QB Kordell Stewart will be scrambling to get his Steelers deeper into the playoffs this year.As they have for the past two seasons, the Pittsburgh Steelers and…
Earth's Moon is a small ball of gray rock revolving 239,000 miles around Earth. It is just one of many in the solar system. The Moon has no air and no water. It is about one-fourth as large as…
Reckoning with Slavery Edward Ball received the National Book Award for Slaves in the Family, an exploration of the shared experience of masters and slaves in his family's plantation past.…
Apollo 11July 20 marks the anniversary of man's first walk on the moon by Ricco Villanueva Siasoco How many movies, songs, anecdotes—even clichés—have sprung from humanity's first landing on the…
The crime that shocked the nation by David Johnson Related Links AviationSpirit of St. LouisFlightIncarceration/Capital PunishmentNew JerseyCalled "the biggest story since the…
