(Encyclopedia) Alcott, BronsonAlcott, Bronsonôlˈkət, ăl–, –kŏt [key], 1799–1888, American educational and social reformer, b. near Wolcott, Conn., as Amos Bronson Alcox. His meager formal education…
WorldRuling Party Takes Elections in Zimbabwe (April 1): President Robert Mugabe's party, Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), dominates parliamentary elections, taking 55 out…
teen pop sensationBorn: 12/2/1981Birthplace: Kentwood, La. The teen phenom burst onto the music scene with the 1999 release of her vaguely promiscuous single, “…Baby One More Time”. Spears entered…
Susannahsurvivor of the AlamoBorn: circa 1814Birthplace: possibly Williamson County, Tenn. Dickinson grew up poor and illiterate. When she was 15, she married Almaron Dickinson, a blacksmith. The…
founder of the Edo (Tokyo) shogunate Born: 1603Birthplace: present-day Nagoya, Japan The eldest son of Matsudaria Hirotada, Tokugawa Ieyasu was born in 1542 in what is now Aichi prefecture.…
directorBorn: 6/25/1924Birthplace: Philadelphia Died: 4/09/2011Sidney Lumet is an Academy Award-winning film and television director known for his rough, often low-budget films. His credits include…
(Anthony Charles Lynton Blair)British prime ministerBorn: 5/6/1953Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland Tony Blair was first elected to Britain's House of Commons in 1983, where he served on various…
CHISHOLM, Shirley Anita, a Representative from New York; born Shirley Anita St. Hill, November 30, 1924, in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; first black woman elected to Congress; attended public…
Biography of the great Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu (alternate spelling: Laozi), Chinese Philosopher Lao Tzu, fl. 6th cent. B.C., Chinese philosopher, reputedly the founder of Taoism.…
civil rights activistBorn: Sept. 8, 1954 Birthplace: Tylertown, Miss. Born on Sept. 8, 1954 in Tylertown, Miss., Ruby Nell Bridges moved with her family to New Orleans in…
