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Princess Margaret | Royal Biographies

Royal Biographies:Princess Margaret by David Johnson RELATED LINKS Royal Family TreeThe Queen MotherViscount LinleyLady Sarah Armstrong-Jones Once considered the…

Top 10 Movies of 2013

This table lists the top-grossing movies of 2013. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire made the most money in the United States in 2013. Rank Title Total Gross 1. The Hunger Games: Catching…

Professional Auto Racing

NASCAR's biggest race of the year is the Daytona 500, and it's also the first race of the year. Imagine having the Super Bowl at the beginning of the football season instead of at the end.Racing…

Meg Ryan

(Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra)actressBorn: 11/19/1961Birthplace: Fairfield, Connecticut Having paid her New York University tuition bills by performing in commercials, Ryan abandoned the books her…

The Deepest Lake in the World

The Question: What is the deepest lake-man-made or natural-in the world? The Answer: The deepest lake in the world is Lake Baikal in Siberia,…

The Inventor of Basketball

The Question: Who invented basketball? The Answer: Basketball is one of the few popular sports with a definite known origin. In 1891, Dr. James Naismith invented basketball in Springfield,…

Sergey Bubka

Born: Dec. 4, 1963Ukrainian pole vaulter 1st man to clear 20 feet both indoors and out (1991); holder of indoor (20-2) and outdoor (20-13/4) world records as of Sept. 1, 2002; 6-time world champion…

Roberto Clemente

Born: Aug. 18, 1934Baseball OF hit over .300 13 times with Pittsburgh; led NL in batting 4 times; World Series MVP in 1971; regular season MVP in 1966; had 3,000 career hits; killed in plane crash…

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Born: Mar. 3, 1962Track & Field 2-time world champion in both long jump (1987,91) and heptathlon (1987,93); won heptathlon gold medals at 1988 and '92 Olympics and LJ gold at '88 Games; also…