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2010 Olympics: Ice Hockey

A tournament of veterans   The USA Women's Hockey team wins at the Nagano Olympics Related Links 2010 Winter OlympicsIce Hockey Through the YearsEncyclopedia: Ice HockeyMemorable…

Alice Cooper

(Vincent Furnier)musicianBorn: 2/4/1948Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan Rock musician known for his hard-rock teen anthems and theatrical live shows featuring shocking stunts and props. The son of…

John Woo

(Ng Yu-Sum [Cantonese]; Wu Yu-Sen [Mandarin])directorBorn: 5/01/1946Birthplace: Guangzhou, Canton, China Woo got his start in show business at Hong Kong's Cathay Studios, where he worked as a…

Ariel Dorfman

writerBorn: 5/6/1942Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina Chilean writer and left-wing intellectual who established himself as a novelist, poet, playwright and critic. His family moved to New York…

Jon Bon Jovi

(John Bongiovi)musician, songwriterBorn: 3/2/1962Birthplace: Sayreville, New Jersey He gained fame in the mid-1980s as the lead singer of the hard-rock band Bon Jovi, whose albums Slippery When Wet…

Presidential Firsts

The Question: I need to know the answers to some presidential firsts. Can you help me? Who was the first president to be voted for by women…

Townes Van Zandt

(John Townes Van Zandt)songwriter, singerBorn: 3/7/1944Birthplace: Fort Worth, Texas Van Zandt recorded 15 albums, none of them chart-busting hits, but his influence among other musicians has been…

Tom Petty

folk/rock musicianBorn: 10/20/1950Birthplace: Gainesville, Florida Having begun playing guitar at 13 with an instrument his mother ordered through the Sears catalog, Petty went on to form (and…

Woody Harrelson

actorBorn: 7/23/1961Birthplace: Midland, Texas Actor whose talent for playing the simple-minded bartender Woody Boyd in Cheers (1985–93) masked his capability for taking on deeper, more complex…

Rage Against the Machine

politically active rock group The Grammy award-winning Rage Against the Machine established a reputation for speaking against social and political injustices. Formed in Los Angeles in 1991, the…