country-pop singerBorn: 4/22/1936Birthplace: Billstown, Arkansas Grammy Award-winning country-pop singer and guitarist who worked as a session musician for Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash and Phil…
dancerBorn: 9/25/1936Birthplace: Bombay, India The tall, leggy dancer gained fame in the United States when Nikita Khrushchev, visiting the set of Can-Can, declared her dancing “immoral.” She…
by Mark Hughes Prev Next Round Goby Native to Eurasia, it arrived in the Great Lakes via ballast water. The round goby is known for competing with and preying on native species.…
WHAT IS A CONTINENTAL ISLAND? HOW ARE VOLCANIC ISLANDS FORMED? HOW DO CORAL REEFS FORM? FORMATION OF A CORAL ATOLLFIND OUT MOREAn island is an area of land smaller than a continent and entirely…
AGNEW, Spiro Theodore, Vice President of the United States; born in Baltimore, Md., November 9, 1918; educated in the public schools of Baltimore; attended the Johns Hopkins University;…
It took four years to build the Golden Gate Bridge, but today's seismic engineers estimate it could take less than sixty seconds to destroy if an earthquake's epicenter hits near the bridge...It…
Maryland State Facts
Entered Union: April 28, 1788 (7th State)Present constitution adopted: 1867
Fun Facts
State abbreviation/Postal code: Md./MDNicknames: Free State; Old Line StateOrigin of…
(Encyclopedia) Baffin Bay, ice-clogged body of water, c.700 mi (1,130 km) long, between Greenland and NE Canada. It connects with the Arctic Ocean to the north and west and with the Atlantic Ocean to…
(Maria de Lourdes Villiers Farrow)actressBorn: 2/9/1945Birthplace: Los Angeles Actress whose intelligent and sensitively shaped roles have more often been overshadowed by her relationships with…
