newspaper columnistBorn: 9/19/1932Birthplace: Chicago Royko worked for a number of Chicago papers before joining the Chicago Tribune staff, where since 1984 he wrote a column that became syndicated…
(Michael Igor Peschkowsky)director, actorBorn: 11/6/1931Birthplace: Berlin, Germany Academy and Tony Award-winning film and stage director and actor known for his ability to elicit virtuoso…
director, screenwriterBorn: 2/20/1943Birthplace: Salford, England As director and screenwriter, Leigh works improvisationally with actors in the early stages of developing a film concept. His…
actor, comedianBorn: 5/25/1963Birthplace: Scarborough, Canada Television and film actor and comedian best known for his role as Wayne Campbell, host of “Wayne's World” on Saturday Night Live and…
U.S. CongressmanBorn: June 27, 1941Birthplace: Walnut Grove, California As the representative of the 15th district of California, Honda has served on the House Committee on Science and the…
Born: 1896Birthplace: Burlington, Iowa Diamine-dicarboxylic acid salts and process of preparing same and synthetic fiber—Carothers work involved the theory of linear polymerization which culminated…
lead singer of the Dave Clark FiveDied: February 28, 2008 (London, England) Best Known as: former lead singer of the Dave Clark Five Mike Smith was the lead…
(Encyclopedia) Harrison, Wallace Kirkman, 1895–1981, American architect and city planner, b. Worcester, Mass. Harrison designed the Trylon and Perisphere, the structures that came to symbolize the…
(Encyclopedia) Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823–1913, English naturalist. From his study of comparative biology in Brazil and in the East Indies, he evolved a concept of evolution similar to that of…
