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Notable Filmmakers and Directors

Spike Lee See also Actors African-American Actors Asian American Film & Television Personalities Hispanic-American Film, Television, and Theater Personalities Women Stage and…

American Music Timeline | 1900-1920

American Music TimelinePart III: 1900-1920 by David Johnson 1900 1904 1907 1911 1912 1916 Next: The Twenties 1900 Symphony Hall built in Boston Top 1900 "Country" music of…

2007 Notable Books for Children

These books were chosen by a committee of librarians, educators, and other professionals for the Association for Library Service to Children. Younger Readers…

Mystery Initials

Full names of famous authorstracked down by Holly Hartman Ever wonder what the two R's stand for in J. R. R. Tolkien? Curious about whether S. E. Hinton is a man or a woman? It used to be common…

Roller Retro-tainment

World Skating League Here is a list of the four active WSL teams and interesting facts about some of their key players: (Note: the Illinois Terror and the Texas Rustlers have not finalized their…

Presidential Scandals

Ulysses S. Grant: Crédit Mobilier & the Whiskey Ring by Ann-Marie Imbornoni and Tasha Vincent Although President Grant had some notable successes during his time in office, including…

Warburg, Aby

(Encyclopedia) Warburg, Aby (Abraham Moritz Warburg), 1866–1929, German historian of art and culture, b. Hamburg, studied art history in Bonn, Munich, Florence, and Strasbourg, where he received a…

Tampa

(Encyclopedia) TampaTampatămˈpə [key], city (1990 pop. 280,015), seat of Hillsborough co., W Fla., a port of entry with an impressive harbor on Tampa Bay; inc. 1855. The third largest city in the…