writerBorn: 9/17/1932Birthplace: Springfield, Massachusetts While teaching at Boston area colleges, Robert Brown Parker began writing his series of mystery novels. The first, The Godwulf…
Born: 1906Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary Television receiver—Parker is best known for the “Intercarrier Sound System” used in all television receivers in the world. He also invented the first color…
actressBorn: 8/2/1964Birthplace: Ft. Jackson, S.C. Often confused with that other Parker, Sarah Jessica, Mary Louise, the part-Swedish daughter of a military officer and judge, was listed as one…
actressBorn: 3/25/1965Birthplace: Nelsonville, Ohio A versatile performer, she has acted in feature films such as L.A. Story (1991), Extreme Measures (1996) Honeymoon in Vegas (1992), Miami…
Actress Sarah Jessica Parker starred in the hit cable TV show Sex and the City from 1998-2004. Parker began acting professionally when she was eight years old, and by 1976 she was appearing in…
actorBorn: 8/16/1924Died: 3/18/2010Best Known as: Davy Crockett in the Walt Disney television series Born Fess Elisha Parker II, the man who inspired an undeniable…
political activistDied: Nov. 8, 2007 (Los Angeles, California) Best Known as: political activist and film director Political activist and director of a…
(Encyclopedia) elephant bird, extinct, flightless bird of the family Aepyornithidae. Once native to the island of Madagascar, these gigantic birds may have survived until as late as 1649. Today, they…
(Encyclopedia) darter or anhingadarterănhĭngˈgə [key], common name for a very slender, black water bird very closely related to the cormorant. It frequents the wooded borders of freshwater lakes,…
