captiveDied: Nov. 10, 2007 (Dresden, Germany) Best Known as: American captive in gulag labor camp American captive held by the Russians for nine and a half years…
The crisis moves west by Sarah K. Miller This article was posted on October 8, 1999. Russian soldiers, fighting for control of Chechnya, carry a gun near Grozny on Oct. 8, 1999. (…
(Samuel Joel Mostel)actorBorn: 2/28/1915Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York After working as a standup comic, Mostel launched a remarkable career in theater and film. In the 1950s he was blacklisted as…
aviatorBorn: 1902Birthplace: Leicester, England Beryl Markham’s parents moved to Kenya when she was three years old, and she spent most of her life in Africa. Her first love was horses and she…
(Encyclopedia) Raynal, Guillaume Thomas François, AbbéRaynal, Guillaume Thomas François, Abbégēyōmˈ tômäˈ fräNswäˈ äbāˈ rānälˈ [key], 1713–96, French historian and philosopher. Raynal was a priest,…
(Encyclopedia) Vertov, Dziga, 1896–1954, Soviet filmmaker, pseudonym of Denis Kaufman. Vertov introduced the idea of “Kino-Pravda” (or cinéma vérité), which was extremely influential worldwide,…
priestDied: January 30, 2008 (unspecified location in the U.S.) Best Known as: conservative Catholic leader and founder of the Legionaries of Christ Rev…
screenwriter, producerBorn: 1/12/1915Birthplace: Los Angeles One of the first in Hollywood to be subpoenaed by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), Paul Jarrico's early support of the…
(Martha Kostyra)writer; television personality; entrepreneurBorn: 8/03/1941Birthplace: Nutley, N.J. With a partial scholarship and money earned by modeling, Stewart was able to leave her small New…
public officialBorn: 3/11/1954Birthplace: Wichita, Kansas Norton has been Secretary of the Interior since 2001. She earned a B.A. in 1975, and a law degree in 1978, both from the University of…
