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Princess Anne

(Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise Windsor)Princess RoyalBorn: 8/15/1950Birthplace: London, England The second child of Great Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Anne has shed her adolescent…

Christopher Lloyd

actorBorn: 10/22/1938Birthplace: Stamford, Connecticut Emmy Award-winning television and film actor known for his roles as eccentric, spaced-out characters. He played former flower child “Reverend…

Childhood Diseases: Mumps

MumpsChildhood DiseasesIntroductionThe Polio PanicChickenpoxEar AchesMeasly MeaslesMumpsRubellaDeadly DiphtheriaPertussis, or Whooping CoughTerrifying TetanusThe Importance of Childhood…

Fungal Infections: Fungal Infections of the Skin

Fungal Infections of the SkinFungal InfectionsIntroductionTypes of InfectionFungal Infections of the SkinFighting Fungus Fungi that commonly cause skin diseases are called dermatophytes. “…

Punctuation: Slash and Burn

Slash and BurnPunctuationPunctuation MattersPeriod, Question Mark, Exclamation Mark: The End of the LineThe Comma: A Major PlayerThe Semicolon: Love Child of the Comma and the PeriodThe Colon: What a…

Harvey Leibenstein

economistBorn: 1922Birthplace: Yanishpol, Ukraine, U.S.S.R. Having emigrated to Canada as a child, he attended Northwestern University to study economics then went on to teach at Illinois Institute…

Christian Slater

(Christopher Hawkins)actorBorn: 8/18/1969Birthplace: New York City Slater made his first appearances as a child actor on the soap opera One Life to Live and on Broadway. His film debut was in The…

Judith Martin

“Miss Manners”columnistBorn: 9/13/1938Birthplace: Washington, D.C. Judith Sylvia Perlman lived in various foreign capitals as a child, as her father, a United Nations economist, was frequently…

Fred Savage

actorBorn: 7/9/1976Birthplace: Highland Park, Illinois As a juvenile actor, Savage made his film debut in The Boy Who Could Fly (1986) and is best known for his starring role as Kevin Arnold in the…

Soupy Sales Biography

comedianBorn: January 8, 1926Died: October 22, 2009 (New York, USA) Best Known as: Slapstick comedian Soupy Sales perfected the art of slapstick comedy, and…