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Holiday Movie Preview 2000

Holiday Film Faves What Women Want, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, and All the Pretty Horses by Beth Rowen What Women WantOpens December 15 Prerelease buzz has blockbuster written…

Black Boxers

  Notable African-American Boxers     Browse more African-American biographies by category: A-Z List Government Officials Civil Rights…

Norman Conquest

(Encyclopedia) Norman Conquest, period in English history following the defeat (1066) of King Harold of England by William, duke of Normandy, who became William I of England. The conquest was…

Wilson, Edmund

(Encyclopedia) Wilson, Edmund, 1895–1972, American critic and author, b. Red Bank, N.J. grad. Princeton, 1916. He is considered one of the most important American literary and social critics of the…

Spenser, Edmund

(Encyclopedia) Spenser, Edmund, 1552?–1599, English poet, b. London. He was the friend of men eminent in literature and at court, including Gabriel Harvey, Sir Philip Sidney, Sir Walter Raleigh, and…

Aircraft Crashes

Find a list of the worst aircraft crashes in the world, including the Hindenburg disaster and the Sept 11, 2001, attacks. (See also Terrorist Attacks…

Louisiana

Capital: Baton Rouge State abbreviation/Postal code: La./LA Governor: John Bel Edwards, D (to Jan. 2020) Lieut. Governor: Billy…

Oregon

Capital: Salem State abbreviation/Postal code: Ore./OR Governor: Kate Brown, D (to Jan. 2019) Senators: Jeff Merkley, D (to Jan. 2021…

1903–1920

1903—Boston A.L. 5 (Jimmy Collins); Pittsburgh N.L. 3 (Fred Clarke). WP—Boston: Dinneen (2, 6, 8), Young (5, 7); Pittsburgh: Phillippe (1, 3, 4). LP—Boston: Young (1), Hughes (3), Dinneen (4);…