rock band Vocalist Scott Weiland and bass player Robert DeLeo met at a concert in 1988 and recruited guitarist Dean DeLeo and drummer Eric Kretz to form Stone Temple Pilots in San Diego that year.…
(Encyclopedia) Parks, Gordon (Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks), 1912–2006, African-American photographer, filmmaker, writer, and composer, b. Fort Scott, Kans. Parks purchased his first camera…
(Encyclopedia) swan, common name for a large aquatic bird of both hemispheres, related to ducks and geese. It has a long, gracefully curved neck and an extremely long, convoluted trachea which makes…
(Encyclopedia) Smith, Dean Edwards, 1931–2015, American college basketball coach, b. Emporia, Kans. After playing basketball at the Univ. of Kansas (grad. 1953), Smith joined (1954) the Air Force and…
(Encyclopedia) Bowman, Scotty (William Scott Bowman), 1933–, Canadian hockey coach. A serious head injury in junior hockey led him to turn to coaching, and in 1967 he moved to the National Hockey…
Famous and Infamous Moms Mother Teresa, Rose Kennedy, and other notable mothers by Beth Rowen Dorothea Lange's photo, "Migrant Mother" Mother's Day is the one day when we take…
American Music TimelinePart II: The 1800s by David Johnson 1814 1842 1861 1880 1891 1897 Next: 1900-1920 1814 Francis Scott Key writes poem The Defense of Fort McHenry, which…
