engineerDied: July 7, 2007 (London, England) Best Known as: engineer Inventor of Matchbox cars and a self-trained engineer. He designed his first toy car for…
head of MPAADied: April 26, 2007 (Washington) Best Known as: Aide to President Lyndon Johnson and head of MPAA Head of the Motion Picture Association of America (…
Born: 1923Birthplace: Jefferson City, Mo. Miniaturized electronic circuits—Kilby was responsible for the design and development of thick film integrated circuits, integrated circuit development and…
(Encyclopedia) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), international agreement that aims to ensure that trade in specimens of wild animals and plants…
The inside scoop on jack-o'-lanterns and other Halloween traditions
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—Hope O'KeeffeSource: The National Endowment for the Arts “The wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible…
(Francesca Mitzi Gerber)actress, dancerBorn: 9/4/1931Birthplace: Chicago After taking ballet lessons and dancing with the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera, this chubby-cheeked, long-legged performer…
director, producer, screenwriter, actorBorn: 1926Birthplace: Detroit It's hard to know how Hollywood could have survived without Corman. Hailed as “The king of the B movies,” his legacy is not so…
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Jack-in-the-pulpit, Arisaema triphyllum, a member of the arum family
arum, common name for the Araceae, a plant family mainly composed of species of herbaceous terrestrial and…
