An hour is 60 minutes.The hours between 12 midnight and 12 noon are A.M. (ante “before” meridiem).The hours between 12 noon and 12 midnight are P.M. (post “after” meridiem)Sailor time is used on a…
Vietnamese children look forward to the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, when they celebrate Trung Thu, a mid-fall festival commemorating the moon at its brightest and most beautiful.…
actor, director, producerBorn: 1/3/1956Birthplace: Peekskill, New York Academy Award-winning actor, director and producer who first appeared in Australian cult films, including Mad Max (1979) and…
actorBorn: 1/17/1884Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri A silent- and sound-era film actor, he is especially remembered for playing villains in such westerns as The Big Stampede (1932) and The Devil…
French soldierDied: Oct. 13, 2007 (Paris, France) Best Known as: French soldier and mercenary Legendary French soldier involved in coups and mercenary activities…
George W. Bush's secretary of Education Born: 6/17/1933Birthplace: Monticello, Miss. As superintendent of the Houston Independent School District, Paige has revitalized the country's seventh-…
Born: 1950Birthplace: St. Louis, Mo. Microcomputer with bus control means for peripheral devices—The work of these IBM scientists is what allows IBM and IBM-compatible computer components to…
actorBorn: 5/5/1914Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio Film and stage actor known for his roles as a romantic swashbuckler. Power's spectacular good looks and good nature may have caused him to be…
actressBorn: 10/28/1952Birthplace: Nashville, Tennessee This comic actress, who first made her mark as the loopy office coordinator in Ghostbusters (1984), has had an active career in television.…
actor, directorBorn: 6/14/1919Birthplace: Chicago Forging a five-decade career as an actor and director in both television and films, Wanamaker started in 1948's My Girl Tisa playing Mark Denek.…
