Born: 1856Birthplace: Washington, Penn. Carborundum—Carborundum is the hardest surface made by humans and is second only to the diamond's hardness. Acheson created carborundum (silicon-carbide) by…
producerBorn: 10/27/1915Birthplace: St. John, New Brunswick, Canada Based in Britain, Saltzman produced the well-received social dramas Look Back in Anger (1959) and Saturday Night and Sunday…
by Mark Hughes In 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first person to venture beyond Earth's atmosphere. Since his journey, about 450 people—astronauts, civilians, and "space tourists…
(Encyclopedia) macromolecule, term that may refer either to a crystal such as a diamond, in which the atoms are identical and held by covalent bonds (see chemical bond) of equal strength, or to one…
(Encyclopedia) Wadsworth, Louis Fenn, 1825–1908, American baseball player, b. Litchfield, Conn., grad. Washington College (now Trinity College), Hartford, 1844. After practicing law in New York City…
(Encyclopedia) Yellowknife, city (1991 pop. 15,179), capital of the Northwest Territories, Canada, on the north shore of Great Slave Lake, at the mouth of the Yellowknife River. It is the largest…
(Thomas Connery)actorBorn: 8/25/1930Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland Academy Award-winning, genially handsome film actor whose name became synonymous with James Bond, the imperturbable superspy…
(Helen Folsade Adu)singer, songwriterBorn: 1/16/1959Birthplace: Ibadan, Nigeria Grammy award-winning singer who moved to London from Nigeria after her parents divorced. While working as a fashion…
(Samille Diane Friesen)actressBorn: 1/4/1937Birthplace: Tacoma, Washington Sexy actress who won an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Heaven Can Wait (1978). Her…
founder of Schramsberg VineyardsDied: February 12, 2008 (Calistoga, California) Best Known as: pioneer of fine sparkling wine production Jamie Davies pioneered…
