rock group Canadian-based progressive band that combined new song structures with fantasy-based lyrics to make hit singles during the 1970s. Rush formed in 1969 in Sarnia, Ontario and developed a…
personality, actress, modelBorn: 11/1/1972Birthplace: Chicago Actress, model and one time Playboy Playmate of the Year, McCarthy's vivacious personality has contributed significantly to her career…
(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) 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…
(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…
(Issur Danielovitch)actorBorn: 12/9/1916Birthplace: Amsterdam, New York One of the top male stars of post-World War II Hollywood, he is best known for the driving intensity he brought to his…
Space Museums
U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame
6225 Vectorspace Blvd.
Titusville, FL 32780www.astronauts.orgFeatures: Exhibits on U.S. astronauts and the world's largest collection of the astronauts'…
business executiveBorn: 1915Birthplace: Hot Wells, Texas Founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, one of the largest beauty products firms in the United States, Ash sold a child psychology book door to door…
Hominid fossilBorn: c. 3.2 million years ago The fossil known as Lucy is one of the oldest and best-preserved skeletons of a hominid (two-footed, humanlike primate). Lucy was of the species…
