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First Sports Program on TV

The Question: What was the first sports event to be broadcast on television in color? The Answer: It was a horse race called the Molly Pitcher Handicap. The 1…

Assiniboine, Mount

(Encyclopedia) Assiniboine, Mount, 11,870 ft (3,618 m) high, on the British Columbia–Alta. line, Canada, on the Continental Divide in the Rocky Mts. It is the focal point of Mt. Assiniboine…

Red Deer, river, Canada

(Encyclopedia) Red Deer, river, 385 mi (620 km) long, rising in the Rocky Mts. in Banff National Park, SW Alta., Canada, and flowing NE past Red Deer city, then SE and E across the plains to the…

Corner Brook

(Encyclopedia) Corner Brook, city, W Newfoundland, N.L., Canada, on the Humber River. It is Newfoundland's second largest city and has a large pulp and…

East Cleveland

(Encyclopedia) East Cleveland, city (2020 pop. 13,792), Cuyahoga co., NE Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland; inc. 1911. Mostly residential, it has some…

Yolanda King Biography

social activistDied: May 15, 2007 (Santa Monica, California) Best Known as: eldest daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. A social activist, motivational speaker,…

Kathleen Kennedy

producerBorn: 1953 One of the most powerful women in Hollywood, Kathleen Kennedy started her big-screen career in 1979 as production assistant on Steven Spielberg's 1941. She soon moved up to full…

Urban Planner

What is this job like? City planners figure out the best way to use the land in cities and neighborhoods. They report on the best location for houses, stores, and parks. They try to solve a lot of…

2004 Olympics: Yachting

MENEvent FinnBen Ainslie, GBR Rafael Trujillo, ESP Mateusz Kusznicrewicz, POL470Burnham / Foerster, USA Glanfield / Rogers, GBR Seki / Todoroki, JPNMistral SailboardGal…