Born: Feb. 7, 1908Swimmer 2-time Olympic freestyle medalist with bronze in 1928 (1500m) and gold in '32 (400m); became movie star and King of Serials as Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers.Died: Apr. 23,…
Eight Chicago White Sox players who were banned from baseball for life in 1921 for allegedly throwing the 1919 World Series— RHP Eddie Cicotte (1884-1969), OF Happy Felsch (1891-1964), 1B Chick…
actressBorn: 3/5/1920Birthplace: Eton, Bucks, England, U.K. British actress who played the elegant upper-class Lady Marjorie Bellamy on the 1970s television show Upstairs, Downstairs.Died: Holt,…
(Encyclopedia) iridescenceiridescenceĭrˌədĕsˈəns [key], exhibition of rainbowlike colors on a surface. It usually results from interference when light composed of different wavelengths is reflected…
(Encyclopedia) BiwaBiwabēˈwä [key], lake, c.40 mi (60 km) long and from 2 to 12 mi (3.2–19 km) wide, Shiga prefecture, S Honshu, Japan. The lake, shaped like the biwa, a musical instrument, is the…
(Encyclopedia) Trobriand IslandsTrobriand Islandstrōˈbrēăndˌ, trōˌbrēăndˈ [key], small volcanic island group off SE New Guinea, part of Papua New Guinea. Kiriwana is the largest of the group's 22…
(Encyclopedia) BeiBeipā, bā [key], river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, formed by the union of two headstreams in the Nanling Mts., N Guangdong prov., S China. It flows S into the Xi River, E of Guangzhou…
