documentary cameramanDied: February 4, 2008 (Glendale, California) Best Known as: explorer and documentary cameraman who first filmed footage of the Titanic wreckage…
actressBorn: 2/5/1964Birthplace: New York City Linney's acting career began on the stage. In fact, she was involved in theater almost since birth, working alongside her playwright father, Romulus.…
terroristBorn: Circa 1957 Birthplace: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Saudi millionaire and powerful leader of an international terrorist network suspected by the U.S. government of staging the Sept. 11, 2001…
Songhai emperorBorn: 1464 FSunni Ali Ber was the first great leader of Africa’s Songhai Empire. Like other Songhais, as a young man Sunni Ali had been enlisted in the army of the Malian Empire,…
(George Campbell Scott)actorBorn: 10/18/1927Birthplace: Wise, Virginia Academy Award-winning film and stage actor known for his powerful presence. His films include Dr. Strangelove (1964) and…
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…
actressBorn: 1/27/1956Birthplace: Coral Gables, Florida Early in her acting career Rogers appeared on TV shows such as Hill Street Blues (1981) and The Rousters (1983–84). She costarred in the…
lawyer, civil rights leaderBorn: 3/9/1922Birthplace: Asheville, North Carolina Upon graduating from Morehouse College, McKissick became the first Black person to study at North Carolina Law School.…
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Hydraulic pressure: In any hydraulic device the pressure exerted by one piston is transmitted throughout the fluid. Since pressure equals force divided by area, a small force (…
