(Encyclopedia) RømøRømørömˈöˌ [key], island (1992 pop. 808), 39 sq mi (101 sq km), SW Denmark, in the North Sea, one of the North Frisian Islands, connected with Jylland by a causeway. Rømø and…
(Anthony Williams)musicianBorn: 12/12/1945Birthplace: Chicago A noted jazz drummer in the vanguard of the fusion movement, a combination of rock music and jazz. His band, Lifetime, is considered a…
(Anthony Charles Lynton Blair)British prime ministerBorn: 5/6/1953Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland Tony Blair was first elected to Britain's House of Commons in 1983, where he served on various…
(Anthony Dominick Benedetto)Born: 8/3/1926jazz singerBirthplace: Queens, New York Grammy Award-winning singer of classic jazz-inflected music who was popular in the late 1950s and 1960s and…
playwrightBorn: July 1956Birthplace: Lake Charles, Louisiana Tony Award-and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright known for his plays that politicize the AIDS crisis. His works include the two-part…
(Chloe Anthony Wofford)novelistBorn: 2/18/1931Birthplace: Lorain, Ohio Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning novelist whose emotional, intense books portray African-American life. Her novels include…
directorBorn: 6/5/1928Birthplace: Shipley, England Academy Award-winning film and stage director influential in shaping modern British film and theater. His films include The Entertainer (1960),…
Born: Jan. 7, 1945Baseball OF youngest (20 years old) to lead the AL in HRs (32 in 1965); hit in the face with a fastball in 1967; came back to hit 36 HRs in 1970 but was never the same.Died: Feb…
R&B singerBorn: 10/7/1967Birthplace: Severn, Maryland The daughter of an Apostolic minister, she had to sneak glimpses of secular musicians when her parents were not at home. Her church choir…
