(Donna Gaines)singerBorn: 12/31/1948Birthplace: Boston Grammy Award-winning singer who was disco's diva and, surviving the period, emerged as a 1980s pop star. Her recordings include Bad Girls (…
The Question: How do I hang a horseshoe for good luck? Is the opening at the top or bottom of the "U"? The Answer: Some people think the points of a horseshoe…
Germanicus, the adopted son of the Emperor Tiberius, was named Consul of Rome at age 27. The next year he was sent north to lead Rome's legions against the rugged tribes along the Rhine River.…
Born: 1889Birthplace: Luxembourg Method for manufacturing titanium and alloys thereof—Metallurgist William Kroll invented the Kroll process, a technique for producing titanium and zirconium. His…
Montezuma II (also known as Moctezuma II) was trained as a priest and rose to become leader of the Aztecs in 1502. At the time, the Aztecs controlled most of what is now Mexico and Central America,…
Integers include positive whole numbers, negative whole numbers, and zero.
The “set of all integers” is often shown like this:
Integers = {… -5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, …}
The dots at…
With Jordan out to pasture, the path is somewhat clearer for Malone and Stockton. And Scottie Pippen wasted no time in fleeing the Windy City — Houston gave him the best deal, and Pippen…
actor, directorBorn: 6/22/1944Birthplace: Bad Aussee, Austria A successful international star, he first gained acclaim for his performance as an ambitious young actor in Mephisto (1981). He has…
actorBorn: 6/29/1944Birthplace: Goose Creek, Texas A lanky blond, he won an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his portrayal of the title character in The Buddy Holly Story (1978). In his…
Martin Lawrence took his stand-up comedy act and turned it into the hit TV show Martin from 1992-1997. In addition to the title role, Lawrence portrayed several different characters. The series…
