(Encyclopedia) West Yorkshire, former metropolitan county, N central England. Created in the 1974 local government reorganization, the county largely embraced the Leeds conurbation and comprised five…
There are places in the world whose names bring to mind human pain and suffering caused by other people, nature, or both. Included here are some of these places and…
(Encyclopedia) Texas Rangers, mounted fighting force organized (1835) during the Texas Revolution. During the republic they became established as the guardians of the Texas frontier, particularly…
(Encyclopedia) strike, concentrated work stoppage by a group of employees, the chief weapon of organized labor. A suspension of work on the employer's part is called a lockout. Strikes usually result…
actressBorn: 9/11/1962Birthplace: Los Angeles McNichol won an Emmy Award for her role in the TV series Family (1976–80). In 1988 she began playing the part of a police officer in the series Empty…
Jack the Ripper is the popular name of the unknown killer who terrorized London between August and November of 1888. (He was also called the Whitechapel Murderer, after the city district where he…
(Encyclopedia) Villon, FrançoisVillon, FrançoisfräNswäˈ vēyôNˈ [key], 1431–1463?, French poet, b. Paris, whose original name was François de Montcorbier or François Des Loges. One of the earliest…
Name at birth: Eric Arthur BlairGeorge Orwell was the pen name of Eric Blair, the author of Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949). He was born in India and educated in England, and as a…
Sunni militants terrorize countries all over the world in their bid to implement an Islamic state by Beth Rowen and Catherine McNiff Pro-ISIS supporters march in Mosul.…
(Encyclopedia) Cleaver, Eldridge (Leroy Eldridge Cleaver), 1935–98, African-American social activist, b. Wabbaseka, Ark. Growing up in Los Angeles, he spent much of 1954–66 in prison for various…
