Rodney Glen King was the black motorist whose beating by white police officers ultimately sparked widespread rioting in Los Angeles in 1992. In the early hours of 3 March 1991, Rodney King was pulled…
Bonny Lee Bakley was married to actor Robert Blake when she was shot to death in a car outside a Studio City restaurant on May 4, 2001. Blake was nearby, having returned briefly to the restaurant…
(Encyclopedia) Kiyoura, Keigo, 1850–1942, Japanese government official and political leader. He joined the ministry of justice in 1876 and participated in the drafting of new legal codes for Japan.…
(Encyclopedia) Bache PeninsulaBache Peninsulabāch [key], on E Ellesmere Island, in N Nunavut Territory, Canada. U.S. explorer Robert Peary proved this area to be a peninsula when he explored (1898)…
Serial killer Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer is infamous for the grisly way he dismembered and cannibalized his many victims. Police in Milwaukee, Wisconsin arrested Dahmer on 22 July 1991 while…
Name at birth: Peaches Honeyblossom GeldofPeaches Geldof turned her position as the daughter of rocker Sir Bob Geldof into an up-and-down career as a TV personality, model, and free-range celebrity…
Name at birth: Chan Kong-SangJackie Chan was already the highest paid actor in Asia, with more than 60 films under his belt, when he finally made it big in Hollywood with the action-comedy Rumble in…
(Encyclopedia) DzerzhinskDzerzhinskdzĭrzhēnskˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 285,000), W European Russia, a port on the Oka River above. There is a huge chemical complex there. The city was called…
(Encyclopedia) AleksandrovAleksandrovəlyĭksänˈdrəf [key], city (1989 pop. 68,000), E European Russia. The city came under the control of the Muscovite princes in 1302. Ivan IV resided (1564–81) in…
(Encyclopedia) Roddenberry, Gene (Eugene Wesley Roddenberry), 1921–91, American television writer and producer, b. El Paso, Tex. After being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal…
