(Lawrence A. Goldstone)mystery writerBorn: 12/21/1903Birthplace: New York City Employed as a lawyer before he turned to writing, Treat wrote hundreds of short stories and 17 novels and was one of…
Born: 1944Birthplace: North Carolina PCR, Polymerase chain reaction—Mullis invented PCR, the process for amplifying nucleic acids, in 1993 while at Cetus Corporation. PCR has revolutionized the…
actorBorn: 8/24/1958Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York The likable, curly-haired Steve Guttenberg first appeared onscreen in a 1976 Kentucky Fried Chicken commercial; the following year he starred in…
(Encyclopedia) Ranković, AleksandarRanković, Aleksandarälĕksänˈdär ränkōvĭˈtyə [key], 1909–83, Yugoslav political leader. A Serbian, he joined the Yugoslav Communist party in 1928 and later became (…
(Encyclopedia) Paul-Boncour, JosephPaul-Boncour, Josephzhôzĕfˈ pōl-bôNk&oomacr;rˈ [key], 1873–1972, French statesman. Although a Socialist, he remained independent of party ties from 1931 to 1945…
(Encyclopedia) Simenon, GeorgesSimenon, Georgeszhôrzh sēmənôNˈ [key], 1903–89, Belgian novelist. One of the most prolific of modern authors, he is best known for the more than 75 stories he wrote…
(Encyclopedia) South Yorkshire, former metropolitan county, N central England. Created in the 1974 local government reorganization, the county embraced the Sheffield conurbation and comprised four…
(Encyclopedia) Whitehorse, city (1991 pop. 17,925), S Yukon, Canada, on the Yukon River. Since 1952 it has been the territorial capital. Whitehorse is on the Alaska Highway and was the terminus of…
(Ilynea Lydia Mironoff)actressBorn: 7/26/1945Birthplace: London, England An intelligent, versatile actress, Mirren performed on the British stage during the 1960s and 1970s, playing Ophelia,…
