The Ten Most Wanted FAQ by David Johnson 1. Have any women ever appeared on the list? Answer: Yes. Eight women have appeared on the list, starting 1968, with Ruth Eisemann-Schier. She was charged…
former child actorDied: January 15, 2008 (Los Angeles, California) Best Known as: former child actor who played a witness to a mob lawyer's suicide in "The Client…
director, producer, writerBorn: 2/5/1943 Birthplace: Chicago After writing for the 1970s TV series Starsky and Hutch and Police Story, Mann won an Emmy Award as cowriter for the TV movie The…
black activist Born: 10/22/1936Birthplace: Dallas, Tex. Seale, with Huey Newton, founded the Black Panther Party for Self Defense. After serving in the Air Force, Seale attended Oakland's Merritt…
The Question: What's a Black Maria? The Answer: A "black maria" is a slang term for a police wagon. How did it get this name? We don't know. But here are two…
(Encyclopedia) Toledo, Francisco, 1940–2019, Mexican artist and activist, b. Francisco Benjamín López Toledo. He drew upon his Zapotec heritage for his paintings, drawings, prints, collages, ceramics…
(Encyclopedia) Shuvalov, Piotr Andreyevich, CountShuvalov, Piotr Andreyevich, Countpyôˈtər əndrāˈəvĭch sh&oomacr;väˈləf [key], 1827–89, Russian administrator and diplomat. An adviser to Czar…
(Encyclopedia) Decazes, ÉlieDecazes, Élieālēˈ dəkäzˈ [key], 1780–1860, French statesman, a favorite of King Louis XVIII, who made him a duke in 1820. A lawyer and judge, Decazes was made minister of…
(Encyclopedia) hue and cry, formerly, in English law, pursuit of a criminal immediately after he had committed a felony. Whoever witnessed or discovered the crime was required to raise the hue and…
