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Martha Graham

modern dancer, choreographerBorn: 5/11/1894Birthplace: Allegheny, Pennsylvania Pioneering dancer and choreographer who is credited with establishing the principals of modern dance. She danced with…

Christian Slater

(Christopher Hawkins)actorBorn: 8/18/1969Birthplace: New York City Slater made his first appearances as a child actor on the soap opera One Life to Live and on Broadway. His film debut was in The…

Kern, Jerome

(Encyclopedia) Kern, JeromeKern, Jeromekûrn [key], 1885–1945, American composer of musicals, b. New York City. After studying in New Jersey and New York he studied composition in Germany and England…

Frobisher, Sir Martin

(Encyclopedia) Frobisher, Sir MartinFrobisher, Sir Martinfrōˈbĭshər [key], 1535?–1594, English mariner. He went to sea as a boy, and spent much of his youth in the African trade. He later gained the…

People in Space: Firsts

by Mark Hughes In 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first person to venture beyond Earth's atmosphere. Since his journey, about 450 people—astronauts, civilians, and "space tourists…

Science and Technology

Science and Technology Sally Ride Biographies by CategoryArts and Entertainment Business, Philanthropy, and Labor Politics and Government Science and Technology…

People: Ask the Fact Monster Questions

More Questions Jump to a category: Animals Arts & Entertainment Astronomy Awards Calendar Civics Countries Food & Drink Geography Health & Humanity Inventors & Inventions…

Meg Ryan

(Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra)actressBorn: 11/19/1961Birthplace: Fairfield, Connecticut Having paid her New York University tuition bills by performing in commercials, Ryan abandoned the books her…

Pleasant Moorman MILLER, Congress, TN (1849)

MILLER, Pleasant Moorman, a Representative from Tennessee; born in Lynchburg, Campbell County, Va., birth date unknown; moved to Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tenn., in 1796, and thence to…

Kennedy, Adrienne

(Encyclopedia) Kennedy, Adrienne, 1931–, American playwright, b. Pittsburgh, Pa., as Adrienne Lita Hawkins, grad. Ohio State Univ. (B.A., 1953), studied Columbia (1954–56). Her usually one-act memory…