No Doubtrock group No Doubt received a Grammy nomination for best new band in 1996 after its album Tragic Kingdom captured Billboard's No. 1 slot. Hits on that album include, “Just a Girl”…
Elizabeth Ashley(Elizabeth Cole)actressBorn: 8/30/1939Birthplace: Ocala, Florida A leading Broadway actress of the 1960s, she won a Tony Award for her performance in Take Her, She's Mine (…
Rosanna ArquetteactressBorn: 8/10/1959Birthplace: New York City Born into an acting family, she played on numerous TV shows in the late 1970s, making the transition to the big screen in the 1980s,…
Elizabeth Ashley(Elizabeth Cole)actressBorn: 8/30/1939Birthplace: Ocala, Florida A leading Broadway actress of the 1960s, she won a Tony Award for her performance in Take Her, She's Mine (…
John CooperAge: 77 British car designer responsible for the Mini Cooper and the introduction of rear-engine Formula One race cars; founded Cooper Car Co. with his father, Charles, in 1946;…
My Escape from Slavery Po' Sandy The Goophered Grapevine by Charles W. Chesnutt About ten years ago my wife was in poor health, and our family doctor, in whose skill and honesty I…
The Case of the Negro A Negro Schoolmaster in the New South Hot-Foot Hannibal by Charles W. Chesnutt "I hate and despise you! I wish never to see you or speak to you again!" "…
(Encyclopedia) ice skating, gliding along an ice surface on keellike runners known as ice skates.
The earliest skates (c.9th cent.), made of bone, were found in Sweden. Wooden skates with iron…
