Bay City Bombers star Joanie Weston was to '60s Roller Derby what Hulk Hogan was to professional wrestling in the '80s.Leo Seltzer dreamed up the Roller Derby in 1935. With the help of…
(Encyclopedia) Dumas, AlexandreDumas, AlexandreälĕksäNˈdrə dümäˈ [key], known as Dumas pèreDumas pèrepĕr [key], 1802–70, French novelist and dramatist. His father, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, was a…
(Encyclopedia) cavalry, a military force consisting of mounted troops trained to fight from horseback. Horseback riding probably evolved independently in the Eurasian steppes and the mountains above…
[the Benignant]. Goddess of marriage and fecundity, who sent bridegrooms to maidens and children to the married. (German.) (See Berchta.) Hulda is making her bed. It snows. (See above…
From Hull, Hell, and Halifax Good Lord, deliver us. This occurs in Taylor, the water poet. Hull is not the town so called, but a furious river in Kingston, very dangerous. In regard to…
World News | Disasters & Science News Here's a slideshow depicting the major U.S. news events of August 2016. 1. CDC Issues Zika Warning 2. U.S. Launches…
Are you as brave as Captain America or as witty as Iron Man? Perhaps, you carry the spunk of Spider-Man or the strength of the Hulk? Dive into this quiz to find out which Avenger you are most like.…
(Encyclopedia) Gallic WarsGallic Warsgălˈĭk [key], campaigns in Gaul led by Julius Caesar in his two terms as proconsul of Cisalpine Gaul, Transalpine Gaul, and Illyricum (58 b.c.–51 b.c.). Caesar's…
Gil KaneAge: 73 self-taught comic-book artist who, in the late 1950s and early '60s, reprised classic superheroes, such as Green Lantern and Atom, for DC Comics and Marvel. He later…
