actorBorn: April 7, 1934Birthplace: EdinburghDied: Feb. 9, 2007 (London) A versatile actor and a founding member of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1960,…
The Question: What causes a chameleon to change its body color? The Answer: The chameleon has several cell layers beneath its transparent skin. These layers are…
The Semicolon: Love Child of the Comma and the PeriodPunctuationPunctuation MattersPeriod, Question Mark, Exclamation Mark: The End of the LineThe Comma: A Major PlayerThe Semicolon: Love Child of…
(Encyclopedia) granite, coarse-grained igneous rock of even texture and light color, composed chiefly of quartz and feldspars. It usually contains small quantities of mica or hornblende, and minor…
FREEMAN, James Crawford, a Representative from Georgia; born in Clinton (later Gray), Jones County, Ga., April 1, 1820; attended the common schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits; moved to…
(Frizzell Gray)NAACP leaderBorn: 10/24/1948Birthplace: Baltimore, Md. Mfume became active in politics while a student at Morgan State University in Maryland. There, he headed the Black Student…
actorBorn: 9/1/1920Birthplace: Los Angeles Early in his career, the Oscar-nominated actor vowed to never take a speaking role. He kept his promise for many years, appearing in scores of films as…
Hominid fossilBorn: c. 3.2 million years ago The fossil known as Lucy is one of the oldest and best-preserved skeletons of a hominid (two-footed, humanlike primate). Lucy was of the species…