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Pentecostalism

(Encyclopedia) Pentecostalism, worldwide 20th–21st-century Christian movement that emphasizes the experience of Spirit baptism, generally evidenced by speaking in tongues (glossolalia). The name…

Christl Haas 2001 Deaths

Christl HaasAge: 57 Austrian skier, who won the gold medal in women's downhill at the 1964 Innsbruck Olympics. She drowned while swimming.Died: Manavgat, Turkey, July 8Einar GustafsonG -…

David Guralnik 2000 Deaths

David GuralnikAge: 79 lexicographer who served as editor in chief of Webster's New World dictionaries from 1948 to his retirement in 1985. He died of colon cancer. Died: Shaker Heights, Ohio…

Gus Hall 2000 Deaths

Gus HallAge: 90 American Communist who served as secretary general of the Communist Party, U.S.A. and ran for president of the United States four times. He served eight years in prison for…

Viktor Hamburger 2001 Deaths

Viktor HamburgerAge: 100 experimental embryologist who analyzed the developing nervous system. In 1954, he and two colleagues, Rita Levi-Montalcini and Stanley Cohen, discovered the first…

Anthony Michael Hall Biography

Anthony Michael Hall (Michael Anthony Thomas Charles Hall)actor, singerBorn: 4/14/1968Birthplace: Boston Anthony Michael Hall first won accolades in National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), but is…

The Sixth Sense

Director/Writer: M. Night Shyamalan Hollywood Pictures/Spyglass Entertainment; PG-13; 107 minutes Release: 8/99 Cast: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette The Sixth…

May Current Events 2024: U.S. News

Top of Page World News | Disaster News | Science & Technology News | Current Events This Week The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you…