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Jackie Brown

Director/Writer: Quentin TarantinoDirector of Photography:Guillermo NavarroEditor:Sally MenkeProduction Designer:David WascoProducer:Lawrence BenderMiramax; R; 154 minutesRelease:12/97Cast:…

Lyon, Nathaniel

(Encyclopedia) Lyon, Nathaniel, 1818–61, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Eastford, Conn. After serving against the Seminole and in the Mexican War, he was stationed in California and…

Jackson, Glenda

(Encyclopedia) Jackson, Glenda, 1936–2023, English actress and politician. Jackson's first starring role was as Charlotte Corday in Marat/Sade (1966)…

Jackson, Sheldon

(Encyclopedia) Jackson, Sheldon, 1834–1909, American missionary and educator, b. Montgomery co., N.Y., grad. Union College, 1855, and Princeton Theological Seminary, 1858. After a career as a…

Lake Jackson

(Encyclopedia) Lake Jackson, city (1990 pop. 22,776), Brazoria co., SE Tex., on a branch of the Brazos River, near the Gulf of Mexico; founded 1941. It is a trading and shipping center for the many…

Port Jackson

(Encyclopedia) Port Jackson or Sydney Harbour, inlet of the Pacific Ocean, 22 sq mi (57 sq km), 12 mi (19 km) long and 1.5 mi (2.4 km) wide at its mouth, New South Wales, Australia, forming Australia…

O'Neill, Margaret

(Encyclopedia) O'Neill, Margaret (Peggy O'Neill), c.1796–1879, wife of John Henry Eaton, U.S. secretary of war under President Andrew Jackson. She was the daughter of a Washington tavern keeper and…

Frank P. Bibas 1997 Deaths

Frank P. Bibasproducer, director Academy Award-winning producer and director of the documentary Project HopeBorn: 1917?Died: 1997Roger Bialic1997 DeathsSir Rudolf Bing

P. J. Carlesimo, 1998 News

guard for the Golden State Warriors, had a one year suspension from the N.B.A. reduced by five months and his contract reinstated after the Players' Association filed grievances on his…