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Brewer's: Friar's Lanthorn

Sir W. Scott calls Jack o'Lantern Friar Rush. This is an error, as Rush was a domestic spirit, and not a field esprit follet. He got admittance into monasteries, and played the monks sad…

Al Schill Jr. Biography

Al Schill Jr.Age: 24 stock-car racer who won rookie of the year honors at Slinger Raceway (Ore.) and, along with his father, became the first father-son duo in that track's history to finish…

Roland (Rolly) Schwartz 1998 Deaths

Roland (Rolly) SchwartzAge: 85 active in amateur boxing for almost 60 years as coach, referee and administrator; manager and part-time coach of 1976 U.S. Olympic boxing team which won five…

Rosa Parks 2005 Deaths

Rosa ParksAge: 92 a black seamstress who in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger. Martin Luther King heard about Parks's brave…

Steven Seagal Biography

Steven Seagal actor, stunt choreographer, producerBorn: 4/10/1952Birthplace: Lansing, Michigan   While working as an English teacher and writer in Japan, Seagal studied martial arts and later…

Thelonious Monk Biography

Thelonious Monkjazz pianist, composer, arrangerBorn: 10/10/1917Birthplace: Rocky Mount, North Carolina Jazz pianist, composer, and arranger known for his influence on avant-garde jazz and…

Stevie Wonder Biography

Stevie Wonder(Steveland Morris)singer, composer, producerBorn: 5/13/1950Birthplace: Saginaw, Michigan Grammy Award-winning singer, composer, producer, arranger, and instrumentalist known for his…

Jacqueline Woodson Biography

writerBorn: February 12, 1963Birthplace: Columbus, OhioBest Known as: an award-winning author of young adult fiction Jacqueline Woodson is an award-winning author…

Dead Man on Campus

Director: Alan Cohn Writers: Michael White and Michael Traeger Paramount; R; 90 minutes Release: 8/98 Cast: Tom Everett Scott, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Lochlyn Munro, Randy…