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Donna Hanover, 2000 News

actress, broadcast journalist, and wife of New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, announced in April plans to appear in the controversial Off-Broadway play by Eve Ensler, The Vagina Monologues.…

Martha Stewart, 2004 News

diva of domesticity, was sentenced to five months in prison in July after being found guilty on four counts of obstruction of justice and lying to federal investigators. The judge stayed…

Martha Stewart, 2003 News

diva of domesticity, was indicted in June on nine charges of obstruction of justice and securities fraud. The charges stem from her December 2001 sale of 3,928 shares of the biotech stock…

August 2000 News and Events

WorldQueen Mother Turns 100 (Aug. 4): Elizabeth celebrates with three generations of royal family. UN Peacekeepers Reach Lebanon (Aug. 5): Troops fan out along border with Israel after weeks…

Michael Jackson, 2005 News

pop star, was acquitted by a California jury in June of ten felony charges, including molesting a child, conspiracy, and providing alcohol to minors. He was accused of molesting a child who…

Mike Budnick Biography

Mike BudnickAge: 80 major league pitcher with the New York Giants in 1946 and 1947. He died of cancer.Died: Seattle, December 21, 1999Vanessa BrownA - FBrandon Burlsworth

Dr. Oscar Auerbach Biography

Dr. Oscar AuerbachAge: 92 pathologist who found first evidence in lung tissue of link between cancer and cigarette smoking. Died: Jan. 15, 1997.Richie Ashburn1997 DeathsJames Robert Baker…

Mario Molina Biography

Mario Molinachemist, Nobel laureateBorn: March 19, 1943Birthplace: Mexico City At the University of California at Berkeley in 1973, Molina and Sherwood Rowland began researching…

Darold Dobs Biography

Darold DobsAge: 58 the executive director of the American Bowling Congress; of cancerDied: Greendale, Wisc., Feb. 10, 1997Jeane Dixon 1997 DeathsMichael Dorris

gene therapy

(Encyclopedia) gene therapy, the use of genes and the techniques of genetic engineering in the treatment of a genetic disorder or chronic disease. There are many techniques of gene therapy, all of…