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Shirley Temple Black

Shirley Temple BlackactressBorn: 4/23/1928Birthplace: Santa Monica, California Actress famous for her childhood roles. Her curly hair, dimples and charm captivated America in the films…

Clint Black Biography

Clint Blacksinger, songwriterBorn: 2/4/1962Birthplace: Long Branch, New Jersey Raised in a suburb of Houston, Texas, he helped spark the surge in popularity of country music in the early 1990's. He…

Cathleen Black Biography

Cathleen BlackpublisherBorn: 1944Birthplace: Chicago, Ill. Black graduated from Trinity College in Washington, DC in 1966. She sold advertising for magazines such as Holiday and Travel &…

Jack Black Biography

Jack Blackactor, musicianBorn: 4/7/1969Birthplace: Los Angeles Black spent most of the mid- and late-1990s in relative obscurity, frequently playing offbeat sidekick characters. That all…

Harold Stephen Black

Harold Stephen Black Born: 1898Birthplace: Leominster, Mass. Negative feedback amplifier—Black's negative feedback concept involved feeding systems output back to the input as a method of…

Lear, Norman

(Encyclopedia) Lear, Norman, 1922–2023, American television and film producer, director, and writer, b. New Haven, Conn. He wrote for comedians and…

Illinois

  Illinois State Information Capital: Springfield Official Name: State of Illinois Organized as a territory/republic: February 3, 1809 Entered Union (21): December 3, 1818 (21st state) Present…

Linton, William James

(Encyclopedia) Linton, William James, 1812–97, Anglo-American wood engraver, author, and political reformer. In 1842 he began working as a wood engraver with John Orrin Smith and produced…

Williams, Eric

(Encyclopedia) Williams, Eric, 1911–81, prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago (1961–81). He attended Oxford and taught at Howard Univ. in Washington, D.C. (1939–53). Returning to Trinidad, he founded…

Israel Map: Regions, Geography, Facts & Figures

Israel, also known as the State of Israel, is a country in Asia located in the Middle East region. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the…