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Rh factor

(Encyclopedia) Rh factor, protein substance present in the red blood cells of most people, capable of inducing intense antigenic reactions. The Rh, or rhesus, factor was discovered in 1940 by K.…

Vivienne Jolie-Pitt

Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt is the sixth child of actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. She is one of twins: she and her brother Knox Jolie-Pitt were born in 2008 at the Santa Maria maternity…

Knox Jolie-Pitt

Knox Leon Jolie-Pitt is the son of actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. He is one of twins: he and his sister Vivienne Jolie-Pitt were born on 12 July 2008 at the Santa Maria maternity clinic of the…

George Allen, 2006 News

Republican senator from Virginia, was cruising toward reelection to a second term until he made a series of missteps in the late summer and early fall. In August, he referred to a Democratic…

Edward de Vere

Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, was a poet and dramatist who, in recent years, has become a key figure in the debate about the authorship of the works of William Shakespeare. De Vere was a…

Walt Whitman: As at Thy Portals Also Death

As at Thy Portals Also DeathAs at thy portals also death, Entering thy sovereign, dim, illimitable grounds, To memories of my mother, to the divine blending, maternity, To her, buried and…

Beah Richards 2000 Deaths

Beah RichardsAge: 80 film, stage, and television actress who often portrayed maternal characters. Her credits include Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, for which she was nominated for a 1967…

(Alyce) Faye Wattleton Biography

(Alyce) Faye WattletonactivistBorn: 7/8/1943Birthplace: St. Louis, Mo. Wattleton was only the second woman to serve as president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America since…