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Major Race Riots in the U.S.

Read about some of the most significant riots in U.S. history 1898: Wilmington, North Carolina While Democrats held power at the state level in North Carolina, a coalition of white…

Conversion Factors

Below are instructions for converting factors, including changing acres to hectares, Btu/hour to horsepower, centimeters to inches, degrees to radians, feet to miles, furlongs to feet, liters to…

Relays - 1979-92

Relays Event Time Date Set Location 4 x 100m: World 37.40 USA (Marsh, Burrell, Mitchell, C. Lewis) Aug. 8, 1992 Barcelona 37.40 USA (Drummond, Cason,…

Lightweight

1869–99 Kid Lavigne1899– 1902 Frank Erne1902–08 Joe Gans1908–10 Battling Nelson1910–12 Ad Wolgast1912–14 Willie Ritchie1914–17 Freddy Welsh1917–25 Benny Leonard11925 Jimmy Goodrich1925–26…

King Kong

A terrifying 50-foot-tall ape, King Kong is one of the most famous monsters in movie history. He first starred in the 1933 film King Kong; the movie's climax, with Kong carrying actress Fay Wray to…

1992 Olympic Cycling Results

MEN Event   Time/Score Road Race Fabio Casartelli, ITA 4:35:21   Hendrick Dekker, NED 4:35:22   Dainis Ozols, LET 4:35:24 100 km Road Team Time Trial Germany…

D. Boon

Name at birth: Dennes Dale BoonD. Boon and childhood friend Mike Watt, with drummer George Hurley, formed Minutemen in the late 1970s. As part of the Los Angeles punk scene, Minutemen performed short…

Sleepwalkers

NBCSaturday 9:00–10:00 p.m.; canceledCast: Bruce Greenwood, Naomi Watts, Jeffrey D. Sams, Abraham Benrubi and Kathrin Nicholson The newest installment in NBC's Saturday night “Thrillogy”…

Adam Brody

Actor Adam Brody is best known to American television viewers as adorably geeky Seth Cohen, from the series The O.C. He grew up in San Diego and began his acting career in the late 1990s, moving to…