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Mukhtar Mai, 2005 News

“Mukhtaran Bibi,” Pakistani activist, made international headlines in June, when the Pakistani government banned her from traveling outside the country. After international protests, the…

Clyde Barrow

Clyde Barrow was part of the crime duo Bonnie and Clyde, Depression-era outlaws whose folk-hero status ended in a storm of bullets when they were fatally shot on 23 May 1934. His criminal career…

Mad Max

The fictional hero Mad Max first appeared in the low-budget 1979 movie Mad Max, directed by George Miller and starring Mel Gibson as Max. Max's milieu is a barren Australia of the near future,…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: May 22, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark May 21, 1806May 23, 1806May 22, 1806 Thursday May 22ed 1806. A fine morning we exposed all our baggage to air and dry as well as our store of…

Joe Cobb 2002 Deaths

Joe CobbAge: 85 child actor who appeared in several of the Our Gang films in the 1920s. Died: Santa Ana, Calif., May 21, 2002Dorothy Love CoatesA - FElizabeth Coblentz

Darwood Smith 2002 Deaths

Darwood SmithAge: 72 actor who appeared in 22 of the Our Gang films. Died: Riverside, Calif., May 15, 2002 Al SmithR - ZHoward K. Smith

Edward Abbey

Edward Abbey was a writer who became a cult figure and literary voice for environmental activists, especially in the southwestern part of the United States. Born and raised in Pennsylvania, Abbey…

Mumbai

(Encyclopedia) MumbaiMumbaim&oomacr;mbīˈ, m&oobreve;mˈbī [key], formerly BombayBombaybŏmbāˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 3,175,000), capital of Maharashtra state, W central India, occupying c.25 sq…

William Whyte 2000 Deaths

William WhyteAge: 86 reformist sociologist whose Street Corner Society is considered the seminal study of Italian-American gangs. Died: Ithaca, N.Y., July 16, 2000Miles WhiteR - ZBernhard…