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Schiff, Dorothy
newspaper publisherBirthplace: New York CityBorn: 1903Died: 1989Mehmet Ali Agca, 2000 News
was pardoned by Italy's president in June for his 1981 attempt to assassinate Pope John Paul II. Agca returned to Turkey, where he was imprisoned for the murder of a newspaper editor. It…Johnny Hart
Johnny Hart began drawing the daily newspaper comic strip B.C. in 1958. The strip, which featured a caveman named B.C. and his prehistoric cohorts, was soon a hit, and remained popular as Hart…Information on Vladivostok, Russia
The Question: I might like to travel to Vladivostok, Russia. Do you know of a web site where I can get more information about it? The Answer:…Robert L. Ripley
Name at birth: LeRoy RipleyRobert L. Ripley's Believe It Or Not! cartoon panel was a staple of American newspapers in the first half of the 20th century. The cartoon featured true-life oddities from…Peck’s Bad Boy
Peck's Bad Boy was the fictional star of newspaper stories and books created by George W. Peck in the late 1800s. (Peck wrote the stories, hence the naughty character became known as Peck's Bad Boy…Women's Suffrage: More Victories and More Defeats
by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler The Decisive BattleThe Congress of the United Sta...More Victories and More DefeatsAs a consequence of the adoption of suffrage resolutions…Ahmad Abu Laban Biography
imamBorn: 1946Birthplace: HaifaDied: Feb. 1, 2007 (Copenhagen) Denmark's most promiment Muslim leader. He was at the center of the controversy in 2006…Elizabeth Short
Aspiring actress Elizabeth Short, now nicknamed the "Black Dahlia," was the victim in a notorious 1947 murder case. The name was from the newspapers, a play on Short's supposed reputation for…Nadya Suleman
Name at birth: Natalie DoudKnown as "Octo-Mom" to the tabloids, Nadya Suleman is the woman who gave birth to octuplets in California on 26 January 2009. The births were a sensation: eight children,…Trending
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