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Debbie Allen Biography

Debbie Allenactor, producer, director, choreographerBorn: 1/16/1950Birthplace: Houston, Texas Debbie Allen found fame as the demanding dance teacher Lydia Grant in the film Fame (1980), a…

Forrest (Phog) Allen

Forrest (Phog) AllenBorn: Nov. 18, 1885Basketball college coach 48 years; directed Kansas to NCAA title (1952); 746 wins.Died: Sept. 16, 1974Muhammad AliA - CBobby Allison

Allen Iverson Biography

Allen IversonBorn: June 7, 1975Basketball G former Georgetown Hoya chosen first overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1996 NBA Draft; NBA Rookie of the Year (1997); 2-time NBA scoring…

Caesar, Sid

(Encyclopedia) Caesar, Sid (Isaac Sidney Caesar), 1922–2014, American comedian, one of the stars of the “golden age of live television,” b. Yonkers, N.Y. While performing in a World War II military…

Reiner, Carl

(Encyclopedia) Reiner, Carl, 1922-2020, American comedian, television producer, actor, and film director, b. Bronx, N.Y. The son of a watchmaker,…

Van Allen radiation belts

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Van Allen radiation belts: The solar wind, a stream of protons, electrons, and ions coming from the sun, gives the belts their asymmetrical shape. Van Allen radiation belts,…

Red Bank

(Encyclopedia) Red Bank, borough (1990 pop. 10,636), Monmouth co., E N.J., on the Navesink estuary, in a fertile farm area; inc. 1908. Settled in the late 17th cent, it was an early shipping center…

Boyne

(Encyclopedia) Boyne, river, c.70 mi (110 km) long, rising in the Bog of Allen, Co. Kildare, E Republic of Ireland, and flowing NE through Co. Meath, past Trim, to the Irish Sea near Drogheda. Salmon…

New Hampshire Grants

(Encyclopedia) New Hampshire Grants, early name (1749–77) for Vermont, given because most of the early settlers came in under land grants from Benning Wentworth, the colonial governor of New…

Lima, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) LimaLimalīˈmə [key], city (1990 pop. 45,549), seat of Allen co., NW Ohio; settled 1831, inc. 1842. Located in a fertile farm area, it is a processing and marketing center for grain,…