Jack L. Chalker - Jack L. Chalker Jack L. Chalker (born December 17, 1944) is a science fiction author. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he has a graduate degree in English and history from Towson University and has taught history at the high school and college levels. He's been a lecturer at the Smithsonian Institution, The National Institutes of Health and numerous colleges and universities, mostly on science fiction and technology subjects; Chalker married Eva C. Whitley in 1978 and has 2 sons. Chalker's awards include the Dedalus Award (1983), The Gold Medal of the West Coast Review of Books (1984), Skylark Award (1985), Hamilton-Brackett Memorial Award (1979), as well as others of varying prestige, and has been a nominee for the John W. Campbell Award nominee twice and for the.
Fictional guidebook - Universe The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy the stories under that name by Douglas Adams The Junior Woodchucks Guidebook the Donald Duck stories by Carl Barks The Book of Rules the Dancing Gods series by Jack Chalker A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer Neal Stephenson's novel, The Diamond Age Pokedex Nintendo's Pokemon games and animation Highly Unpleasant Things It Is Sometimes Necessary to Know and Things That Are Not Good to Know at All John Barnes's novel, One for the Morning Glory The Mrin and Darine Codices David Eddings' Belgariad and Malloreon Ferengi Rules of Acquisition Star Trek '\'Twurp's Peerage'' Terry Pratchett's Discworld series see: false document, literature.
December 17 - Strasberg, actor, director, acting teacher (+ 1982) 1903 - Erskine Caldwell, author (+ 1987) 1906 - Simo Häyhä, most successful sniper in history 1906 - Soichiro Honda , automobile pioneer 1908 - Willard Frank Libby, physicist and chemist, inventor of radiocarbon dating (+ 1980) 1916 - Shelby Foote, historian 1925 - Rock Hudson, actor (+ 1985) 1929 - William Safire, columnist 1930 - Armin Mueller-Stahl, actor 1930 - Bob Mathias, athlete 1930 - Bob Guccione, publisher of Penthouse magazine 1931 - Constantin Freiheer von Heeremann, president of Germany's National Farmers' Union 1938 - Gordon Lightfoot, musician 1939 - Eddie Kendricks, musician 1941 - Gene Clark, musician 1942 - Paul Butterfield, musician (+ 1987) 1943 - Ron Geesin, musician. 1943 - Lauren Hutton, model, actress 1944 - Jack L. Chalker, novelist 1944.
Deaths in 2003 - Dagestan" (80 years) 2 Frederic Vester, German cybernetician (77 years) October 2003 31 Mohamed Yazid, Algerian politician, 80 years old 31 Richard Neustadt, political scholar and historian 31 Kamato Hongo, oldest person in world at 116 30 Daphne Hardy Henrion, British sculptor, 86 years old 30 Franco Corelli, operatic tenor, 82 years old 29 Hal Clement, author, 81 years 28 Behram Kursunoglu, Turkish physicist, 81 years old 27 Rod Roddy, booth announcer on The Price is Right 26 Elem Klimov, Russian director 24 Rosie Nix Adams, daughter of June Carter Cash 23 Tony Capstick, British actor, comedian, musician and broadcaster 23 Soong May-ling, widow of the Nationalist Chinese president Chiang Kai-shek, 106 years 21 Louise Day Hicks, US politician 21 Fred Berry, American actor, "Rerun" on the show What's Happening 21.
1944 - Bay, two ships laden with ammunition for the war explode in Port Chicago, California killing 232. August 4 - Holocaust: A tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse where they find Jewish diarist Anne Frank and her family. August 5 - Holocaust: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners. August 7 - IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I). August 9 - The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey the Bear for the first time. September 2 - Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from Westerbork to Auschwitz. They arrive.
1944 in literature - Tales - Feodor Rojankovsky Terras do sem fim (The Violent Land) - Jorge Amado Thou That Dwellest in the Gardens - Hayyim Hazaz Two Frontiers (poetry) - Edwin James Brady Births February 10 - Vernor Vinge (science fiction novelist) February 14 - Alan Parker, director, writer February 14 - Carl Bernstein, journalist February 16 - Richard Ford, Pulitzer Prize winning novelist December 17 - Jack L. Chalker science fiction novelist Deaths July 31 - Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French pilot and writer September 13 - Heath Robinson, British cartoonist and illustrator December 30 - Romain Rolland, Nobel Prize winning author Awards Newbery Medal for children's literature: Esther Forbes, Johnny Tremain Nobel Prize for literature: Johannes Vilhelm Jensen Pulitzer Prize for Drama: no award given Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Stephen Vincent Benet, Western.
Members of the House of Lords - Lord Browne of Madingley Cross Bench Lord Browne-Wilkinson Cross Bench Lord Bruce of Donington Labour Lord Bullock Cross Bench Lord Burlison Labour Lord Burnham Conservative Elected Hereditary Peer Lord Burns Cross Bench Baroness Buscombe Conservative Lord Butler of Brockwell Cross Bench Lord Buxton of Alsa Conservative Baroness Byford Conservative Earl of Caithness Conservative Elected Hereditary Peer Lord Callaghan of Cardiff Labour Lord Cameron of Lochbroom Cross Bench Lord Campbell of Alloway Conservative Lord Campbell of Croy Conservative Lord Campbell-Savours Labour Archbishop of Canterbury (Rowan Williams) Lord Spiritual Lord Carey of Clifton Non-affiliated Lord Carlile of Berriew Liberal Democrat Lord Carlisle of Bucklow Conservative Baroness Carnegy of Lour Conservative Lord Carr of Hadley.
List of science fiction authors - 1949) Anthony Burgess, (1917-1993) Edgar Rice Burroughs, (1875-1950) Octavia E. Butler, (born 1947) C Pat Cadigan, (born 1953) John W. Campbell Jr., (1910-1971) (Pseudonym, Don A. Stuart) Orson Scott Card, (born 1951) Terry Carr, (1937-1987) Lin Carter, (1930-1988) Jeffrey Carver Jack L. Chalker, (born 1944) A. Bertram Chandler, (1912-1984) C. J. Cherryh, (born 1942) Ted Chiang Charles Chilton, (born 1917) John Christopher, (born 1922) (Pseudonym of Samuel Youd) Margaret St. Clair Arthur C. Clarke, (born 1917) Jo Clayton, (1939-1988) Hal Clement, (1922-2003) (Pseudonym of Harry Clement Stubbs) Mark Clifton Brenda Clough Stanton A. Coblentz James Coltrane Groff Conklin, (1904-1968) Glen Cook, (born 1944) Michael Crichton, (born 1942) Compton N. Crook, (1908-1981)(Pseudonym, Stephen Tall) D Roald Dahl, (1916-1990) Brian Daley, (1947-1996) John Dalmas Erich von Däniken, (born 1935) Jack Dann, (born 1945).
List of fantasy authors - Sorceress anthologies Kristen Britain, Green Rider novels Terry Brooks, (born 1944) Shannara novels Steven Brust, (born 1955) Dragaera novels Jim Butcher C James Branch Cabell, (1879-1958) Jonathan Carroll Lewis Carroll (pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), (1832-1898), Alice in Wonderland Lin Carter, (1930-1988) Jack L. Chalker, (born 1944) C. J. Cherryh, (born 1942) G. K. Chesterton, (1874-1936) Glen Cook, Black Company novels, Garrett PI novels Rick Cook, Wizardry series Louise Cooper Order & Chaos novels Susan Cooper, (born 1935) ''Dark is Rising sequence John Crowley, (born 1942) D Avram Davidson, (1923-1993) L. Sprague de Camp, (1907-2000) The Compleat Enchanter, Conan stories Charles de Lint, (born 1951) Stephen Donaldson, (born 1947) The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant Dave Duncan Lord Dunsany, (1878-1957) (Edward Plunkett) E David Eddings, (born 1931) Belgariad/Malloreon/Elenium/Tamuli novels E. R. Eddison,.
List of people by name: Ch - world champion boxer Chacon, Iris, vedette Chacon, Valerie, (died 1982), wife of Bobby Chacon, committed suicide Chads, John Cornell, British Virgin Islands president Chadwick, Florence, British swimmer Chadwick, Henry, (1824-1908), baseball writer and statistician Chadwick, James, (1891-1974) Chadwick, Paul, US cartoonist of Concrete fame Chadwick, Whitefield, (1854-1931), composer Chaffee, Gary, musician Chaffee, Roger, (1935-1967), US astronaut Chagall, Marc, (1887-1985), painter Chagoyan, Maria Rosa, actress Chaitin, Gregory, computer scientist and mathematician Chakerian, Gulbank Don, mathematician Chakiris, George, (born 1934), actor Chalbaud, Carlos Delgado, Venezuelan president Chaliapin, Feodor, (1873-1938), Russian opera singer, bass Chalifoux, Thelma, Canadian senator Chalker, Jack L, (born 1944), author Challemel-Lacour, Paul Amand, (1827-1896), French statesman Chalmers, David, philosopher Chamberlain, Joseph, (1836-1914), British politician Chamberlain, Neville, (1869-1940), British prime minister Chamberlain, Richard, (born 1935), US actor Chamberlain, Steve, BFD, Cygwin.
List of members of the Privy Council - (1964) Lord Cameron of Lochbroom (1984) Lord Camoys (1997) Lord Campbell of Croy (1970) Walter Menzies Campbell (1999) Sir William Anthony Campbell (1999) Lord Carey of Clifton (1991) Lord Carlisle of Bucklow (1979) Sir Robert Carnwath (2002) Lord Carr of Hadley (1963) Lord Carrington of Upton (1959) Sir Robert Carswell (1993) Lord Carter (1997) Sir Maurice Casey (1986) Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire (1964) Sir John Chadwick (1997) Lord Chalfont (1964) Baroness Chalker of Wallasey (1987) Sir Julius Chan (1981) Sir Christopher Chataway (1970) Lord Clark of Windermere (1997) Helen Clark (1990) Lord Clark of Kempston (1990) Sir Anthony Clarke (1998) Charles Clarke (2001) Kenneth Clarke (1984) Thomas Clarke (1997) Lord Clinton-Davis (1998) Lord Clyde (1996) Lord Cockfield (1982) Fraser Colman (1986) Sir John Compton (1983) John Concannon (1978) Robin.
List of authors by name: C - (born 1953) Linda Cajio June Calvin Stella Cameron Candace Camp John W. Campbell Jr., (1910-1971) (Pseudonym, Don A. Stuart) Albert Camus (1913-1960) Marsha Canham Orson Scott Card, (born 1951) Eric Carle Sally Carleen Emily Carmichael Terry Carr, (1937-1987) Lewis Carroll, (1832-1898) Susan Carroll Robyn Carr Lin Carter, (1930-1988) Barbara Cartland, (1901-2000) Jeffrey Carver Linda Castle Linda L. Chaikin Jack L. Chalker, (born 1944) A. Bertram Chandler, (1912-1984) Loretta Chase Geoffrey Chaucer, (c.1343-1400) Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) C. J. Cherryh, (born 1942) Marion Chesney Ted Chiang Maureen Child Charles Chilton, (born 1917) Noam Chomsky (born 1928) Zita Christian Agatha Christie (1890-1976) John Christopher, (born 1922) (Pseudonym of Samuel Youd) Winston Churchill, (1874-1965) Sue Civil-Brown Daphne Clair Margaret St. Clair Arthur C. Clarke, (born 1917) Casey Claybourne Jo Clayton, (1939-1988) Victoria Clayton Beverly Cleary.
Kangaroo Jack - Kangaroo Jack Kangaroo Jack is a high-grossing buddy-action movie produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, starring Jerry O'Connell and Christopher Walken. It premiered in the United States on January 11, 2003. The advertising campaign had made many parents think that the movie was a family-friendly film with a talking kangaroo. Once they took their children to see the movie, many parents were angry that they had been deceived by the campaign. After a successful opening week, the movie did considerably worse business once its eroticism and violence were revealed. Users of the Internet Movie Database have voted the film a position on the site's list of the 100 worst films ever made..
Jack Lemmon - Jack Lemmon Jack Uhler Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 - June 27, 2001) was a consummate Hollywood actor. Lemmon's father was a successful businessman in the Boston area. Lemmon attended Harvard. Though divorced, he was a devoted father, and one of the best-liked actors in Hollywood. Lemmon was a favorite of director Billy Wilder, and did a series of films with Wilder, including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, and Irma La Douce. In 2001, he died suddenly during a battle with cancer, and was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, Los Angeles, California. Jack Lemmon films: Some Like It Hot, with Marilyn Monroe and Tony Curtis Glengarry Glen Ross, with Al Pacino, based on the play by David Mamet The Apartment.
Jack Kerouac - Jack Kerouac Jack Kerouac (March 12, 1922 - October 21, 1969) was a novelist, writer and one of the most prominent members of the beat movement in literature. Born Jean-Louis Kerouac to a French-Canadian family in Lowell, Massachusetts. At an early age, he was heartbroken when his elder brother Gerard died, later prompting him to write the book Visions of Gerard. His athletic prowess led him to be a star on his local football team, and this achievement earned him a scholarship to Columbia University in New York. It was in New York that Kerouac met the people whom he was to journey around the world with, and return to write about: the so-called Beat Generation, which included people like Allen Ginsberg, Neal Cassady and William.
Jack Butler Yeats - Jack Butler Yeats Jack Butler Yeats was an Irish artist who wrote and illustrated for books and magazines. Later in life he became known as a landscapist and expressionist. He was the youngest son of irish portraitist John Butler Yeats, and the brother of the poet William Butler Yeats..
Jackie Robinson - Jackie Robinson Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 - October 24, 1972) became the first black Major League baseball player of the modern era in 1947. The significance of this event in U.S history is such that every major league baseball team has retired his number, 42. Born in Cairo, Georgia, USA, Jackie Robinson was a football and baseball star at the University of California in Los Angeles, where he played with Kenny Washington, who would become one of the first black players in the National Football League. After serving in the military during World War II, Robinson played baseball for a while for the Kansas City Monarchs in the Negro Leagues. There, he was noticed by a scout working for Branch Rickey. Rickey was the club president.
Jack Kemp - Jack Kemp Jack French Kemp (born July 13, 1935) is an American politician and former professional football player. He was the Republican candidate for the Vice Presidency in the 1996 Presidential election. Kemp was born, raised and educated in Los Angeles, California. He is a graduate of Occidental College. Kemp won two American Football League Western Division championships with the Los Angeles - San Diego Chargers before being picked up by the Buffalo Bills. He led Buffalo to three straight Eastern Division titles and two American Football League championsips, in 1964 and 1965, throwing to Hall of Fame receivers Elbert Dubenion and Ernie Warlick. Kemp was the first 3,000 yard passer in the American Football League (1960, 14-game schedule)and the league's Most Valuable Player in 1965..
Jack Ruby - Jack Ruby Jacob L. Rubenstein, known as Jack Ruby (March 25?, 1911 - January 3, 1967), a Dallas nightclub owner, shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963, two days after Oswald was arrested for the assassination of President Kennedy. Jack Ruby was born to Polish immigrant parents in Chicago in 1911. Various conflicting birth dates, from March to June of that year, are quoted in various sources and were given by Ruby at various times. The fifth of his parents' eight living children, he had a troubled childhood and adolescence, marked by juvenile deliquency and times in foster homes. Young Ruby worked selling horse-racing tip sheets, then for a scrap-iron collectors union; he was rumored to have minor links to organized crime. He.
Jackson Pollock - Benton. Pollock moved away from figurative art, and developed techniques of splashing and dripping his paint onto canvas (action painting). Pollock was dubbed "Jack the Dripper" due to his painting style. From 1938 to 1942 he worked for the Federal Art Project, in the 1950s and 1960s Pollock was supported by the CIA via the Congress for Cultural Freedom (CCF). Pollock's career was cut short when he died in a car crash in 1956. He was the subject of the documentaries Jackson Pollock (1987) and Jackson Pollock - Love & Death on Long Island (1999) as well as a movie drama called Pollock starring Ed Harris. The earlier ten-minute documentary Jackson Pollock (1951) was directed by Hans Namuth and had music by Morton Feldman. External Links Jackson Pollock on Museum Web.
