Kathy Griffin is best known for a stand-up comedy act in which she makes derisive fun of other celebrities’ behavior. Born and raised in the Chicago area, she broke into the Los Angeles … more

Cynthia Nixon has been performing on stage and screen since her teen years, but it was her role as Miranda Hobbes on TV’s Sex and the City (1998-2004) that made her a star. Nixon has worked … more

Lizzie Borden was a small-town Sunday school teacher who was accused of the gruesome 1892 axe murders of her father and step-mother, Andrew and Abby Borden. A lifelong resident of Fall River, … more

Dutch scientist Jan Swammerdam’s microscopic studies of insects repudiated the notion of spontaneous generation and formed the modern basis for the study of bugs, known as entomology. Swammerdam had … more

From 1967 to 1978 Carol Burnett hosted one of the most popular shows on television, The Carol Burnett Show. A “variety hour” that was mostly comedy, the show featured the redheaded and … more