By Mona Hatfield FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Cathy Kratzert Gerring (born April 28, 1961) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. Born Cathy Kratzert, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, she played college golf at Ohio State University. Gerring won three times on the LPGA Tour, all in 1990. She played on […]
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Daily Almanac for Friday, August 11, 2023
By Zola Elder FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, also known simply as Alcatraz (English: /ˈælkəˌtræz/, Spanish: [alkaˈtɾas] “the gannet“) or The Rock, was a maximum security federal prison on Alcatraz Island, 1.25 miles (2.01 km) off the coast of San Francisco, California, United States. The site of a fort since the 1850s, the main prison building was […]
Daily Almanac for Thursday, August 10, 2023
By Zola Elder FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS The Smithsonian Institution (/smɪθˈsoʊniən/ smith-SOH-nee-ən), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government “for the increase and diffusion of knowledge”. Founded on August 10, 1846, it operates as a trust instrumentality and is not […]
Actor Robert Swan, known for roles in ‘Hoosiers’, ‘The Babe’ and ‘The Equalizer’ dead at 78
By Mona Hatfield FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Robert Swan (October 20, 1944 – August 9, 2023) Robert Swan was born and raised in Chicago, where he began acting on stage. Swan later began appearing on film and television. Swan is best known for his roles in Hoosiers, The Untouchables, Natural Born […]
Daily Almanac for Wednesday, August 9, 2023
By Lady Williamson FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Smokey Bear is an American campaign and advertising icon of the U.S. Forest Service in the Wildfire Prevention Campaign, which is the longest-running public service announcement campaign in United States history. The Ad Council, the United States Forest Service (USFS), and the National Association of State […]
Daily Almanac for Tuesday, August 8, 2023
By Mona Hatfield FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Odie is a fictional dog who appears in the comic strip Garfield by Jim Davis. He has also made appearances in the animated television series Garfield and Friends and The Garfield Show, two live-action/CGI feature films, and three fully CGI films. TODAY’S ALMANAC Question of the Day Can I make my new […]
Daily Almanac for Monday, August 7, 2023
By Zola Elder FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Donald Charles Frederick Messer (May 9, 1909 – March 26, 1973) was a Canadian musician, band leader, radio broadcaster, and defining icon of folk music during the 1960s. His CBC Television series Don Messer’s Jubilee (1959–69) featured Messer’s down-east fiddle style and the “old-time” music of […]
Our Founder, Nancy L. Mason started Megasportsnews.com in 2010; Today she would’ve been 63 years old
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Actress Sharon Farrell of “Young and the Restless”, “It’s Alive” Fame, dead at 82
By Zola Elder FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Sharon Farrell (December 24, 1940 – May 15, 2023) was an American television and film actress, and dancer. Originally beginning her career as a ballerina with the American Ballet Theatre company, Farrell made her film debut in 1959 in Kiss Her Goodbye, followed by […]
Daily Almanac for Sunday, August 6, 2023
By Mona Hatfield FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS William Francis Kemmler (May 9, 1860 – August 6, 1890) was an American peddler, alcoholic, and murderer, who, in 1890, became the first person in the world to be executed by electric chair. He was convicted of murdering Matilda “Tillie” Ziegler, his common-law wife, a […]
Daily Almanac for Friday, August 4, 2023
By Zola Elder FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS The Geheime Staatspolizei (German pronunciation: [ɡəˈhaɪmə ˈʃtaːtspoliˌtsaɪ] (listen); transl. ”Secret State Police”), abbreviated Gestapo (/ɡəˈstɑːpoʊ/ gə-STAH-poh, German: [ɡəˈʃtaːpo] (listen)), was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe. The force was created by Hermann Göring in 1933 by combining the various political police agencies of Prussia into one organisation. On 20 April 1934, oversight of the Gestapo passed to […]
Daily Almanac for Wednesday, August 2, 2023
By Mona Hatfield FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Andrew Smith Hallidie (March 16, 1836 – April 24, 1900) was an American entrepreneur who was the promoter of the Clay Street Hill Railroad in San Francisco. This was the world’s first practical cable car system, and Hallidie is often therefore regarded as the […]
Paul Reubens, aka Pee Wee Herman, dies at age 70
By Mona Hatfield FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Paul Reubens (/ˈruːbənz/; born Rubenfeld; August 27, 1952 – July 30, 2023) was an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and children’s entertainer. He was known for his character Pee-wee Herman. Reubens joined the Los Angeles troupe The Groundlings in the 1970s, and started his career as […]
Daily Almanac for Monday, July 31, 2023
By Zola Elder FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Samuel Hopkins (December 9, 1743 – 1818) was an American inventor from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, On July 31, 1790, he was granted the first U.S. patent, under the new U.S. patent statute just signed into law by President Washington on April 10, 1790. Hopkins had petitioned […]
Daily Almanac for Sunday, July 30,2023
By Mona Hatfield FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian and American actor, businessman, filmmaker, politician, and retired professional bodybuilder best known for his roles in high-profile action movies. He served as the 38th governor of California from 2003 to 2011 and was among Time magazine’s 100 […]
Pop Singer Sinead O’Connor dies at age 56
By Kim McGuire FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Shuhada’ Sadaqat (previously Magda Davitt; born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O’Connor; 8 December 1966 – July 2023), known by her birth name, was an Irish singer and musician. Her debut studio album, The Lion and the Cobra, was released in 1987 and charted internationally. Her second […]
Daily Almanac for Wednesday, July 26, 2023
By Kim McGuire FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Sir Michael Philip Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English musician, best known as the lead vocalist and one of the founders of the rock band the Rolling Stones. Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards have written most of the band’s songs together; their […]
Daily Almanac for Tuesday, July 25, 2023
By Kim McGuire FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Walter Hunt (July 29, 1796 – June 8, 1859) was an American mechanical engineer. Through the course of his work he became known for being a prolific inventor. He got first involved with mechanical innovations in a linseed producing community in New York state that had flax mills. […]
Daily Almanac for Monday, July 24, 2023
By Kim McGuire FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Hulda Hoehn Crooks (May 19, 1896 – November 23, 1997) was an American mountaineer, dietitian and vegetarianism activist. Affectionately known as “Grandma Whitney” she successfully scaled 14,505-foot (4,421 m) Mount Whitney 23 times between the ages of 65 and 91. She had climbed 97 other peaks during this […]
Daily Almanac for Sunday, July 23, 2023
By Kim McGuire FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Tarzan is a 1999 American animated adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 37th film produced by the studio, and the tenth and last released during the Disney Renaissance era, it is based on the 1912 story Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice […]