FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Sara Lane (born Susan Russell Lane; March 12, 1949 – March 3, 2023) was an American actress. HER CAREER In 1964, producer William Castle saw Lane’s picture in a newspaper in connection with a Miss Los Angeles Teenage beauty contest. After making screen tests, she […]
Entertainment
Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson dead at age 86
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Jerome Johnson Richardson Sr. (July 18, 1936 – March 1, 2023) was an American businessman, football player, and owner in the National Football League (NFL). A native of Spring Hope, North Carolina, he played college football at Wofford and was twice a Little All-America selection. After graduating from there, he played two seasons in […]
Actor Tom Sizemore, who looked the part of every character he played, dies at 61
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Thomas Edward Sizemore Jr. (/ˈsaɪzmɔːr/; November 29, 1961 – March 3, 2023) was an American actor. He is known for his supporting roles in Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991), Passenger 57 (1992), True Romance (1993), Natural Born Killers (1994), Strange Days (1995), Heat (1995), The Relic (1997), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Bringing Out […]
Daily Almanac for Monday, March 6, 2023
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Austin George Carr (born March 10, 1948) is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Dallas Mavericks, and Washington Bullets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is known by Cleveland basketball fans as “Mr. Cavalier”. He was part of the Notre Dame team which defeated […]
Daily Almanac for Saturday, March 4, 2023
On this date in 2009, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown awarded an honorary knighthood to U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy. FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, […]
Co-Founder of Weather Report, Jazz Saxophonist Wayne Shorter dead at 89
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Wayne Shorter (August 25, 1933 – March 2, 2023) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Shorter came to prominence in the late 1950s as a member of, and eventually primary composer for, Art Blakey‘s Jazz Messengers. In the 1960s, he joined Miles Davis‘s Second Great Quintet, and then co-founded […]
Daily Almanac for Thursday, March 2, 2023
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS The Redbury New York (formerly, the Women’s Hotel, Martha Washington Hotel, Hotel Thirty Thirty, Hotel Lola, and King & Grove New York) is a historic hotel at 29 East 29th Street, between Madison Avenue and Park Avenue South in the NoMad neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was built from 1901 to 1903, and was designed by Robert W. […]
Daily Almanac for Wednesday, March 1, 2023: Welcome to March!
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Georgetown University is a private research university in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll in 1789 as Georgetown College, the university has grown to comprise eleven undergraduate and graduate schools, including the Walsh School of Foreign Service, McDonough School of Business, Medical School, Law School, and a campus in Qatar. The school’s main campus, on a hill […]
Daily Almanac for Sunday, February 26, 2023
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS “Thriller” is a song by the American singer Michael Jackson. It was released by Epic Records in the UK on November 5, 1983, and in the US on January 23, 1984, as the seventh and final single from his sixth studio album, Thriller. “Thriller” is a funk song produced […]
Daily Almanac for Saturday, February 25, 2023
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS FIGHTS AGAINST SONNY LISTON By late 1963, Clay had become the top contender for Sonny Liston’s title. The fight was set for February 25, 1964, in Miami Beach. Liston was an intimidating personality, a dominating fighter with a criminal past and ties to […]
Daily Almanac for Thursday, February 23, 2023
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS USS Osmond Ingram (DD-255/AVD–9/APD-35) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Gunners Mate First Class Osmond Ingram, who posthumously received the Medal of Honor. Osmond Ingram decommissioned at Philadelphia 8 January 1946, was struck from the Navy List 21 January 1946, and was sold for scrapping […]
Today is Ash Wednesday!
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many Western Christian denominations. It is preceded by Shrove Tuesday and marks the first day of Lent (the six weeks of penitence before Easter). Ash Wednesday is observed by Catholics in the Roman Rite, Lutherans, Moravians, Anglicans, Methodists, Nazarenes, as well as by some churches in the Reformed tradition (including certain Congregationalist, Continental Reformed, and Presbyterian churches). Ash Wednesday […]
Former NBA, NFL owner Red McCombs dead at 95
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Billy Joe “Red” McCombs (October 19, 1927 – February 19, 2023) was an American businessman. He was the founder of the Red McCombs Automotive Group in San Antonio, Texas, a co-founder of Clear Channel Communications, former chairman of Constellis Group, a former owner of the San Antonio Spurs, San Antonio Force, Denver Nuggets, […]
Law and Order Fans mourn the loss of DA Investigator John Munch aka Richard Belzer dead at 78
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Richard Jay Belzer (August 4, 1944 – February 19, 2023) was an American actor, stand-up comedian, and author. He was best known for his role as BPD Detective, NYPD Detective/Sergeant, and DA Investigator John Munch, whom he portrayed as a regular cast member on the NBCpolice […]
Daily Almanac for Monday, February 20, 2023
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Swan Lake (Russian: Лебединое озеро, tr. Lebedinoye ozero, IPA: [lʲɪbʲɪˈdʲinəjə ˈozʲɪrə] listen (help·info)), Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. Despite its initial failure, it is now one of the most popular ballets of all time. The scenario, initially in two acts, was fashioned from Russian and German folk […]
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Actress/Model Stella Stevens dead at age 84
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Stella Stevens (born Estelle Eggleston; October 1, 1938 – February 18, 2023) was an American actress and model. She began her acting career in 1959 and starred in films such as Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962), The Nutty Professor (1963), The Courtship of Eddie’s Father (1963), The Silencers (1966), Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (1968), The […]
Daily Almanac for Sunday, February 19, 2023
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Carl Trumbull Hayden (October 2, 1877 – January 25, 1972) was an American politician. Representing Arizona in the United States Senate from 1927 to 1969, he was the first U.S. Senator to serve seven terms. Serving as the state’s first Representative for eight terms before entering the Senate, Hayden […]
Daily Almanac for Saturday, February 18, 2023
TODAY’S ALMANAC Question of the Day What is the incubation period of a chicken egg? The incubation period is 21 days. Advice of the Day Never descend to flatter or withhold a deserved compliment. Home Hint of the Day To tighten a glass doorknob that is loose and […]
Daily Almanac for Friday, February 17, 2023
TODAY’S ALMANAC Question of the Day When I was young and it would rain while the sun was shining, someone might say, “The Devil is beating his wife.” Where did this saying come from? We think that the saying originated in Hungary, and in the United […]