FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Beverly Sills (May 25, 1929 – July 2, 2007) was an American operatic soprano whose peak career was between the 1950s and 1970s. Although she sang a repertoire from Handel and Mozart to Puccini, Massenet and Verdi, she was especially renowned for her performances in coloratura soprano roles in live opera and recordings. Sills was largely associated […]

Edward Teach (alternatively spelled Edward Thatch, c. 1680 – 22 November 1718), better known as Blackbeard, was an English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of Britain’s North American colonies. Little is known about his early life, but he may have been a sailor on privateer ships during Queen Anne’s War before he settled on […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. While large volumes of water can be found throughout the Solar System, only Earth sustains liquid surface water. About 71% of Earth’s surface is made up of the ocean, dwarfing Earth’s polar ice, lakes, and rivers. The remaining […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Springhill mining disaster may refer to any of three deadly Canadian mining disasters that occurred in 1891, 1956, and 1958 in different mines within the Springhill coalfield, near the town of Springhill in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. In the 1891 accident, 125 died; in 1956, 39 […]

Kwanzaa (/ˈkwɑːn.zə/) is an annual celebration of African-American culture from December 26 to January 1, culminating in a communal feast called Karamu, usually on the sixth day.[1] It was created by activist Maulana Karenga, based on African harvest festival traditions from various parts of West and Southeast Africa. Kwanzaa was first celebrated in 1966. […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Miss America is an annual competition that is open to women from the United States between the ages of 17 and 25. Originating in 1921 as a “bathing beauty revue”, the contest is now judged on competitors’ talent performances and interviews. As of 2018, […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Dow Jones, or simply the Dow (/ˈdaʊ/), is a stock market index of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. The DJIA is one of the oldest and most commonly followed equity indices. Many professionals consider it to be an inadequate […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Joyce Sims (August 6, 1959 – October 14, 2022) was an American singer and songwriter, whose biggest hit single, “Come into My Life“, reached the top 10 in both the US Billboard R&B Chart and the UK Singles Chart in 1987/8. Sims died of unknown causes, at the age […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Cornelius McGillicuddy (December 22, 1862 – February 8, 1956), better known as Connie Mack, was an American professional baseball catcher, manager, and team owner. The longest-serving manager in Major League Baseball history, he holds untouchable records for wins (3,731), losses (3,948), and games managed (7,755). Mack’s victory total is 829 more […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Tommie C. Smith (born June 6, 1944) is an American former track and field athlete and former wide receiver in the American Football League. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, Smith, aged 24, won the 200-meter sprint finals and gold medal in 19.83 seconds – the first time the 20-second barrier was […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS American Angler is a magazine dedicated to the subject of fly fishing, with an emphasis on cold water fisheries, published six times a year. It bills itself as a “how to, where to” magazine focusing on technical fly-fishing informational articles and explorations of new […]

Anthony Robert McMillan OBE (30 March 1950 – 14 October 2022), known professionally as Robbie Coltrane, was a Scottish actor and comedian. He gained worldwide recognition as Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter film series (2001–2011), and as Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky in the James Bond films GoldenEye (1995) and The World Is Not Enough (1999). He was appointed an OBE in […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Khagendra Thapa Magar (Nepali: खगेन्द्र थापामगर) (4 October 1992 – 17 January 2020) was a Nepali once known as the shortest man in the world, measuring 0.67 m (2 ft 2 in).[1][3] Magar, who was a primordial dwarf, won the title of shortest man from Edward Niño Hernández. He lost the title in […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS B’nai B’rith International (/bəˌneɪ ˈbrɪθ/, from Hebrew: בְּנֵי בְּרִית, romanized: b’né brit, lit. ‘Children of the Covenant‘)[1] is a Jewish service organization. B’nai B’rith states that it is committed to the security and continuity of the Jewish people and the State of Israel and combating antisemitism and other forms of bigotry. Although the organization’s historic roots stem from a system […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Eileen Ryan (née Annucci, October 16, 1927 – October 9, 2022) was an American actress. She was the wife of actor and director Leo Penn, and the mother of actors Sean Penn, Chris Penn, and singer Michael Penn. LIFE AND CAREER Ryan was born in New York City […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, sometimes called The Burns and Allen Show, was a half-hour television series broadcast from 1950 to 1958 on CBS. It starred George Burns and Gracie Allen, one of the most enduring acts in entertainment history. Burns and Allen were headliners in vaudeville in the […]

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FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury DBE (16 October 1925 – 11 October 2022) was an Irish-British and American actress and singer who played various roles across film, stage, and television. Her career, one of the longest in the entertainment industry, spanned eight decades, much of it in […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS CBS Broadcasting, Inc., an abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System and commonly shortened to CBS, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network. It is the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Paramount Global. The network’s headquarters are at the CBS Building in New York City, with major production facilities and […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Porgy and Bess (/ˈpɔːrɡi/) is an English-language opera by American composer George Gershwin, with a libretto written by author DuBose Heyward and lyricist Ira Gershwin. It was adapted from Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward’s play Porgy, itself an adaptation of DuBose Heyward’s 1925 novel of the same name. Porgy and Bess was first performed in Boston on […]