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 […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Joshua C. Stoddard (August 26, 1814 in Pawlet, Vermont – April 4, 1902) was an American inventor. He was educated at the public schools, and became noted as an apiarist. He also turned his attention to inventing, and on October 9, 1855, patented (U.S. Patent 13,668) […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Judy Lynn Tenuta (November 7, 1949 – October 6, 2022) was an American comedian, actress, and comedy musician. She was known for her whimsical and brash persona of “The Love Goddess,” mixing insult comedy, observational humor, self-promotion, and bawdy onstage antics. Throughout her career, Tenuta built a […]

FROM WWE COMMUNICATIONS STAFF WWE is saddened to learn of the passing of Sara Lee. Born and raised in Hope Township, Michigan, Lee excelled in powerlifting before eventually joining the sixth season of WWE’s “Tough Enough.” Lee went on to win the fan vote for “Tough Enough” […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Myrna Joy “Jody” Miller (November 29, 1941 – October 6, 2022) was an American country music singer. In 1999, the Country Gospel Music Association inducted Miller into its Hall of Fame, along with Loretta Lynn, Barbara Mandrell, Andy Griffith, David L. Cook and Lulu Roman. Miller and her daughter Robin recorded and toured […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Lynette Woodard (born August 12, 1959) is a retired American basketball Hall of Fame player and former head women’s basketball coach at Winthrop University. Woodard made history by becoming the first female member of the Harlem Globetrotters and who, at age 38, began playing as one of the […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Takaaki Kajita (梶田 隆章, Kajita Takaaki, Japanese pronunciation: [kadʑita takaːki]; born 9 March 1959) is a Japanese physicist, known for neutrino experiments at the Kamioka Observatory – Kamiokande and its successor, Super-Kamiokande. In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Canadian physicist Arthur B. McDonald. On 1 October 2020, he became the president of […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Loretta Lynn (née Webb; April 14, 1932 – October 4, 2022) was an American singer-songwriter. In a career which spanned six decades in country music, Lynn released multiple gold albums. She had hits such as “You Ain’t Woman Enough (To Take My Man)“, “Don’t Come […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Monty Python’s Flying Circus (also known as simply Monty Python) is a British surreal sketch comedy series created by and starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam, who became known as “Monty Python“, or the “Pythons”. The first episode was recorded at the BBC on 7 September 1969 and […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS The Dick Van Dyke Show is an American television sitcom created by Carl Reiner that initially aired on CBS from October 3, 1961 to June 1, 1966, with a total of 158 half-hour episodes spanning five seasons. It was produced by Calvada Productions in association with the CBS Television Network, […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Carl Michael Yastrzemski (/jəˈstrɛmski/; nicknamed “Yaz”; born August 22, 1939) is an American former Major League Baseball player. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989. Yastrzemski played his entire 23-year Major League career with the Boston Red Sox (1961–1983). He started his career primarily as a left fielder, but […]

Stanford, the 2018 Amundi Evian Championship winner, is a six-time veteran of U.S. Team DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Oct. 27, 2022 – U.S. Solheim Cup Captain Stacy Lewis has selected Angela Stanford as her third assistant captain of the 2023 U.S. Solheim Cup Team. Stanford, the 2018 […]

Wed, Sep 28, 2022 Dayton Is One Of Just Two D-I Teams To Have A Semifinalist For 17 Straight Years Full NFF Release:  https://bit.ly/3dKrKJ7 IRVING, Texas — University of Dayton senior running back Jake Chisholm has been named a semifinalist for the National Football Foundation & College […]