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Daily Almanac for Thursday, August 26, 2021; the 238th Day of the Year

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Laura Ann Branigan (July 3, 1952 – August 26, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Her signature song, the platinum-certified 1982 single “Gloria“, stayed on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for 36 weeks, then a record for a female artist, peaking at No. 2. It also reached number one […]

Daily Almanac for Wednesday, August 25, 2021; the 237th Day of the year

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Althea Neale Gibson (August 25, 1927 – September 28, 2003) was an American tennis player and professional golfer, and one of the first Black athletes to cross the color line of international tennis. In 1956, she became the first African American to win a Grand Slam title (the French Championships). The following […]

Daily Almanac for Monday, August 23, 2021: the 235th Day of the Year

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS James Hoyt Wilhelm (July 26, 1922 – August 23, 2002), nicknamed “Old Sarge“, was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, California Angels, Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs, and Los Angeles Dodgers between 1952 and 1972. Wilhelm was elected to the Baseball Hall of […]

Daily Almanac for Sunday, August 22, 2021

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Ann Smith Franklin (October 2, 1696 – April 16, 1763) was an American colonial newspaper printer and publisher. She inherited the business from her husband, James Franklin, brother of Benjamin Franklin. She published the Mintunt, printed an almanac series. She was the country’s first female newspaper editor, the first woman to write […]

Marshall Football earns several awards this week; Hilliard Davidson’s LeFevre honored

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – On the heels of Sunday’s ascent to 15th in the Associated Press poll, Marshall Football racked up the honors on Monday.                                                                             The Thundering Herd (7-0 overall, 4-0 Conference USA) was named the Football Writers Association of America’s National Team of the Week for the […]