By Tatiana Ponil Candlemas / Groundhog Day Learn all about Groundhog Day! It’s no accident that Groundhog Day and Candlemas are celebrated together, for both signify the triumph of light over darkness, spring over winter. Candlemas was originally a Celtic festival marking the “cross-quarter day,” or midpoint […]

By Tatiana Ponil FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS John Harold Johnson (January 19, 1918 – August 8, 2005) was an American businessman and publisher. Johnson was the founder in 1942 of the Johnson Publishing Company, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Johnson’s company, with its Ebony (1945) and Jet (1951) magazines, was among the most influential African-American business in […]

By Tatiana Ponil FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Harry Edward Styles (born 1 February 1994) is an English singer. Known for his influence in popular culture, showmanship, artistry, and philanthropy, he is a subject of widespread public interest with a vast fanbase. Styles is considered to be among the […]

By Tatiana Ponil   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1901 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. One of the earliest innovators of the literary form called jazz poetry, Hughes is best known as a […]

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By Kiesly Jameson FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. He was the drummer and later became the lead singer of the rock band Genesis and had a successful solo career, achieving three UK […]

By Kiesly Jameson Ann Jillian (born Ann Jura Nauseda; January 29, 1950) is a former American actress and singer whose career began as a child actress in 1960. She is best known for her role as the sultry Cassie Cranston on the 1980s sitcom It’s a Living. Jillian married Andy Murcia, […]

By Kiesly Jameson FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Jeri Lynn Mooney (born 1942), better known as Susan Howard, is an American actress, writer, and political activist. She portrayed Donna Culver Krebbs on Dallas (1979–1987) and co-starred on Petrocelli (1974–1976). She is also a screenwriter and member of the Writers Guild of America. Howard had a number of […]

By Kiesly Jameson   A TELEGRAM COPY FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS The Western Union Company is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 1851 as the New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company in Rochester, New York, the company changed its name to the Western Union Telegraph Company in 1856 after […]

By Bianca Sierra FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS John James Sykes (29 July 1959 – 2024) was an English guitarist, best known as a member of Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy and Tygers of Pan Tang. He also fronted the hard rock group Blue Murder and released several solo albums. Following a stint in the heavy […]

By Kiesly Jameson FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Wayne Douglas Gretzky CC (/ˈɡrɛtski/ GRET-skee; born January 26, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for four teams from 1979 to 1999. Nicknamed “the Great One“, he has been called the […]

By Kiesly Jameson FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Constance Baker Motley (née Baker; September 14, 1921 – September 28, 2005) was an American jurist and politician who served as a Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. A key strategist of the civil rights […]

By Kiesly Jameson FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Nastassja Aglaia Kinski (German: [nasˈtasi̯a ˈkɪnskiː] ; born Nakszynski, Polish: [nakˈʂɨj̃skʲi]; born 24 January 1962) is a German actress and former model who has appeared in more than 60 films in Europe and the United States. Her worldwide breakthrough was with Stay as You Are (1978). She then came […]

By Bianca Sierra FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS John Allan Jones (January 14, 1938 – October 23, 2024) was an American singer and actor. He was primarily a straight-pop singer (even when he recorded contemporary material) whose forays into jazz were mostly of the big-band/swing music variety. He won two Grammy Awards and […]

By Bianca Sierra FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Samuel David Moore (October 12, 1935 – January 10, 2025) was an American singer who was best known as a member of the soul and R&B duo Sam & Dave from 1961 to 1981. He was a member of the Rock & Roll […]

By Kiesly Jameson   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Richard Dean Anderson (born January 23, 1950) is an American retired actor. He began his television career in 1976, playing Jeff Webber in the American soap opera series General Hospital, and then rose to prominence as the lead actor in the television series MacGyver (1985–1992). He later […]

By Kiesly Jameson FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Stephen Ray Perry (born January 22, 1949) is an American singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer and frontman of the rock band Journey during their most successful years from 1977 to 1987, and again from 1995 to 1998. He wrote/co-wrote several Journey hit […]

By Kiesly Jameson   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS José Plácido Domingo Embil (born 21 January 1941) is a Spanish opera singer, conductor, and arts administrator. He has recorded over a hundred complete operas and is well known for his versatility, regularly performing in Italian, French, German, Spanish, English and Russian in the […]

By Kiesly Jameson FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS John Phillips Naber (born January 20, 1956) is an American former competitive swimmer, five-time Olympic medalist and former world record-holder in multiple events. Born in Evanston, Illinois, Naber studied in England and Italy where his father worked as a management consultant. He […]

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