Entertainment

Daily Almanac for Tuesday July 30, 2024

By Michelle Dumas FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Vivica Anjanetta Fox (born July 30, 1964) is an American actress, producer and television host. Fox began her career on Soul Train (1982–1983) and played roles on the daytime television soap operas Days of Our Lives (1988) and Generations (1989–1992). In prime time she starred opposite Patti LaBelle in […]

Daily Almanac for Monday July 29, 2024

By Michelle Dumas FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Mary Elizabeth Alexander Dole (née Hanford; born July 29, 1936) is an American attorney, author, and politician who served as a United States Senator from North Carolina from 2003 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, she previously served in five presidential administrations, including as U.S. Secretary […]

Daily Almanac for Sunday July 28, 2024

By Michelle Dumas   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS William Warren Bradley (born July 28, 1943) is an American politician and former professional basketball player. He served three terms as a Democratic U.S. senator from New Jersey (1979–1997). He ran for the Democratic Party’s nomination for president in the 2000 election, which he lost to Vice […]

Daily Almanac for Saturday July 27, 2024

By Michelle Dumas FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez (born July 27, 1975), nicknamed “A-Rod“, is an American former professional baseball shortstop and third baseman, businessman and philanthropist. Rodriguez played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners (1994–2000), Texas Rangers (2001–2003), and New York Yankees (2004–2013, 2015–2016). Rodriguez is the chairman and chief executive officer of A-Rod Corp […]

Daily Almanac for Thursday July 25, 2024

By Michelle Dumas   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS   SS Andrea Doria (pronounced [anˈdrɛːa ˈdɔːrja]) was a luxury transatlantic ocean liner of the Italian Line (Società di navigazione Italia), put into service in 1953. She is widely known from the extensive media coverage of her sinking in 1956, which included the remarkably successful rescue […]

Daily Almanac for Tuesday July 23, 2024

By Michelle Dumas FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Francis Lieber (18 March 1798 – 2 October 1872) was a Prussian-American jurist and political philosopher. He is most well known for the Lieber Code, the first codification of the customary law and the laws of war for battlefield conduct, which served a later basis for the Hague Conventions of […]

Daily Almanac for Saturday July 20, 2024

By Michelle Dumas FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Gisele Caroline Bündchen (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʒiˈzɛli ˈbĩtʃẽ], German: [ˈbʏntçn̩], born 20 July 1980) is a Brazilian model and activist. Since 2001, she has been one of the highest-paid models in the world. In 2007, Bündchen was the 16th-richest woman in the entertainment industry and earned […]

Daily Almanac for Tuesday July 16, 2024

By Michelle Dumas FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Phoebe Belle Cates Kline (born July 16, 1963) is an American former actress, who appeared in films such as Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Gremlins (1984), Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990), Drop Dead Fred (1991) and Princess Caraboo (1994). In 1983, during her audition for a role (awarded to Meg […]

Daily Almanac for Friday July 12, 2024

By Cynthia Charlene Greason FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Christopher John “Topher” Grace (/ˈtoʊfər/ TOH-fər; born July 12, 1978) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Eric Forman in the teen sitcoms That ’70s Show and That ’90s Show, Eddie Brock / Venom in Sam Raimi‘s film Spider-Man 3, Pete Monash in Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!, Carter […]