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Daily Almanac for Tuesday June 4, 2024

By Terrianna Daniels FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Pauline Joyce Meyer (née Hutchison; June 4, 1943) is an American Charismatic Christian author, speaker, and president of Joyce Meyer Ministries. Joyce and her husband, Dave, have four grown children and live outside St. Louis, Missouri. Her ministry is headquartered near the St. Louis suburb of Fenton, […]

Daily Almanac for Thursday May 30, 2024

By StephanieLee Elliott FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Manuel Arístides Ramírez Onelcida (born May 30, 1972) is a Dominican-American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for parts of 19 seasons. He played with the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago White Sox, and Tampa Bay Rays before playing one season at the Chinese […]

Daily Almanac for Tuesday May 28, 2024

By StephanieLee Elliott FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944), known as the “Empress of Soul”, is an American singer. A ten-time Grammy Award-winner, Knight recorded hits through the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s with her family group Gladys Knight & the Pips, which included her brother Merald “Bubba” Knight and […]

Daily Almanac for Saturday May 25, 2024

By StephanieLee Elliott   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Grace Annie Lockhart (22 February 1855 – 18 May 1916) was the first woman in the British Empire to receive a Bachelor’s degree. She formally enrolled in Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada in 1874 and graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Science and English Literature on […]

Daily Almanac for Friday May 24, 2024

By StephanieLee Elliott   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Gary Rich Burghoff (born May 24, 1943) is an American actor who is known for originating the role of Charlie Brown in the 1967 Off-Broadway musical You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and the character Corporal Walter Eugene “Radar” O’Reilly in the film M*A*S*H, as well as the TV […]

Daily Almanac for Monday May 20, 2024

By StephanieLee Elliott FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Anthony Wayne Stewart (born May 20, 1971), nicknamed “Smoke“, is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver, and current NASCAR team co-owner of Stewart-Haas Racing. He also competes in NHRA. He is a four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion, winning two as a driver (2002, 2005), one as owner/driver […]

Daily Almanac for Saturday May 18, 2024

By Michelle Dumas FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS George Harvey Strait Sr. (born May 18, 1952) is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, and music producer. Strait is credited for pioneering the neotraditional country style in the 1980s, famed for his authentic cowboy image and roots-oriented sound at a time when the Nashville music […]

Actor Dabney Coleman, known for roles in 9 to 5, On Golden Pond and Tootsie, dead at 92

By Michelle Dumas FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Dabney Wharton Coleman (January 3, 1932 – May 16, 2024) was an American actor. Coleman’s best known films include 9 to 5 (1980), On Golden Pond (1981), Tootsie (1982), WarGames (1983), Cloak & Dagger (1984), The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984), The Beverly Hillbillies (1993), You’ve Got Mail (1998), Inspector Gadget (1999), Recess: School’s Out (2001), Moonlight Mile (2002), and Rules Don’t Apply (2016).[2] Coleman’s […]

Daily Almanac for Friday, May 17, 2024

By Michelle Dumas FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin (born 17 May 1961) known mononymously as Enya, is an Irish composer and singer-songwriter. Enya is the best-selling Irish solo artist, with an estimated 80 million albums sold worldwide, and the second-best-selling music act from Ireland overall, after the rock band […]