By Michelle Dumas FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS David Paul Boreanaz (/bɔːriˈɑːnəs/; born May 16, 1969) is an American actor, television producer, and director known for playing the roles of vampire-turned-private investigator Angel on The WB/UPN supernatural drama Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003) and its spinoff Angel (1999–2004); FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth, a homicide investigator, on the Fox television crime procedural comedy-drama series Bones (2005–2017); […]
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Daily Almanac for Wednesday, May 15, 2024
By Michelle Dumas FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Emmitt James Smith III (born May 15, 1969) is an American former football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 15 seasons, 13 as a member of the Dallas Cowboys and 2 seasons with the Arizona Cardinals. Among other accolades, he is the league’s all-time […]
Daily Almanac for Tuesday, May 14, 2024
By Michelle Dumas FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Miranda Taylor Cosgrove (born May 14, 1993) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for playing Megan Parker on the sitcom Drake & Josh (2004–2007) and Carly Shay on the sitcom iCarly (2007–2012) and its revival run (2021–2023), the latter of which she executive produced. She also […]
Famed Saxophonist David Sanborn dies at age 78
By Michelle Dumas FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS David William Sanborn (July 30, 1945 – May 12, 2024) was an American alto saxophonist. Though Sanborn worked in many genres, his solo recordings typically blended jazz with instrumental pop and R&B. He released his first solo album Taking Off in 1975, but had been playing the saxophone since before he […]
Daily Almanac for Monday, May 13, 2024
By Michelle Dumas FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Stevland Hardaway Morris (/ˈstiːvˌlənd/; né Judkins; born May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American-Ghanaian singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is credited as a pioneer and influence by musicians across a range of genres that include R&B, pop, soul, gospel, funk, and jazz. A virtual one-man band, […]
Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mom’s out there! You are very important to the World.
By Michelle Dumas
Daily Almanac for Sunday, May 12, 2024
By Michelle Dumas FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Kim Victoria Fields-Morgan (née Fields, formerly Freeman; born May 12, 1969) is an American actress and director. She first gained fame as a child actress on the television series Good Times (1978–1979), and rose to greater prominence for her role as Dorothy “Tootie” Ramsey in the NBC sitcom Diff’rent Strokes (1979–1981), as […]
Daily Almanac for Saturday, May 11, 2024
By Lucy Santiago FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Jonathan Stevens Jackson (born May 11, 1982) is an American actor, musician, and author. He is best known for his role as Lucky Spencer in the television soap opera General Hospital (1993–1999, 2009–2011, 2015), which won him five Daytime Emmy Awards. He is also known […]
Daily Almanac for Friday, May 10, 2024
By Lucy Santiago FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Donovan Jerome Leitch (born August 16, 1967) is an English-born American actor, singer and former model. He is the son of the singer-songwriter Donovan and the brother of actress Ione Skye. He was a member of the hard rock band Camp Freddy, and was a […]
Daily Almanac for Thursday, May 9, 2024
By Lucy Santiago FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Rosario Isabel Dawson (born May 9, 1979) is an American actress. She made her feature-film debut in the 1995 independent drama Kids. Her subsequent film roles include He Got Game (1998), Josie and the Pussycats (2001), Men in Black II (2002), The Rundown (2003), Rent (2005), Sin City (2005), Clerks II (2006), Death Proof (2007), Seven Pounds (2008), Percy Jackson & […]
Daily Almanac for Wednesday, May 8, 2024
By Lucy Santiago FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Cathryn Antoinette “Toni” Tennille (born May 8, 1940) is an American singer-songwriter and keyboardist. A contralto, she is best known as one-half of the 1970s duo Captain & Tennille with her former husband Daryl Dragon; their signature song is “Love Will Keep Us Together.” Tennille also […]
Daily Almanac for Tuesday, May 7, 2024
By Lucy Santiago FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Sunny’s Halo (February 11, 1980 – June 3, 2003) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1983 Kentucky Derby. In 1986, Sunny’s Halo was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. Foaled at Oshawa, Ontario, Sunny’s Halo was owned and bred by Toronto stockbroker David J. Foster. […]
“American Idol” Alumnus Mandisa dies at age 47
By Linda Loons FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Mandisa Lynn Hundley (/mænˈdiːsə/) (October 2, 1976 – April 18, 2024), known mononymously as Mandisa, was an American gospel and contemporary Christian recording artist. She began her solo career as a contestant in the fifth season of American Idol finishing in ninth place. Her album Overcomer won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album; she […]
Daily Almanac for Monday, May 6, 2024; Willie Mays, “The Say Hey Kid’s” 93rd Birthday
By Lucy Santiago FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Willie Howard Mays Jr. (born May 6, 1931), nicknamed “the Say Hey Kid“, is an American former center fielder in Major League Baseball (MLB). Regarded as one of the greatest players ever, Mays ranks second behind only Babe Ruth on most all-time lists, including those of The […]
Daily Almanac for Sunday, May 5, 2024, Cinco de Mayo!
By Lucy Santiago FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Adele Laurie Blue Adkins MBE (/əˈdɛl/; born 5 May 1988), known mononymously as Adele, is an English singer-songwriter. She is known for her mezzo-soprano vocals and sentimental songwriting. Adele has received numerous accolades including 16 Grammy Awards, 12 Brit Awards (including three for British Album of the Year), an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, […]
Happy Cinco de Mayo Day! Enjoy Yourselves and Be Safe.
By Lucy Santiago
Daily Almanac for Saturday, May 4, 2024; Kentucky Derby Day!
By Linda Loons Kentucky Derby America’s most famous horse race, the Kentucky Derby, has been held continuously since 1875 at Louisville, Kentucky, and has become one of the country’s largest civic celebrations (and betting opportunity). Not bad when you consider that the event lasts only […]
Daily Almanac for Friday, May 3, 2024
By Linda Loons FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Francesco Stephen Castelluccio (born May 3, 1934), better known by his stage name Frankie Valli, is an American singer, best known as the frontman of the Four Seasons beginning in 1960. He is known for his unusually powerful lead falsetto voice. Valli scored 29 top 40 hits […]
Daily Almanac for Thursday, May 2, 2024
By Linda Loons FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Kelly Gibson (born May 2, 1964) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. Gibson joined the Nationwide Tour in 1990. He won the Ben Hogan Tri-Cities Open in 1991 and also earned his PGA Tour card that year through qualifying […]
Soap World mourns death of Marla Adams, aka Dina Abbott Mergeron on ‘Young & the Restless’. age 85
By Linda Loons FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Marla Adams (August 28, 1938 – April 25, 2024) was an American television actress, best known for her roles as Belle Clemens on The Secret Storm, from 1968 to 1974, and as Dina Abbott Mergeron on The Young and the Restless, for which she received a Daytime Emmy […]