FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS William Boyd Watterson II (born July 5, 1958) is a retired American cartoonist and the author of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, which was syndicated from 1985 to 1995. Watterson stopped drawing Calvin and Hobbes at the end of 1995, with a short statement to newspaper editors and his readers […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Nathaniel Brown Palmer (August 8, 1799 – June 21, 1877) was an American seal hunter, explorer, sailing captain, and ship designer. He gave his name to Palmer Land, Antarctica, which he explored in 1820 on his sloop Hero. He was born in Stonington, Connecticut, and was a descendant of Walter Palmer, […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Pikes Peak is the highest summit of the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, in North America. The ultra-prominent 14,115-foot (4,302.31 m) fourteener is located in Pike National Forest, 12 miles (19 km) west of downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado. The town of Manitou Springs lies at its base. The mountain is named in honor of American explorer Zebulon Pike (though […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Jeffrey Alan Cook (August 27, 1949 – November 7, 2022) was an American country music artist. He was best known for being a member of the band Alabama, in which he contributed to lead vocals, guitar, fiddle, piano and other musical instruments. Cook toured in 2022 with […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS John Anthony Aniston (born Yannis Anastassakis, Greek: Γιάννης Αναστασάκης, July 24, 1933 – November 11, 2022) was a Greek-born American actor. He was best known for his role as Victor Kiriakis on the NBC daytime drama series Days of Our Lives, which he originated in July 1985 and played continually for […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the world. Chartered by the Connecticut Colony, the Collegiate School was established in 1701 by clergy […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Li’l Abner is a satirical American comic strip that appeared in many newspapers in the United States, Canada and Europe. It featured a fictional clan of hillbillies in the impoverished mountain village of Dogpatch, USA. Written and drawn by Al Capp (1909–1979), the strip ran for 43 years – from August […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Absolutely Fabulous (also known as Ab Fab) is a British television sitcom based on the French and Saunders sketch, “Modern Mother and Daughter“, created by Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. The show was created and written by Saunders, who also stars as one of the main characters with Joanna Lumley and Julia Sawalha. The […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Anita Denise Baker (born January 26, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter. She is one of the most popular singers of soulful ballads, especially renowned for her work during the height of the quiet storm period in the 1980s. Starting her career in the late 1970s with the […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies 8,180 acres (3,310 hectares), among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is ranked among the top universities in the world. Stanford was founded in 1885 […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day) is a federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11, for honoring military veterans of the United States Armed Forces (who were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable). It coincides with other holidays including Armistice Day and Remembrance Day which are celebrated in other […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Frederick Hickman (October 17, 1956 – November 9, 2022) was an American broadcaster who was most recently anchor & managing editor for the evening newscast of the African-American cable news channel Black News Channel. He also had stints with CNN, TBS, YES Network, and ESPN. Born and raised […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Aaron Charles Carter (December 7, 1987 – November 5, 2022) was an American singer and songwriter. He came to fame as a teen pop singer in the late 1990s, establishing himself as a star among preteen and teenage audiences during the first years of the 21st century, with […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Sesame Street is an American educational children’s television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children’s Television Workshop until June 2000) and was created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett. It is known for its images communicated through the use of Jim Henson‘s Muppets, and includes […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer, pronounced [bɛʁˌliːnɐ ˈmaʊ̯ɐ] (listen)) was a guarded concrete barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. It encircled West Berlin, separating it from East German territory. Construction of the wall was commenced by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) on 13 August 1961. The Wall cut off West Berlin from […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Elston Gene Howard (February 23, 1929 – December 14, 1980) was an American professional baseball player who was a catcher and a left fielder. During a 14-year baseball career, he played in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball from 1948 through 1968, primarily for the New York Yankees. A 12-time All-Star, he also […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Joan Beverly Kroc (néeMansfield, previously Smith; August 27, 1928 – October 12, 2003), also known as Joni, was an American philanthropist and third wife of McDonald’s CEO Ray Kroc. PHILANTHROPY In 2002, Kroc Center, a large Salvation Army community center that she helped fund—to the tune of $87 million—opened to the public. She later […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radionavigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force. It is one of the global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) that provides geolocation and time information to a GPS receiver anywhere on or near the Earth where there is an unobstructed line of […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS CURRENT 2022 MLB SEASON The Phillies got off to a sluggish 22–29 start to the 2022 season. On June 3, the Phillies fired manager Joe Girardi and replaced him with bench coach Rob Thomson, who was named the team’s interim manager. The Phillies ended the 2022 season […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Jerry Lee Lewis (September 29, 1935 – October 28, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Nicknamed The Killer, he was described as “rock n’ roll‘s first great wild man and one of the most influential pianists of the 20th century.” A pioneer of rock and roll and rockabilly music, […]