By Lady Washington FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Marilyn Grace Bell Di Lascio OOnt (born October 19, 1937) is a Canadian retired long distance swimmer. She was the first person to swim across Lake Ontario and later swam the English Channel and Strait of Juan de Fuca. On September 8, 1954, at 11:07 pm, Bell […]

By Mona Hatfield FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Alecia Beth Moore Hart (born September 8, 1979), known professionally as Pink (stylized as P!nk), is an American singer, songwriter and actress. During her teens, Pink was a member of the girl group Choice. Her first solo studio album, Can’t Take Me Home (2000), was […]

By Zola Elder FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Gloria Gaynor (née Fowles; born September 7, 1943) is an American singer, best known for the disco era hits “I Will Survive” (1978), “Let Me Know (I Have a Right)” (1979), “I Am What I Am” (1983), and her version of “Never Can […]

By Lady Williamson FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS James William Buffett (December 25, 1946 – September 1, 2023) was an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and businessman. He was best known for his tropical rock music, which often portrays a lifestyle described as “island escapism”. Buffett recorded hit songs known as “The Big […]

By Lady Williamson FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Gayle Jenkins, Lady Jenkins (née Hunnicutt; February 6, 1943 – August 31, 2023) was an American film, television and stage actress. She made more than 30 film appearances. She is best remembered for the final three seasons of Dallas, from 1989 […]

By Lady Williamson FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Steven Scott Harwell (January 9, 1967 – September 4, 2023) was an American singer. Harwell served as the lead vocalist and frontman for the rock band Smash Mouth from its founding in 1994 until his retirement in 2021.  Before his retirement, he […]

By Lady Williamson FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (/biˈɒnseɪ/ i bee-ON-say; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and businesswoman. Known as “Queen Bey“, her artistry, vocal abilities, performances and visual presentations have led her to become a pop culture figure of the 21st century. Beyoncé started performing in […]

By Lady Williamson   Always the first Monday in September, Labor Day is meant as a tribute to the American worker to whom the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country is made possible. The holiday started modestly in cities and towns, with the first celebration […]

By Mona Hatfield FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS USS Missouri (BB-63) is an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy (USN) in the 1940s and is currently a museum ship. Completed in 1944, she is the last battleship commissioned by the United States. The ship was assigned to the Pacific Theater during World War II, where she participated in the […]

By Zola Elder FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Emma Nutt (July 1860 – 1915) became the world’s first female telephone operator on September 1, 1878, when she started working for the Edwin Holmes Telephone Dispatch Company (or the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company) in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. “EMMA”, a synthesized speech attendant system created by Preferred […]

By Lady Williamson FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS The National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame is a museum and educational facility in Bonner Springs, Kansas, United States. The group holds a congressional charter under Title 36 of the United States Code (issued in 1960). It is located east of K-7 and south of […]

By Mona Hatfield FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Vicki Keith Munro, CM, O.Ont (born 26 February 1961 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian retired marathon swimmer. Her accomplishments include the first crossing of all five Great Lakes. The end of the Leslie Street Spit in Toronto has been named Vicki Keith Point in her honour. This is where she made […]

By Zola Elder FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Isabel Sanford (born Eloise Gwendolyn Sanford; August 29, 1917 – July 9, 2004) was an American stage, film, and television actress and comedian best known for her role as Louise “Weezy” Mills Jefferson on the CBS sitcoms All in the Family (1971–1975) and The Jeffersons (1975–1985). In 1981, she became the […]

Lady Williamson On this date in 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. Here is Martin Luther King Jr., bottom row, right side, with leaders of the March on Washington posing in front of the Lincoln Memorial. By Rowland Scherman […]

By Zola Elder FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Arleen Sorkin (October 14, 1955 – August 24, 2023) was an American actress, screenwriter, television presenter and comedian. Sorkin is known for portraying Calliope Jones on the NBC daytime serial Days of Our Lives and for serving as the real-life inspiration and voice for DC Comics villain Harley Quinn, […]

By Zola Elder FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Robert William Barker (December 12, 1923 – August 26, 2023) was an American television game show host. He hosted CBS‘s The Price Is Right, the longest-running game show in North American television history, from 1972 to 2007. He also hosted Truth or Consequences from […]

By Zola Elder FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Edwin Laurentine Drake (March 29, 1819 – November 9, 1880), also known as Colonel Drake, was an American businessman and the first American to successfully drill for oil. HIS CAREER Seneca Oil While petroleum oil was known prior to this, there was no appreciable […]

By Mona Hatfield Women’s Equality Day This day marks the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920), granting women the right to vote. Ratification came in Tennessee, where Tennessee state legislator Harry T. Burn, age 24, cast the deciding vote after reading a letter […]

By Lady Williamson FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Blair Erwin Underwood (born August 25, 1964) is an American actor. He made his debut in the 1985 musical film Krush Groove and from 1987 to 1994 starred as attorney Jonathan Rollins in the NBC legal drama series L.A. Law. Underwood has appeared […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Survivor is the American version of the international Survivor reality competition television franchise, itself derived from the Swedish television series Expedition Robinson created by Charlie Parsons which premiered in 1997. The American series premiered on May 31, 2000, on CBS. It is hosted by Jeff Probst, who is also an executive producer along with Mark […]