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 […]
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Daily Almanac for Sunday May 19, 2024
By StephanieLee Elliott FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (/ˈtaʊnzənd/; born 19 May 1945) is an English musician. He is the co-founder, guitarist, second lead vocalist and principal songwriter of the Who, one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s. His aggressive […]
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 […]
Today is Saturday May 18, 2024, Armed Forces Day!
By Michelle Dumas FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS In the United States, Armed Forces Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in May. It falls near the end of Armed Forces Week, which begins on the second Saturday of May and ends on the third Sunday of May (the fourth […]
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 […]
Daily Almanac for Thursday May 16, 2024
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); […]
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 […]