FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Dame Olivia Newton-John AC DBE (born 26 September 1948) is a British-born Australian raised singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur and activist. She is a four-time Grammy Award winner whose music career includes five number-one hits and another ten top-ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100, and two Billboard 200 number-one albums, If You Love Me, […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Alys McKey Bryant (née McKey; 1880–1954) was an American aviator. She was the first woman to fly on the Pacific Coast and in Canada, and one of the few female members of the Early Birds of Aviation—individuals who had solo piloted an aircraft prior to December […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Mister Roberts is a 1955 American Warner color in Cinema Scopecomedy-drama film directed by John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy, and featuring an all-star cast including Henry Fonda as Mister Roberts, James Cagney as Captain Morton, William Powell (in his final film appearance) as Doc, and Jack Lemmon as Ensign Pulver. Based on the 1946 novel and 1948 Broadway play, the film […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS William Richard Mueller (/ˈmɪlər/ MIL-ler; born March 17, 1971) is an American retired professional baseball third baseman who played in Major League Baseball (MLB). Mueller’s MLB playing career was spent with the San Francisco Giants (1996–2000, 2002), Chicago Cubs (2001–2002), Boston Red Sox (2003–2005), and Los Angeles Dodgers (2006). He is currently the hitting coach at Arizona State. Many of Mueller’s […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Donovan Anthony Bailey (born December 16, 1967) is a retired Jamaican-Canadian sprinter. He once held the world record for the 100 metres. He recorded a time of 9.84 seconds to win the gold medal at the 1996 Olympic Games. He was the first Canadian to legally break the 10-second barrier in the 100 m. Particularly noted […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Rebecca Balding (September 21, 1948 – July 18, 2022) was an American actress best known for her appearances on Soap and Charmed. LIFE AND CAREER Balding was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. She attended the University of Kansas. She had the role of Carol David, mother of Jodie Dallas‘ child, […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Walter Hunt (July 29, 1796 – June 8, 1859) was an American mechanical engineer. Through the course of his work he became known for being a prolific inventor. He got first involved with mechanical innovations in a linseed producing community in New York state that […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Hulda Hoehn Crooks (May 19, 1896 – November 23, 1997) was an American mountaineer. Affectionately known as “Grandma Whitney” she successfully scaled 14,505-foot (4,421 m) Mount Whitney 23 times between the ages of 65 and 91. She had climbed 97 other peaks during this period. In 1990, an […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Francis Lieber (March 18, 1798 or 1800 – October 2, 1872), known as Franz Lieber in Germany, was a German-American jurist, gymnast and political philosopher. He edited an Encyclopaedia Americana. He was the author of the Lieber Code during the American Civil War, also known as Code for the Government of Armies in the Field (1863). The Lieber Code is […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Jesse Woodson James (September 5, 1847 – April 3, 1882) was an American outlaw, bank and train robber, guerrilla, and leader of the James–Younger Gang. Raised in the “Little Dixie” area of western Missouri, James and his family maintained strong Southern sympathies. He and his brother Frank James joined pro-Confederate guerrillas known as “bushwhackers” operating […]

On this date in 1968, the first International Special Olympics held, Chicago, Illinois FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS The Special Olympics World Games also known as Special Olympiad are an international sporting competition for athletes with intellectual disabilities, organized by the IOC-recognised Special Olympics organisation. HISTORY  Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, was originally selected to host the 2009 Special Olympics World […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Donald A. Gorske (born November 28, 1953) is an American world record holder known as the “Big Mac enthusiast”. He is best known for having eaten 32,000. Big Mac hamburgers from the U.S. fast food chain McDonald’s in his lifetime, winning him a place in the Guinness Book of Records. […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS The F. W. Woolworth Company (often referred to as Woolworth’s or simply Woolworth) was a retail company and one of the pioneers of the five-and-dime store. It was among the most successful American and international five-and-dime businesses, setting trends and creating the modern retail model that stores follow […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Joanne Rowling CH OBE HonFRSE FRCPE FRSL (/ˈroʊlɪŋ/ ROH-ling; born 31 July 1965), also known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author and philanthropist. She wrote a seven-volume children’s fantasy series, Harry Potter, published from 1997 to 2007. The series has sold over 500 million copies, been translated into at least 70 languages, and spawned a global media franchise including films and video […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Ivana Marie Trump (née Zelníčková, Czech: [ˈzɛlɲiːtʃkovaː]; February 20, 1949 – July 14, 2022) was a Czech-American businesswoman, media personality, fashion designer, author, and model. She was the first wife of former President of the United States Donald Trump from 1977 to 1992. She lived in Canada in the […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Georgia is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee and North Carolina; to the northeast by South Carolina; to the southeast by the Atlantic Ocean; to the south by Florida; and to the west by Alabama. Georgia is the 24th-largest state in area and 8th most populous of the 50 United […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Kelly Ann Ayotte (/ˈeɪɒt/ AY-ott; born June 27, 1968) is an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator for New Hampshire from 2011 to 2017, and as the state’s Attorney General from 2004 to 2009. She is a member of the Republican Party. Born and raised in Nashua, […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Kenneth Wayne Jennings III[(born May 23, 1974) is an American game show contestant turned host, author, and television presenter. He is the highest-earning American game show contestant, having won money on five different game shows, including $4,522,700 on the U.S. game show Jeopardy! which he […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Scott Gordon Jurek (born October 26, 1973) is an Americanultramarathoner, author, and public speaker. Throughout his running career, Jurek was one of the most dominant ultramarathon runners in the world, winning the Hardrock Hundred (2007), the Badwater Ultramarathon (2005, 2006), the Spartathlon (2006, 2007, 2008), and the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run (1999–2005). […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Population growth is the increase in the number of people in a population or dispersed group. Global human population growth amounts to around 83 million annually, or 1.1% per year. The global population has grown from 1 billion in 1800 to 7.9 billion in 2020. The UN projected population […]