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- Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: '''Mary Pickford''' ([[April 8]], [[1892]] – [[May 29]], [[1979]]) was a [[film|motion pict...
5: ...odramas and became a popular child actress in Canada.
7: ...was also in the cast. The play was produced by [[David Belasco]], who insisted that she assume the st...
15: ...p in front of her new husband, Rogers, saying "My darling is gone." She was unable to attend his funer...
18: ... and Biograph Company|Biograph]], worked for $5 a day - Sophie Germain (4906 bytes)
3: ...'Marie-Sophie Germain''' ([[April 1]], [[1776]] – [[June 27]], [[1831]]) was a [[France|French]]...
17: ...ttend sessions at the French Academy of Sciences—excepting the wives of other members.
25: ...[[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning [[Broadway]] play by [[David Auburn]], contains references to Germain. - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
2: '''Ella Fitzgerald''' ([[April 25]], [[1917]] – [[June 15]], [[1996]]), also known as '''[[Jaz...
14: ...ther with the "other voice" of jazz, [[Billie Holiday]] ([[1957]]).
47: *1958 ''[[Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert]]''
62: *1963 ''[[Ella Sings Broadway]]''
90: *1970 ''[[Ella in Budapest, Hungary]]'' - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
6: ...Columbia Records]] after being discovered by legendary A&R man [[John Hammond]]. In the early [[1960s...
10: ...p Ten hits in the late 1960s and early [[1970s]], dabbling in [[gospel music]], [[blues music]], [[pop...
16: ...ost-Atlantic material as far inferior to the legendary recordings of the mid to late sixties.
18: ...erviews for several years after that. She lives today in Detroit.
21: ... in [[1984]] when she was unable to star in the [[Broadway]] musical "Sing, Mahalia, Sing," (based on the li... - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
2: ...(born [[June 1]], [[1974]]) is a successful [[Canada|Canadian]] [[singer-songwriter]] and occasional [...
10: ... 1]], [[1974]], in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]], to schoolteachers Alan and Georgia Morissette....
12: ... gates: ''"Hi, I'm Alanis. I want to meet you one day and I want to be famous, just like you."''
36: ...is" to avoid possible confusion with fellow [[Canada|Canadian]] singer [[Alannah Myles]]. The album we...
38: ...ed to move Morissette away from her debut album's dance-pop sound. However, ''Now Is The Time'' sold l... - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
2: '''Bessie Smith''' ([[April 15]], [[1894]] – [[September 26]] [[1937]]) in [[Chattanooga, T...
5: Initially hired as a dancer, she landed her first job with the Moses Stok...
7: ... became the highest-paid black entertainer of her day. Her recorded accompaniments included some of th...
9: ...inging in clubs. In [[1929]], she appeared in a [[Broadway]] flop called ''Pansy'', a [[musical]] in which, ...
13: ...and summoned an ambulance. She was taken to Clarksdale's Afro-Hospital and her arm was amputated, but ... - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
2: '''Lucille Ball''' ([[August 6]], [[1911]] – [[April 26]], [[1989]]) was an [[United States...
5: ... shy girl was outshined by another pupil: [[Bette Davis]]. Lucille later went home in a few weeks when...
20: ...des in [[radio]], and in fact other TV sitcoms predated her show), and was among the first stars to fi...
24: ...que, and close choreography. Among other non-standard techniques used in filming the show, cans of pa...
28: ...est marriages had come to an end. Until his dying day in [[1986]], Arnaz and Ball would remain the bes... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
4: ...emocrat from Alabama [[1931]]-[[1946]]), and granddaughter of Senator [[John H. Bankhead]] ([[1842]]-[...
14: Nevertheless, [[David O. Selznick]] called her the "first choice amo...
18: Returning to [[Broadway]], Tallulah's career stalled in unmemorable plays...
22: ...d continued to perform in the 1950s and 1960s, on Broadway, in the occasional film, as a highly-popular radi...
24: ...-a-day consumption of [[bourbon whiskey|Old Grand Dad]] -- continued unabated. And behavior that was e... - Bette Davis (6722 bytes)
1: ...' the actress; there is also singer named [[Betty Davis]].''
2: [[Image:bettedavis.jpg|thumb|right|208x240|]]
3: ...[October 6]], [[1989]]), better known as '''Bette Davis''', was an [[Academy Award]] winning [[United ...
5: ...ed by their mother, who aspired to be an actress. Davis was denied admission to [[Eva LeGallienne]]'s ...
7: ...''. The Motion Picture Academy failed to nominate Davis for this ''tour de force'', and such was the o... - Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
2: '''Dame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench''', [[Companion of H...
4: ...8]], she was made a [[Order of the British Empire|Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] ...
9: In her native [[United Kingdom]], Dame Judi has developed her reputation as arguably t...
11: Dame Judi received her professional training at the ...
13: ...Awards]]. She has also appeared with success on [[Broadway]]. - Mia Farrow (4707 bytes)
2: ...t has always been known as '''Mia'''. She is the daughter of [[film director|director]] [[John Farrow...
7: ...adopted]] three children, Soon-Yi, Lark Song, and Daisy. They divorced in [[1979]].
9: ...open relationship with one of her adopted teenage daughters, [[Soon-Yi Previn]].
13: Farrow's adopted daughter Tam Farrow died of a heart ailment at age 1...
19: * Woody Allen had an affair with Mia's adopted daughter Soon-Yi, and Mia accused him of molesting o... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...d her 13th nomination for ''[[Adaptation (movie)|Adaptation]]''. Hepburn won an [[Emmy Award]] in [[1...
5: ...father was a staunch proponent of publicizing the dangers of [[venereal disease]] in a time when such ...
7: ...ater be recognized for her athletic physicality — she fearlessly performed her own pratfalls in ...
10: ... was in drama -->, the same year she debuted on [[Broadway]] after landing a bit part in ''[[Night Hostess]]...
12: ...n and Smith's marriage was rocky from the start — she insisted he change his name to S. Ogden Lu... - May Irwin (2858 bytes)
1: ...June 27]], [[1862]] in [[Whitby, Ontario]], [[Canada]] ? died [[October 22]], [[1938]] in [[New York C...
4: Born '''Ada May Campbell''', her father died when she was 13 ...
6: ...y Irwin set out on her own. She joined [[Augustin Daly]]'s stock company where she made her first appe...
8: ...rican American]] influenced songs. In the 1895 [[Broadway]] show ''[[The Widow Jones]]'', she introduced "T...
12: ...lm]] appearance, this time in the feature-length adaptation of [[George V. Hobart]]'s play, ''[[Mrs. B... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
2: '''Marilyn Monroe''' ([[June 1]], [[1926]] – [[August 5]], [[1962]]) was an [[United States...
6: ... her true biological father. The most likely candidate for a while seemed to be [[Charles Stanley Giff...
8: ...r cruelly, corrected her. After Marilyn's death, Ida claimed that she and Wayne had seriously consider...
10: ...t never hugged or kissed her, or even smiled. One day, Gladys announced that she had bought a house fo...
12: ...herty, who would become her first husband. The Goddard family was moving to the [[East Coast of the Un... - Julie Andrews (8700 bytes)
3: Dame '''Julie Andrews, [[DBE]]''' (born [[October 1]...
5: ...tarred in [[Rodgers & Hammerstein]]'s television adaptation of ''[[Cinderella]]''.
7: ...nry Higgins]] in ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' (a musical adaptation of [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s ''[[Pygmalion...
11: ...s to the decline of the movie musical. Both were damaging to Andrews' subsequent career and, despite ...
15: ... a [[Toronto]] revival of ''The Boy Friend'', the Broadway musical in which she made her debut in America. - United States (58223 bytes)
1: The '''United States of America'''—also referred to as the '''United States''', ''...
2: ... as several territorial water boundaries with Canada, [[Russia]] and [[The Bahamas]]. It is otherwise ...
9: ...Many, One")<br>''[[In God We Trust]]'' ([[1956]]–present) |
36: established_dates = From [[Great Britain]]<br> [[July 4]], [[177...
52: ...riginal 13 states adopted the Constitution as the date on that state "entered the Union" (became part ... - Roaring Twenties (28131 bytes)
1: ..., and ending with the sad note of the [[Black Tuesday]], [[harbinger]] of [[The Great Depression|the G...
3: ...s termed "The Golden Twenties". In France and Canada they were also called the "Crazy Years" (''ann饳...
5: ...n and lightness were cultivated in [[jazz]] and [[dancing]], in defiance of the horrors of the First W...
11: ...er]]s returned to the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] with money in their pockets and a great many ne...
17: ...] had sold 15 million [[Model T]]. In all of Canada, there were only about 300,000 vehicles registere... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
1: ...ear in the [[Gregorian Calendar]]. There are 363 days remaining (364 in [[leap year]]s).
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8: *[[1492]] - [[Reconquista]]: [[Granada]], the last [[Moors|Moorish]] stronghold in [[Spa...
20: ...kefeller]] unites his oil holdings into the [[Standard Oil]] [[trust]].
22: ... C. Ball]] of the General Railroad Timepiece Standards in North America: [[Railroad chronometers]]. - Cable car (railway) (12669 bytes)
11: ...ay, if the grip is not applied properly, it might damage the cable, or even worse, become entangled in...
23: ... be fed (typically ~30 lbs. (~14 kg) of feed each day), housed, groomed, medicated and rested. Thus fo...
29: ... system was held by [[Liverpool United]] in [[Kirkdale]]. This was the first cable car system in Europ...
38: ...is line was rebuilt in [[1979]], and is now a standard funicular, although confusingly it retains its ...
47: ...b|300px|Cable tram dummy and trailer on the St Kilda Line in [[Melbourne]] in 1905.]] - Warren G. Harding (30163 bytes)
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1921]]
6: | date2=[[August 2]], [[1923]]
9: | date of birth=[[November 2]], [[1865]]
12: | date of death=[[August 2]], [[1923]]
18: ...Governor of Ohio|Lieutenant Governor]] ([[1903]]–[[1905]]).
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