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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Director:Terry GilliamWriters:Terry Gilliam, Tony Grisoni, Tod Davies and Alex CoxDirector of Photography:Nicola PecoriniEditor:Lesley WalkerMusic:Ray CooperProduction Designer:Alex…

African American Inventors

Thomas L. Jennings (1791–1859)A tailor in New York City, Jennings is credited with being the first African American to hold a U.S. patent…

Brewer's: Morganatic Marriage

(A). A marriage in which the wife does not take the husband's rank, because legally, or according to court bye-laws, the marriage is not recognised. This sort of marriage is effected when…

Senior PGA Majors: The Tradition

Edition:9thDates:Apr. 3–6Site: Desert Mt. Cochise Course, Scottsdale, Ariz.Par:36-36—72 (6954 yards)Purse:$1,200,000 1234TotEarnings1Gil Morgan66-66-67-67—266$180,0002Isao Aoki66-68-70-68—…

Halle Berry Biography

Halle Berry actress, modelBorn: 8/14/1966Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio Oscar-winning actress who as a high school cheerleader and beauty queen was the first African American to represent the…

Alan Hale Jr. Biography

Alan Hale Jr.actorBorn: 3/8/1918Birthplace: Los Angeles Hearty, large character actor much like his father who first appeared as a teenager in 1933's Wild Boys of the Road. He worked in bit…

The 2005 Class of Inductees

Matthias Baldwin, 1795–1866, Steam Locomotive. Baldwin was the first American to build steam locomotives of the same quality as were made in Europe. His “Old Ironsides” was the first…

Volleyball

First Olympic Appearance: 1964 by Gerry Brown and Mark Zurlo Did You Know? Volleyball was invented by William Morgan in 1896 in Holyoke, Mass. and was originally called "mintonette".…

Volleyball

First Olympic Appearance: 1964 by Gerry Brown and Mark Zurlo Did You Know? Volleyball was invented by William Morgan in 1896 in Holyoke, Mass. and was originally called "mintonette".…