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Lady Byng Memorial Trophy

Awarded to the player “adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability” and named after Lady Evelyn Byng,…

The Amistad

The Spanish schooner and its slaves who fueled proslavery ire by Ricco Villanueva Siasoco Steven Spielberg popularized the story of the Spanish slave ship Amistad in his acclaimed 1998 film…

Hurricane Streets

Director/Writer:Morgan J. FreemanDirector of Photography:Enrique ChediakEditor:Sabine HoffmanMusic:Theodore ShapiroProduction Designer:Petra BarchiProducers:Morgan J. Freeman, Gill Holland…

James Martin BARNES, Congress, IL (1899-1958)

BARNES James Martin , a Representative from Illinois; born in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill., January 9, 1899; attended the public schools; during the First World War served overseas as a…

Josiah PATTERSON, Congress, TN (1837-1904)

PATTERSON Josiah , a Representative from Tennessee; born in Morgan County, Ala., April 14, 1837; attended the common schools and Somerville (Ala.) Academy; studied law; was admitted to the bar and…

John J. HARDIN, Congress, IL (1810-1847)

HARDIN John J. , a Representative from Illinois; born in Frankfort, Ky., January 6, 1810; pursued classical studies and was graduated from Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky.; studied law; was…

Rita Moreno

Rita Moreno(Rosita Dolores Alverio)actress, dancer, singerBorn: 12/11/1931Birthplace: Humacao, Puerto Rico Moreno first appeared in film at the age of fourteen, in A Medal for Benny (1945). She…

Rita Moreno Biography

Rita Moreno(Rosita Dolores Alverio)actress, dancer, singerBorn: 12/11/1931Birthplace: Humacao, Puerto Rico Moreno first appeared in film at the age of fourteen, in A Medal for Benny (1945). She…

24 Hours of Daytona

Feb. 1-2, at Daytona Beach, Fla. Officially the Rolex 24 at Daytona and first held in 1962 (as a 3-hour race). An IMSA Camel GT race for exotic prototype sports cars and contested over a 3.…