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The All-Star Game
The All-Star Game Baseball’s first All-Star Game was held on July 6, 1933, before 47,595 at Comiskey Park in Chicago. From that year on, the All- Star Game has matched the best players in the…Reynolds, Debbie
(Encyclopedia) Reynolds, Debbie, 1932-2016, American actress, singer, and dancer, b. El Paso, Tx., as Mary Frances Reynolds. Reynolds’ family…Hopkins, Gerard Manley
(Encyclopedia) Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 1844–89, English poet, educated at Oxford. Entering the Roman Catholic Church in 1866 and the Jesuit novitiate in 1868, he was ordained in 1877. Upon becoming a…clown
(Encyclopedia) clown, a comic character usually distinguished by garish makeup and costume whose antics are both humorously clumsy and acrobatic. The clown employs a broad, physical style of humor…Byatt, A. S.
(Encyclopedia) Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan Byatt)Byatt, A. S.bīˈət [key], 1936–, British novelist; sister of Margaret Drabble. Educated at Cambridge, Bryn Mawr College, Pa., and Oxford, she is a…Jack Kramer
Jack KramerBorn: Aug. 1, 1921Tennis Wimbledon singles champ 1947; U.S. champ 1946-47; promoter and Open pioneer.Alvin KraenzleinK - MLenny KrayzelburgBeth Daniel
Beth DanielBorn: Oct. 14, 1956Golfer 32 career wins, including 1 major; inducted into World Golf Hall of Fame in 1999.Stanley DancerD - FAlvin DarkRon Darling
Ron DarlingBorn: Aug. 19, 1960Baseball RHP Hawaiian-born pitcher who retired in 1995 with a career mark of 136-116 over 13 years; went 15-6 in 1986 as a member of the world champion New York…Stanley Kubrick 1999 Deaths
Stanley KubrickAge: 70 influential director whose list of credits includes such disturbing but popular films as 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), A Clockwork Orange (1971), Dr. Strangelove (1964…Sandy Koufax Biography
Sandy KoufaxBorn: Dec. 30, 1935Baseball LHP led NL in strikeouts 4 times and ERA 5 straight years; won 3 Cy Young Awards (1963,65,66) with LA Dodgers; MVP in 1963; 2-time World Series MVP (…