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Jack Benny Biography

Jack Benny(Benjamin Kubelsky)comedianBorn: 2/14/1894Birthplace: Chicago Emmy Award-winning radio and television comedian remembered for his self-ridicule, his awful violin playing and his stinginess…

Emile Berliner

Emile Berliner Born: 1851Birthplace: Hanover, Germany Microphone and gramophone—The Berliner microphone enhanced Bell's telephone that had been limited to short transmissions. The gramophone…

Alexander Graham Bell Biography

Alexander Graham Bell Born: 1847Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland Telegraphy—In addition to the telephone, Bell held patents for the telegraph, photophone, phonograph, aerial vehicles,…

New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards

The New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards are presented each May by critics from all New York City's newspapers, magazines and wire services except the New York…

Annette Bening Biography

Annette Bening actressBorn: 5/29/1958Birthplace: Topeka, Kansas The Oscar-nominated actress has appeared in numerous successful movies, including Valmont (1989), The American President (1994),…

1971 Academy Awards

The 1971 Academy Awards were presented April 10, 1972 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.Best PictureA Clockwork Orange, Stanley Kubrick, producer (Warner Bros.)Fiddler on the…

Ella Fitzgerald Biography

Ella Fitzgeraldjazz singerBorn: 4/25/1917Birthplace: Newport News, Virginia Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, called “the first lady of song,” who blessed thousands of listeners with her…

2017 Grammy Awards

The 60th Annual Grammy Awards were presented at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Jan. 28, 2018. Some of the evening's biggest features were tributes to Leonard Bernstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and…

Members of Congress: Georgia, Congress, GA

Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from Georgia Member Name Birth-Death ABBOT, Joel 1776-1826 ADAMSON, William Charles 1854-1929 ALFORD, Julius Caesar 1799-1863…

Munich Pact

(Encyclopedia) Munich Pact, 1938. In the summer of 1938, Chancellor Hitler of Germany began openly to support the demands of Germans living in the Sudetenland (see Sudetes) of Czechoslovakia for an…