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A Thousand Clowns

By: Don Schlitz Director: Scott Ellis Cast: Joshua Park, Kristen Bell, Linda Purl, Jane Connell, John Christopher Jones, Tommy Hollis, Marshall Pailet, Jim Poulos, Tom Aldredge, John…

Peninsular War

(Encyclopedia) Peninsular War, 1808–14, fought by France against Great Britain, Portugal, Spanish regulars, and Spanish guerrillas in the Iberian Peninsula. The Peninsular War immeasurably…

What the Thunder Said

What the Thunder Said[41]After the torchlight red on sweaty faces After the frosty silence in the gardens After the agony in stony places The shouting and the crying Prison and palace and…

1984 Women's Olympic Swimming Medalists

Event   Time   100m Free Nancy Hogshead, USA / Carrie Steinseifer, USA 55.92     Annemarie Verstappen, NED 56.08   200m Free Mary Wayte, USA 1:59.23…

Notable Stage and Screen Actresses

    Parker Posey Biographies of Notable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators and…

124th KENTUCKY DERBY

124th KENTUCKY DERBY Grade I for three-year olds; 8th race at Churchill Downs in Louisville. Date— May 2, 1998; Distance— 11/4 miles; Stakes Purse— $1,000,000 ($700,000 to winner; $170,000…

All-Time Leading Medal Winners – Single Games

Athletes who have won the most medals in a single Summer Olympics. Totals include individual, relay and team medals. U.S. athletes are in bold type.MenNo Sport G-S-B8Michael Phelps, USA (…

History of Slavery in America

What to the Slave is the 4th of July? As immortalized in the above Frederick Douglass quote, the United State has contended with the moral and economic problems of slavery from the beginning.…