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Recipients of Kennedy Center Honors

The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., created its Honors awards in 1978 to recognize the lifetime achievements of selected American…

Civil Rights Centenaries

2013 marks the (semi)centenaries of several major Civil Rights milestones March on Washington, Aug 28, 1963 Malcolm X Related Links Black History Month African American History…

1982 Radio & Records All-Time Charts

1982 Radio & Records All-Time ChartsAC“Ebony and Ivory” Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder (Columbia)“Hard to Say I'm Sorry” Chicago (Full Moon/Warner Bros.)“Love Will Turn You Around”…

Brewer's: Marmion

Ralph de Wilton, being charged with treason, claimed to prove his innocence by the ordeal of battle, and, being overthrown by Lord Marmion, was supposed to be dead, but was picked up by a…

1952 Women's Olympic Swimming Medalists

Event   Time   100m Free Katalin Szöke, HUN 1:06.8     Johanna Termeulen, NED 1:07.0     Judit Termes, HUN 1:07.1   400m Free Valéria Gyenge, HUN 5…

Women's Olympic Swimming: 100-meter Backstroke

100-meter Backstroke Find the Olympic gold-medal times for the women's 100m Backstroke swimming competition from 1924 to the present. Year WinnerTime Record1924 Sybil Bauer, USA 1:23…

1998–1999 Emmy Awards

Outstanding Drama SeriesThe Practice (ABC)Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama SeriesDennis Franz, N.Y.P.D. BlueOutstanding Lead Actress in a Drama SeriesEdie Falco, The SopranosOutstanding…

1980 National Book Awards

AutobiographyHardcoverLauren Bacall by Myself, Lauren BacallPaperbackAnd I Worked at the Writer's Trade: Chapters of Literary History 1918–1978, Malcolm CowleyBiographyHardcoverThe Rise of…

Brewer's: Fifteen decisive Battles

(The), according to Sir E.S. Creasy, were: 1. The battle of MARATHON (Sept., 490 B.C.), when Miltiades, with 10,000 Greeks, defeated 100,000 Persians under Datis and Artaphernes. 2. The…