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Marlon Brando Biography

Marlon BrandoactorBorn: 4/3/1924Birthplace: Omaha, Nebraska Academy Award-winning actor whose inward-looking style and rough but sexy appeal established him as one of Hollywood's most respected…

John Tesh Biography

John Teshmusician, TV personalityBorn: 7/9/1952Birthplace: Garden City, New York Hunky yet wholesome, Tesh has had a successful career in sports broadcasting, hosting TV shows such as…

Men's Olympic Platform DivePoints

1904 G.E. Sheldon, United States 12.75 1906 Gottlob Walz, Germany 156.00 1908 Hialmar Johansson, Sweden 83.75 1912 Erik Adlerz, Sweden 73.94 1920 Clarence…

Kenneth Branagh Biography

Kenneth Branaghactor, director, producerBorn: 12/10/1960Birthplace: Belfast, Northern Ireland Having escaped the poverty of his childhood in Belfast, Branagh moved to London to study at the Royal…

Austria: Rulers

Emperors Franz I, last Holy Roman Emperor, first Emperor of Austria (1804–1835) Ferdinand I (1835–1848) Franz Joseph I (1848–1916) Karl I, last emperor of Austria (1916–1918) Presidents Franz…

Men's Olympic Diving

Multiple gold medals: Greg Louganis (4); Klaus Dibiasi and Xiong Ni (3); Pete Desjardins, Sammy Lee, Tian Liang, Bob Webster and Albert White (2).SpringboardYear Points1908 Albert Zürner,…

Brewer's: Kittle of Fish

A pretty kittle of fish. A pretty muddle, a bad job. Corruption of “kiddle of fish.” A kiddle is a basket set in the opening of a weir for catching fish. Perhaps the Welsh hidl or hidyl, a…

Brewer's: Klephts

(The) etymologically means robbers, but came to be a title of distinction in modern Greece. Those Greeks who rejected all overtures of their Turkish conquerors, betook themselves to the…

Entertainment Bios — T

George TakeiVivienne TamTomoyuki TanakaJessica TandyGeorgie TappsQuentin TarantinoBrandon TartikoffDerek TaylorElizabeth TaylorLili TaylorNiki TaylorJames TaylorJonathan Taylor ThomasTim TaylorTommy…

Lyons, city, France

(Encyclopedia) Lyons, Fr. LyonLyons,both: lyôNˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 422,444), capital of Rhône dept., E central France, at the confluence of the Rhône and Saône rivers. As an economic center and a…