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Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Balloon

by EmilyDickinsonThe BatEveningThe Balloon The Balloon You've seen balloons set, haven't you? So stately they ascend It is as swans discarded you For duties diamond. Their liquid…

Bob Lackey 2002 Deaths

Bob LackeyAge: 53 Marquette forward, who joined coach Al McGwire's team as a diamond in the rough and left as his smooth-playing captain known as "the Black Swan" and "Captain Bob"; Casper…

Lucy Biography

LucyHominid fossilBorn: c. 3.2 million years ago The fossil known as Lucy is one of the oldest and best-preserved skeletons of a hominid (two-footed, humanlike primate). Lucy was of the…

48th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards

The DGA Awards, which honor directorial excellence in film and television, were announced on March 2, 1996. Here are the television awards.Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Dramatic…

William Paul JARRETT, Congress, HI (1877-1929)

JARRETT, William Paul, a Delegate from the Territory of Hawaii; born in Honolulu, Hawaii, August 22, 1877; attended St. Louis College, Honolulu; deputy sheriff and sheriff of the city and…

Dyan Cannon

Dyan Cannon(Samille Diane Friesen)actressBorn: 1/4/1937Birthplace: Tacoma, Washington Sexy actress who won an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Heaven Can Wait (…

Sean Connery Biography

Sean Connery(Thomas Connery)actorBorn: 8/25/1930Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland Academy Award-winning, genially handsome film actor whose name became synonymous with James Bond, the imperturbable…

Dyan Cannon Biography

Dyan Cannon(Samille Diane Friesen)actressBorn: 1/4/1937Birthplace: Tacoma, Washington Sexy actress who won an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Heaven Can Wait (…

Edward Goodrich Acheson

Edward Goodrich Acheson Born: 1856 Birthplace: Washington, Penn. Carborundum—Carborundum is the hardest surface made by…