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Meet Wally Sparks

Director: Peter BaldwinWriters: Rodney Dangerfield and Harry BasilDirector of Photography:Richard H. KlineEditor:Paul DavalosMusic:Michel ColombierProduction Designer:Bryan JonesProducers:…

Sir Wally Herbert Biography

explorerDied: June 12, 2007 (Scotland) Best Known as: explorer of Arctic and Antarctic Explorer, who was the first man to walk across the frozen Arctic…

Wally Gold 1998 Deaths

Wally Goldsongwriter Wrote the lyrics to the Elvis Presley hit, “It's Now or Never,” as well as Lesley Gore's “It's My Party.” Born: 1928?Died: 1998Rumer GoddenG - LBarry Goldwater

Wally Pontiff 2002 Deaths

Wally PontiffAge: 21 LSU junior third baseman and team captain; ranks in school's top-10 in three categories: hits, doubles and batting average; drafted in the 21st round of the 2002 MLB…

Horrocks, Jeremiah

(Encyclopedia) Horrocks or Horrox, JeremiahHorrocks or Horrox, Jeremiahboth: hŏrˈəks [key], 1618?–1641, English astronomer. He made the first observation of the transit of Venus. His Venus in sole…

Adolfo

(Encyclopedia) Adolfo, 1923-2021, Cuban-American fashion designer, b. Havana, Cuba, as Adolfo Sardiña. Adolfo came to New York in the 1950s, originally working as a milliner (hat maker/…

Book of the Dead

(Encyclopedia) Book of the Dead, term used to describe Egyptian funerary literature. The texts consist of charms, spells, and formulas for use by the deceased in the afterworld and contain many of…

French Community

(Encyclopedia) French Community, established in 1958 by the constitution of the Fifth French Republic to replace the French Union. Its members consisted of the French Republic, which included…

Mi'kmaq

(Encyclopedia) Mi'kmaq or Micmac, Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). They inhabit Nova…