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1980 Academy Awards

The 1980 Academy Awards were presented March 31, 1981 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.Best PictureCoal Miner's Daughter, Bernard Schwartz, producer (Universal)The Elephant Man…

Brewer's: Rolandseck Tower

opposite the Drachenfels. The legend is that when Roland went to the wars, a false report of his death was brought to his betrothed, who retired to a convent in the isle of Nonnewerth.…

1945 Academy Awards

The 1945 Academy Awards were presented March 7, 1946 at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, Calif.Best Motion PictureAnchors Aweigh (MGM)The Bells of St. Mary's (Rainbow Productions; RKO…

Baudrillard, Jean

(Encyclopedia) Baudrillard, Jean, 1929–2007, French social theorist and cultural critic. Trained as a sociologist, he taught at the Univ. of Paris X, Nanterre, from 1966 to 1987 and was a prolific…

Charlemagne

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Carolingian Empire (814) Charlemagne (Charles the Great or Charles I)Charlemagneshärˈləmān [key] [O.Fr.,=Charles the great], 742?–814, emperor of the West (800–814),…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: August 24, 1805

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark August 23, 1805August 25, 1805August 24, 1805 Saturday August 24th 1805. As the Indians who were on their way down the Missouri had a number of…

Cliff Shaw 1998 Deaths

Cliff ShawAge: 91 college football and basketball official whose call in the 1954 Cotton Bowl set a precedent still observed in the NCAA; when Alabama's Tommy Lewis came off the bench to…

Ray Scott 1998 Deaths

Ray ScottAge: 78 the voice heard describing every moment of the Green Bay Packers' dynasty years of the 1960s was owned by Scott; paired with Pat Summerall to form CBS's number one duo…