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Billy Butlin Biography
Billy Butlin(Sir William Edmund Butlin)holiday camp promoterBorn: 1899Birthplace: South Africa A veteran of World War I, he worked for a fun fair briefly before beginning his own business of…Bill Gates, 2005 News
founder of Microsoft and philanthropist, was made a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth in March for his charity work and for his astute…Lew Grade 1998 Deaths
Lew GradeAge: 91 entertainment executive who was knighted in 1963 for his influence in shaping the British television and movie industries. He also produced several U.S. television hits…Bernard Williams 2003 Deaths
Bernard WilliamsAge: 73 one of the 20th century's most brilliant philosophers, Williams was best known for his influential critiques of both Kant and utilitarianism and for defending the…William Shakespeare: When in the chronicle of wasted time
When in the chronicle of wasted timeWhen in the chronicle of wasted time I see descriptions of the fairest wights, And beauty making beautiful old rime, In praise of ladies dead and lovely…William Shakespeare: Merry Wives of Windsor, Act IV, Scene II
Scene IIA room in Ford's houseEnter Falstaff and Mistress FordFalstaffMistress Ford, your sorrow hath eaten up my sufferance. I see you are obsequious in your love, and I profess requital to…The Iliad of Homer: How Agamemnon sent an embassage to Achilles, beseeching him to be appeased; and how Achilles denied him
Book 8 Book 10 How Agamemnon sent an embassage to Achilles, beseeching him to be appeased; and how Achilles denied him. Thus kept the Trojans watch; but the Achaians were holden of…Bill Bowerman Biography
Bill BowermanAge: 88 Oregon track coach from 1949-72 who co-founded Nike with his former student Phil Knight; coached 24 NCAA individual champions at Oregon and won four team championships;…Top 10 DVD Sales of 2009
Find the top 10 DVD sales of 2009, including the movie title and distributor. Twilight was the best-selling DVD in 2009.Twilight (Universal Home Entertainment) Transformers: Revenge of the…Samuel Bowers 2006 Deaths
Samuel BowersAge: 82 leader of the notoriously violent Mississippi White Knights division of the Ku Klux Klan. After the 1964 murders of civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, Michael H.…