The Question: What's a Black Maria? The Answer: A "black maria" is a slang term for a police wagon. How did it get this name? We don't know. But here are two…
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American revolutionary patriotBorn: c. 1723Birthplace: Boston Of mixed African and American Indian ancestry, Attucks was the slave of William Brown of Framingham, Mass. Attucks escaped around 1750…
actressBorn: 1/9/1941Birthplace: London, England Highly regarded actress best noted for her work playing struggling, psychologically damaged characters. She won the Best Actress award at the Cannes…
(Robert Allen Zimmerman)singer, songwriterBorn: 5/24/1941Birthplace: Duluth, Minnesota Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and guitarist known for his angry folkrock protest songs and his…
country singerBorn: 3/28/1955Birthplace: McAlester, Oklahoma Grammy Award-winning country and western singer who is considered the most popular and successful female performer in the industry. Her…
actorBorn: 6/26/1970Birthplace: Winnetka, Illinois In his premiere role as Jessica Lange's eldest son in Men Don't Leave, O'Donnell establish self in the regular-guy role. He later played Buddy…
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