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Top 25 Movies of 2006

The following list includes the top 25 movies of 2006, according to domestic gross in the United States. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest was the highest grossing movie in 2005 with $423,…

Apollo 11 - Anniversary

Apollo 11July 20 marks the anniversary of man's first walk on the moon by Ricco Villanueva Siasoco How many movies, songs, anecdotes—even clichés—have sprung from humanity's first landing on the…

Lindbergh Kidnapping

The crime that shocked the nation by David Johnson Related Links AviationSpirit of St. LouisFlightIncarceration/Capital PunishmentNew JerseyCalled "the biggest story since the…

Ross Winans

inventor, manufacturerBorn: 1796Birthplace: Sussex County, N.J. Ironically, the man who would set the standard for railroad wheel design for the entire 19th century first came in contact with…

Dusty Springfield

(Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien)Born: 4/16/1939Birthplace: Hampstead, London, England soulful British singer whose hits included '60s songs “Son of a Preacher Man” and “Wishin' and Hopin…

Jonathan Taylor Thomas

(Jonathan Weiss)actorBorn: 9/08/1981Birthplace: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Before winning a role on the television series Home Improvement (1991–1998), Thomas worked as a model and appeared in The…

Leopold Godowsky, Jr.

Born: 1900 Color Film. The duo, Godowsky and Mannes, affectionately known by colleagues and friends as “God and Man” were professional musicians who enjoyed photography as a hobby. In 1916 they…

Bapsi Sidhwa

novelistBorn: 1938 Birthplace: Karachi, Pakistan Often called Pakistan's leading English-language novelist, Sidwa moved to the United States in 1983. Her novels, which include The Crow Eaters (…

James Cagney

actorBorn: 7/17/1899Birthplace: New York City Academy Award-winning actor best known for his brash gangster role in Public Enemy (1931). But Cagney first performed as a song-and-dance man,…