musician, songwriterBorn: 7/6/1953Birthplace: Austin, Texas Singer-songwriter whose intelligent rendering of folk and “rockabilly” music has created a small legion of dedicated fans. Griffith has…
actorBorn: 10/20/1935Birthplace: Bronx, New York Orbach's career encompasses musical theater, film, and television. He won a Tony in 1969 for acting in Promises, Promises and appeared in The…
actor, writer, director, producerBorn: 3/6/1947Birthplace: New York City Emmy Award-winning television and film actor, writer, director and producer who portrayed Mike Stivic, Archie Bunker's…
country/pop singerBorn: 7/17/1952Birthplace: Helena, Montana Larson rose to pop music fame in the 1970s with her recording of Neil Young's song “Lotta Love” (1978). She began her music career in…
2013 Notable Books for Children Books Inside and Out Types of Literature A Guide to Library Books: The Dewey Decimal System Kids' Top 100 Favorite Books Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children The…
writerBorn: 7/21/1905Birthplace: New York A member of the New York intellectuals, a group of writers and critical thinkers of the 1930s, '40s and '50s, Trilling wrote reviews and essays for The…
(Lady Diana Frances Spencer)former princessBorn: 7/1/1961Birthplace: Sandringham, Norfolk, England Popular member of the British royal family whose death in a spectacular car accident caused a…
actorBorn: 2/21/1946Birthplace: London, England An Emmy Award winning British actor who often plays show-stealing villains in films like Die Hard (1988) and Robin Hood: Prince of Theives (1991),…
actorBorn: 11/4/1918Birthplace: Mt. Vernon, New York Carney is best-known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of Ed Norton, Jackie Gleason's sidekick on the various incarnations of The Honeymooners (…
The Question: Who was the first president to give a televised speech? My daughter answered FDR but her teacher says Truman. I have found several web sites,…
