film producerBorn: 8/8/1918Birthplace: Torre Annunziata, Italy Having produced several widely acclaimed Italian films in the 1950s, including Fellini's La Strada (1954) and Nights of Cabiria (1956…
actressBorn: 7/1/1916Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan The sister of actress Joan Fontaine, she is probably best remembered as the long-suffering Melanie in Gone With the Wind (1939). She starred opposite…
Born: 1873Birthplace: Council Bluffs, Iowa Audion amplifier—De Forest inserted a third electrode between the cathode and anode to make his audion tube. Radio signals are picked up by connecting an…
politicianBorn: 10/3/1789Birthplace: Tecoh, Yucatan, Mexico De Zavala played a pivotal role in Texas' battle for independence from Mexico. He was imprisoned in 1814 for his outspoken support of…
(Marie Gouze)feminist, writerBorn: 1745?Birthplace: Montauban, Languedoc, France De Gouges was an ardent advocate of many human rights, especially equality for women, at a time when those beliefs…
actorBorn: 8/17/1943Birthplace: New York City Academy Award-winning actor known for his demanding, tough-guy roles in Martin Scorsese films. His films include The Godfather Part II (1974), Raging…
director, screenwriterBorn: 9/11/1940Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey Contemporary film director who has been, at times, as controversial as he has been successful. With movies such as Carrie (1976…
(Simone-Lucie-Ernestine-Marie-Bertrand de Beauvoir)writer, feministBorn: 1/9/1908 Birthplace: Paris, France Best known for the classic feminist treatise, Le Deuxième Sexe (1949, The Second Sex), de…
A U.S. celebration of Mexican Heritage
Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for the Fifth of May) began with a proclamation from President Benito Juárez of Mexico, but ever since it's been a mostly American…
BOYLAN, John Joseph, a Representative from New York; born in New York City September 20, 1878; attended the public schools, Cathedral School, De La Salle Institute, and Manhattan College, all…
