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Burl Ives

actor, singer, writerBorn: 6/14/1909Birthplace: Hunt City Township, Illinois The beloved folk singer of such children's classics as “I Know an Old Lady (Who Swallowed A Fly),” Burl Ives spent the…

Betty Grable

actressBorn: 12/18/1916Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri Vivacious leading lady of Fox movie musicals, who began as a chorus girl and became famous for her legs, which helped make her the top pinup…

Rita Hayworth

(Margarita Carmen Cansino)actressBorn: 10/17/1918Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Fiery movie actress who began her career as a dancer and made her major film debut in Only Angels Have Wings (1939…

Richard Pryor

actor, comedian, writerBorn: 12/1/1940Birthplace: Peoria, Illinois Grammy Award-winning film actor and comedian known for his rude, crude and hilarious characterizations of the dark side of the…

Diana, Princess of Wales

(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…

Diana Ross

singer, actressBorn: 3/26/1944Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan A singer that helped define the Motown sound, Diana Ross joined several residents from a Detroit housing project to create the Supremes.…

Women's Halls Of Fame

A number of states have halls of fame that honor the renowned women who once called that state home or helped to make it great. These are a few to know. Alabama Women's Hall of FameMarion,…

Politics and Government

Kofi Atta Annan Biographies by Category Arts and Entertainment Business, Philanthropy, and Labor Politics and Government Science and Technology Society, Culture, and Scholarship Sports…

Movies and Film: The Big Production

The Big ProductionMovies and FilmHow a Film is MadeDevelopment: Birth of a NotionPreproductionThe Big ProductionPostproductionSome Films Worth Viewing Okay, this is the part that budding thespians…

Men and women's buttons

The Question: Why are women's buttons on the opposite side from men's? The Answer: Nobody's certain, but the usual answer given is that men's clothing buttons…