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Swan and Dolphin Hotels

Orlando, Fla.Designed in 1990 by Michael Graves by Carol M. Highsmith The American Institute of Architects and Harris Interactive selected Swan and Dolphin Hotels as one of America…

Courteney Cox-Arquette

actressBorn: 6/15/1964Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama Actress best known for her starring role as the fastidious roommate Monica Geller on the hit TV sitcom Friends (1994–2004). Cox got her first…

Nikki Cox

actressBorn: 6/2/1978Birthplace: Los Angeles, California Actress best known for her role as sassy 16-year-old Tiffany Malloy on the TV show Unhappily Ever After (1995). Already aspiring to showbiz…

Lea Thompson

actressBorn: 5/31/1961Birthplace: Rochester, Minnesota A professional dancer who trained with the American Ballet Theatre and other prestigious companies, Thompson became a familiar face through…

Dennis Miller

comedian/actorBorn: 11/3/1953Birthplace: Philadelphia Emmy Award winning comedian and actor, Miller got his start in comedy after college, and got his big break when he was discovered by Saturday…

Louise Erdrich

writerBorn: July 6, 1954Birthplace: Little Falls, Minnesota With recurring characters and themes, Louise Erdrich's fiction is steeped in the American Indian cultures of North Dakota, where she was…

William HARRISON, Jr., Congress, MD

HARRISON, William, Jr., a Delegate from Maryland; born in Maryland, birth date unknown; member of the Continental Congress, 1786; engaged in shipbuilding at St. Michaels, Talbot County, Md.,…

Quincy Jones

pop-soul composerBorn: 3/14/1933Birthplace: Chicago Grammy Award-winning pop-soul composer, arranger, instrumentalist and producer known for his behind-the-scenes influence in the music industry.…

Lynn Redgrave

actressBorn: 3/8/1943Birthplace: London, England Already a veteran of television and the stage, Redgrave made her first film appearance in Tom Jones (1963) and received an Oscar nomination for her…

Epirus, despotate of

(Encyclopedia) Epirus, despotate of. When, in 1204, the army of the Fourth Crusade set up the Latin Empire of Constantinople on the ruins of the Byzantine Empire, an independent Greek state emerged…