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Mardi Gras

The feast before the fast by Holly Hartman and Chris Frantz   Millions of people every year crowd New Orleans to view the Mardi Gras parades. RELATED LINKS A Tale of Two…

Joan Chen

actress, directorBorn: 4/26/1961Birthplace: Shanghai, China Chen has found critical and commercial success in Hollywood, Hong Kong, and China. Her film career began in China, at age 14, when she…

Ishi Biography

Last of the Yahi tribeBorn: 1860? In August 1911, a silent “wild man” was found walking down from the northeastern California hills. He was brought to the local sheriff, and a member of the nearby…

Alan Hale Jr.

actorBorn: 3/8/1918Birthplace: Los Angeles Hearty, large character actor much like his father who first appeared as a teenager in 1933's Wild Boys of the Road. He worked in bit parts throughout the…

Doc Holliday

(John Henry Holliday)dentist, gambler, gun fighterBorn: 8/14/1851Birthplace: Griffin, Georgia An educated killer with a gambler's heart and a terminal illness, “Doc” Holliday is one of the best…

Origin of the Teddy Bear

Teddy Bear sculpture by Urs Fischer in New York City Source: AP Photo/Charles Sykes In November 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt and some…

Black Elk

Oglala Lakota holy manBorn: 1863Birthplace: Little Powder River, Wyoming Black Elk's life encompassed the U.S.-Sioux wars, the Battle of the Little Big Horn, and the 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee…

Jeremiah HARALSON, Congress, AL (1846-1916)

HARALSON, Jeremiah, a Representative from Alabama; born on a plantation near Columbus, Muscogee County, Ga., April 1, 1846; raised as a slave; self-educated; moved to Alabama and engaged in…

Passover (Pesach)

Celebration of the Exodus by Shmuel Ross Passover Dates (beginning at sundown on the following dates) 2017: April 102018: March 302019: April 19 The Ten Plagues Water turned to blood…