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actressBorn: 7/29/1885Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio Theodosia Goodman grew up interested in theater. In 1905 she dropped out of college, died her blond hair black and looked for theater work. In…
poetBorn: 10/21/1904Birthplace: Inniskeen, County Monaghan, Ireland What Joyce did for Dublin, Patrick Kavanagh's poetry did for the “stony grey soil of Monaghan,” revealing the unsentimental truth…
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The Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki August 6 and 9, 1945 by Ben Snowden At 2:45 in the morning of August 6, 1945, an American B-29 bomber flew north from Tinian Island in the Marianas…
rock group Grammy Award-winning Irish rock group known for its political songs, anthemic guitars, and big, high-tech concerts. The group's political themes are often a lightning rod of controversy…
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