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Art Carney

actorBorn: 11/4/1918Birthplace: Mt. Vernon, New York Carney is best-known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of Ed Norton, Jackie Gleason's sidekick on the various incarnations of The Honeymooners (…

First President on TV

The Question: Who was the first president to give a televised speech? My daughter answered FDR but her teacher says Truman. I have found several web sites,…

Lois-Ann Yamanaka

novelistBorn: 1961Birthplace: Ho’olehua, Molokai, Hawaii Lois-Ann Yamanaka is a Japanese-American writer who grew up in Hawaii. With a unique voice that often uses pidgin English, Yamanaka's novels…

Elisabeth Shue

actressBorn: 10/6/1963Birthplace: Wilmington, Delaware Actress who got her start playing the girl-next-door in movies like Adventures in Babysitting (1987) and Back to the Future, parts II and III…

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

actressBorn: 1/13/1961Birthplace: New York City Film and television actress best known as Elaine Benes on the NBC sitcom Seinfeld (1990–98). Louis-Dreyfus got her start in the famous Chicago Second…

Nichols, Mike

(Encyclopedia) Nichols, Mike, 1931–2014, American actor and director, b. Berlin, Germany, as Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky. His family immigrated to the…

Sinclair, Upton

(Encyclopedia) Sinclair, Upton (Upton Beall Sinclair), 1878–1968, American novelist and socialist activist, b. Baltimore, grad. College of the City of New York, 1897. He was one of the muckrakers,…

Calvinistic Methodist Church

(Encyclopedia) Calvinistic Methodist Church, Protestant Christian denomination, closely allied to Presbyterianism. It originated in Wales (1735–36) with the evangelistic preaching of Howell Harris,…

333 Wacker Drive

Chicago, Ill.Designed in 1983 by William E. Pedersen photo by Carol M. Highsmith The American Institute of Architects and Harris Interactive selected 333 Wacker Drive as one of…

Ahwahnee Hotel

Yosemite Valley, Calif.Designed in 1928 by Gilbert Stanley Underwood photo by Carol M. Highsmith The American Institute of Architects and Harris Interactive selected Ahwahnee Hotel…