While working as a shoe salesman in Philadelphia, American actor and comedian Kevin Hart decided to give standup a try at a local comedy club's amateur night. He was a success and .
Farinelli, Carlo Broschi kärˈlō brôˈskē färēnĕlˈlē [key], –82, Italian male soprano, greatest of the castrati (see castrato), pupil of Niccolò Porpora, in whose operas he sang (–37) in .
Curtis Sliwa, born on March 26, , in New York City, is an American anti-crime activist, radio talk show host, and politician. He is best known as the founder and CEO of the .
His Common Sense () was a central text behind the call for American independence from Britain; his Rights of Man (–2) was the most widely read pamphlet in .
Emmett Till (born July 25, , Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died August 28, , Money, Mississippi) was an African American teenager whose murder catalyzed the emerging .
Delta Rae is an American band formed in Durham, North Carolina in Their debut album, Carry the Fire, was released on June 19, The band consists of three siblings Ian Hölljes .
Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi is a well-known political and social activist, human rights advocate, and the first woman in US history to lead a major political party in Congress. She .
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was a French civil engineer. A graduate of École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures, he made his name with various bridges for the French railway network, most famously the Garabit Viaduct. He is best known for the world-famous Eiffel Tower, designed by his company and built for the See more.
Volpi came to Brazil in and settled in São Paulo. In , he painted his first landscape. A simple man, he was a mix of the former carpenter, engraver and self-educated artist who, in .
Martin "Moe" Snyder, commonly known as Moe the Gimp due to his lame left leg, was a Jewish-American gangster from Chicago, active in the s and s. Snyder was born and raised .
BREL, JACQUES (–) BIBLIOGRAPHY Belgian singer-songwriter. Jacques Brel was born on 8 April in Brussels, into a bourgeois family. After elementary school, he was .
For the first time, the enthralling history of one of the world's greatest sporting spectacles is told by its leading players--Jackie Stewart, Michael Schumacher, Juan Pablo Montoya, Ayrton .