Best known for his role as Ross Geller on the sitcom Friends, David Schwimmer was born in 1966, Queens, New York. After earning a bachelor’s degree in theater and speech in 1988, young Schwimmer formed the […]
Known as “Whisperin’ Bill,” Bill Anderson, the country performer, television host, and songwriter, was born James William Anderson III in 1937. Anderson studied journalism at the University of Georgia while also working as a radio […]
Harry Houdini was one of the world’s most popular entertainers on stage and screen. Born in 1874 in Budapest, Houdini began performing at a young age. In 1893, he married Wilhelmina Rahner, known as Bess […]
On October 30, 1938, the night before Halloween, Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre on the Air performed a radio adaptation of H.G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds, causing panic among American listeners after […]
One of the world’s oldest public transit systems, one of the world’s longest subway systems, and, of course, one of the world’s most-used metro systems: the New York City Subway. On October 27, 1904, New […]
In Barstow, California, in 1984, Stephanie Fae Beauclair, or Baby Fae, was born with hypoplastic left-heart syndrome, a fatal defect in which the left side of the heart is underdeveloped. Babies with the condition were […]
Is there a Georgia-Pacific asbestos trust fund? Georgia-Pacific has faced asbestos claims involving joint compound and other building products manufactured by the company and its predecessor, Bestwall Gypsum Company. In 2017, Georgia-Pacific completed a corporate […]
King Alexander was born in 1893 to Greece’s King Constantine I and Queen Sophia. After his father had been pushed to abdicate, Alexander became king. With World War I nearing its end, the Allied forces […]
Strange hobbies Americans loved in the ’60s The 1960s were a time of experimentation, countercultural energy, and activities that seem wonderfully odd today. Americans embraced quirky pastimes that reflected the era’s creative spirit and desire […]
Yotam Ottolenghi and Ina Garten in Montclair: ‘Any Cooking Is Good Enough Cooking’ Yotam Ottolenghi brought a friend’s confession to Montclair on October 6: She can host a dinner party without flinching, but weeknights wear […]