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| Harry Houdini's name was Ehrich Weiss, before it was legally changed. William Shakespere's wife's name was Anne Hathaway. The first modernday franchise shift in major league baseball was, the Boston Braves to Milwaukee in 1953. Bobby Driscoll does the voice of Peter Pan in the early 1950's movie. Johnny Sheffield played the part of "Boy" in the Tarzan movies. The first winner of the Miss America Pageant in 1921 was, Margaret Gorman of Washington D.C. Jack won the championship title in a heavyweight boxing match, in 1919, against Jess Willard. It's a Wonderful Life was directed by Frank Capra. Zero Mostel was the first actor to play the role of Tevye in the hti stage show, Fiddler On The Roof, which opened in New York in September 1964. The Washington Senators were transferred to Minnesota in 1961 and renamed the TWINS. The Great Chicago Fire stared in a barn behind the home of Mrs. Patrick O'Leary, on th eevening of October 8, 1871. The small Principality of Liechtenstein is 60 square miles. It's in the Alps and is touched by Switzerland and Austria. Angels Lansbury plays the role of Elvis Presley's mother in the movie Blue Hawaii. The first Rolls-Royce came out in 1907 and was named, "Silver Ghost". Walt Disney's first full-length movie was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Victoria was queen of Great Britain and Ireland. But few people know she was also Empress of India for 25 years. Primo Carnera was known as the heavyweight boxing champ, "Italian Alp" and Ambling Alp" because of his height and weight. Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanac was published yearly. Elizabeth Taylor's first marriage was to Conrad Hilton, Jr, in 1950. The quote: "Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun" was by Noel Coward. The large statue "Christ of the Andes" was erected after a border dispute between Argentina and Chile in 1902. The "Camp Fire Girls of America" wee founded in 1912, by Dr. and Mrs. Luther Halsey Gulick. William Conrad played the role of crime-solver Nero Wolfe on the television show of that name. Wolfe lived in a New York City brownstone where he had a greenhouse and raised orchids. Dwight D. Eisenhower was a Major General when he was put in command of the European Theater operations in 1942. He was elevated to lieutenant general the following month, and in early 1943 was made a full general. There were 11 states in the Confederate States of America. Mount St. Helens, in Washington State erupted in 1980, after being dormant since 1857. Two major league baseball players reached the 3,000-hit mark on successive days during the 1999 season. They were Tony Gwynn of the San Diego Padres (Aug 6) and Wade Boggs of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (Aug 7). This feat has been accomplished by only 23 players in major league history. Hedy Lamarr,s real name was Hedwig Kiesler. The poem that starts "Fifteen men on the dead man's chest..." and ends with "Yo-ho-h- and a bottle of rum was entitled: Derelict. The Police Gazette was a magazine for police officers that was printed on pink paper. Lights were first used in a World Series game at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field for the ninth inning of the fifth and last game of the 1949 Series between the Dodgers and New York Yankees. Baseball commissioner Albert (Happy) Chandler asked that lights be turned on at 4:50 pm on October 9. Bordon's condenced mild came out in 1856 and was considered the first convenience food. This was prior to the U.S. Civil War. Europe is the largest population of three continents. North America is second and South America is third. Aristotle, a student of Plato, said: "Man is by nature a political animal". Orson Welles' first movie, usually considered his best, was Citizen Kane, which came out in 1941 when he was only 25-years-old. In 1995, Newt Gingrich of Georgia became the first Republican Speaker Of The House since Joseph W. Martin, Jr. of Massachusetts in 1953-5. Roy Rogers was the singing cowboy who had a dog named Bullet. The Empire State Building in New York City was completed in 1931. Construction of the 102-story building cost $54 million dollars. Mickey Mouse has a thumb and only three fingers on each hand. The boys who starred in the 1937 movie, Dead End were first called the "dead End Kids", and later known as the "East Side Kids" and "Bowery Boys". This movie was the first in a long series of movies by these boys. The six countries that border Afghanistan are: Pakistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and China. In the comics, Snuffy Smith' rank was "Yard Bird" when he was in the service during the WWII era. General Peter Beauregard was the Confederate general who led the attack on Fort Sumter in South Carolina to touch off the Civil War. From 1919 through 1964, with only two exceptions, the New York Yankees did not finish below third place in the American League standings. The Cerebellum is sometimes called the "little brain". This part of the grain is primarily concerned with muscular coordination and movement. It also modifies cerebral cortex activity. The Liberty Bell was tolling for the death of Chief Justice John Marshall, in 1835, when it cracked. There were two Battles of Bull Run. The first battle was in the first year of the Civil War, July 1861. The second was the following year in August. A contract is legal even if it's signed in pencil. The nation of Myanmar, with the capital, Yangon (Formerly Rangoon) was changed from Burma in 1989. The Chief Justice of the United States presides over the impeachment of a president. "Jitney" is slang for a nickel or a five-cent coin, which was the fare for a short cab ride round the WW I period. |
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