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19 hours ago · David Eggers, double winner of the Book Prize in 2009. Since 1980, the Los Angeles Times has awarded a set of annual book prizes. The Los Angeles Times Book Prize currently has nine categories: biography, current interest, fiction, first fiction (the Art Seidenbaum Award added in 1991), history, mystery/thriller (category added in 2000), poetry, science and technology (category added in 1989 ...
19 hours ago · Media Further information: List of Dragon Quest media Games The first installment of the franchise was released in Japan on May 27, 1986, titled with the name "Dragon Quest" followed by a Roman numeral. Since 1986, the franchise has featured eleven games within the main series, as well as several spin-off games, and also two animated productions. Main series Release timeline 1986 Dragon Quest ...
19 hours ago · History of women at the Olympics 1900 Charlotte Cooper. The first modern Olympic Games to feature female athletes was the 1900 Games in Paris. Hélène de Pourtalès of Switzerland became the first woman to compete at the Olympic Games and became the first female Olympic champion, as a member of the winning team in the first 1 to 2 ton sailing event on May 22, 1900.
19 hours ago · Valeyard. Alma mater. University of Glasgow [1] The Doctor is the protagonist of the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. An extraterrestrial Time Lord, the Doctor travels the universe in a time travelling spaceship called the TARDIS, often with companions.
19 hours ago · FThis is a list of notable films that are primarily about animals.This include film where the main characters are animals or the plot revolves around an animal. While films involving dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals are included on this list, those concerning legendary creatures, such as dragons, vampires, or animal-human hybrids like werewolve are not.
19 hours ago · Michael Savage (born 1942), radio personality and conservative political commentator. Randy Shilts (1951–1994), pioneering gay journalist at San Francisco Chronicle and author of And the Band Played On, The Mayor of Castro Street and Conduct Unbecoming. Lincoln Steffens (1866–1936), journalist.
19 hours ago · Notable deaths. January 10 – Jennell Jaquays, 67, tabletop and video game designer, with contributions for Dungeons & Dragons and at id Software. February 1 – Carl Weathers, 76, actor, best known for portraying Apollo Creed in the Rocky films and providing voice work in Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction, Mortal Kombat X and The Artful Escape.
