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8 hours ago · George Raymond Richard Martin [1] (born George Raymond Martin; September 20, 1948), [2] also known by his initials G.R.R.M., [3] is an American author, television writer, and television producer. He is best known as the author of the series of epic fantasy novels A Song of Ice and Fire, which were adapted into the Primetime Emmy Award ...
8 hours ago · Allen Ginsberg. Irwin Allen Ginsberg ( / ˈɡɪnzbɜːrɡ /; June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet and writer. As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he began friendships with Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, forming the core of the Beat Generation. He vigorously opposed militarism, economic ...
8 hours ago · John Major. Sir John Major KG, CH (born 29 March 1943) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1997. He previously held Cabinet positions under prime minister Margaret Thatcher, his last as chancellor of the Exchequer from 1989 to 1990.
8 hours ago · Kate Green tells the story of the extraordinary Minack Theatre, carved by hand into a Cornish cliffside. The storm scene that opens Shakespeare’s The Tempest has on occasions been all too real for audience and players at the Minack Theatre, the astonishing amphitheatre hewn into a steep, westerly ...
8 hours ago · Recorded December 8, 1941. Franklin Delano Roosevelt [a] (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. The longest serving U.S. president, he is the only president to have served more than two terms.
8 hours ago · Alan on his wedding day in 1965. The earliest records of his scams date back to the 1960s. Metcalfe was a seemingly successful businessman, with a big turnout at his funeral.
1 day ago · Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun ( US: ⫽ ˌvɜːrnər vɒn ˈbraʊn ⫽ VUR-nər von BROWN, German: [ˌvɛʁnheːɐ̯ fɔn ˈbʁaʊ̯n]; 23 March 1912 – 16 June 1977) was a German-American aerospace engineer [3] and space architect. He was a member of the Nazi Party and Allgemeine SS, the leading figure in the development of ...
