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1 day ago · Christopher Eric Hitchens (13 April 1949 – 15 December 2011) was a British and American author, journalist, and educator. [2] [3] Author of 18 books on faith, culture, politics and literature, he was born and educated in Britain, graduating in the 1970s from Oxford with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
1 day ago · Early life Youth Aleister Crowley was born as Edward Alexander Crowley at 30 Clarendon Square in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, on 12 October 1875. Crowley was born Edward Alexander Crowley at 30 Clarendon Square in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, on 12 October 1875. His father, Edward Crowley (1829–1887), was trained as an engineer, but his share in a lucrative family brewing ...
1 hour ago · Artists Raja Feather Kelly Raja Feather Kelly (Choreographer) is a choreographer and director, and the Artistic Director of the feath3rtheory–a dance-theatre-media company. Kelly has created 16 evening-length premieres with the feath3rtheory, most recently WEDNESDAY at New York Live Arts. He choreog...
1 day ago · Roy Orbison. Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist known for his distinctive and powerful voice, complex song structures, and dark, emotional ballads. Orbison's music is mostly in the rock genre and his most successful periods were in the early 1960s and the late 1980s.
1 day ago · Views on slavery. Views on religion. Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 [b] – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. [6] He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
1 day ago · Early life (1732–1752) Further information: Washington family and British America Ferry Farm, the Washington family residence on the Rappahannock River in Stafford County, Virginia, where Washington spent much of his youth George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, [a] at Popes Creek in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He was the first of six children of Augustine and Mary Ball ...
