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1 day ago · 19 October 1785. 7. Convicted at the Old Bailey of stealing one linen gown (21s), nine yards and a half of linen trimming (2ss 3d), one silk and cotton gown (6s), one black stuff flounced petticoat (6s), one apron (12d), one black silk bonnet (12d) and 9s 6d in money (Guilty of stealing 39s total). William Hamlin.
5 hours ago · Notes: F Also Father of the House (not necessarily contemporaneous with seniority) 1 Died in office 2 Retired 3 Defeated when seeking re-election Longest-lived MP. Although his alleged birth year predates parish registers and civil birth registration, William Badger, who was member for Winchester in the 1597 parliament of England, is supported by a History of Parliament biographer to have been ...
1 day ago · Journeyman Pictures: Sophie Barthes (director/screenplay); Paul Giamatti, Emily Watson, Dina Korzun, David Strathairn, Katheryn Winnick, Lauren Ambrose, Boris Kievsky G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra: Paramount Pictures / Spyglass Entertainment / Hasbro Studios
1 day ago · Margaret Abbott (1878–1955), first modern-era Olympic United States female champion. Lived during her teens and learned her Olympic sport of golf in Illinois. Robert Sengstacke Abbott (1868–1940), African-American lawyer, newspaper publisher and editor. Studied law and had his newspaper career in Chicago.
1 day ago · Princess Kaiulani: Matador Pictures / Island Film Group / Trailblazer Films: Marc Forby (director); Q'orianka Kilcher, Barry Pepper, Will Patton, Shaun Evans, Jimmy Yuill, Julian Glover, Tamzin Merchant, Catherine Steadman, Kainoa Kilcher Touching Home: CFI Releasing: Logan Miller, Noah Miller (directors/screenplay) 21: MacGruber
1 day ago · A stock character, popular in 16th-century Spanish literature, who is comically and shockingly vulgar. Clarín, the clown in Pedro Calderón de la Barca 's Life is a dream, is a gracioso. Examples of similar characters in Anglophone culture include Bubbles, Wheeler Walker, Jr. and the stand-up persona of Bob Saget.
5 hours ago · CBS / NBC / ABC. First series to be produced by Screen Gems. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. 1950–1958. CBS. produced by McCadden Productions. Screen Gems acquired syndication rights after McCadden Productions dissolved. The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok. 1951–1958.
