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1 day ago · 1943–1944. Battles/wars. World War II. Sidney Poitier KBE ( / ˈpwɑːtjeɪ / PWAH-tyay; [1] February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian and American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first Black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. [2] He received two competitive Golden Globe ...
5 hours ago · While Episcopal Academy entered the fourth quarter with a seemingly comfortable 8-3 lead, Agnes Irwin made this a competitive final period. Did anybody think that an Agnes Irwin team that came back from an early season adversity, wouldn’t mount some type of charge? The Owls did just that, scoring the first three goals of the fourth quarter.
4 hours ago · CBS-Philadelphia. Wed, May 29, 2024, 5:40 PM EDT. A box truck overturned on southbound I-95 near the Academy Road exit in Northeast Philadelphia. Traffic was all jammed up around 9 a.m. Wednesday ...
2 hours ago · Paul VI with Joseph Ratzinger (future Pope Benedict XVI) who was created cardinal in the 1977 consistory. Pope Paul VI held six consistories between 1965 and 1977 that raised 143 men to the cardinalate in his fifteen years as pope: 22 February 1965, 27 cardinals. 26 June 1967, 27 cardinals. 28 April 1969, 34 cardinals.
1 day ago · Ozzie Smith. Osborne Earl Smith (born December 26, 1954) is an American former professional baseball player. Nicknamed " the Wizard of Oz ", Smith played shortstop for the San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals in Major League Baseball, winning the National League Gold Glove Award for defensive play at shortstop for 13 consecutive seasons.
