Search results
3 hours ago · Professor at University of California, Los Angeles, 1969–1970 Davis (center, without glasses) enters Royce Hall with Kendra Alexander at UCLA for her first lecture, October 1969. Beginning in 1969, Davis was an acting assistant professor in the philosophy department at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
3 hours ago · Reginaldo Francisco del Valle was instrumental in the creation of the Los Angeles State Normal School in 1882, which became the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). By the 1880s, families began moving out of Aliso Street near Chinatown to more upscale neighborhoods which transformed residences into boarding houses or parlor houses ...
1 day ago · Frank Vincent Zappa (/ ˈ z æ p ə / ZAP-ə; December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, and bandleader.In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed rock, pop, jazz, jazz fusion, orchestral and musique concrète works; he also produced almost all of the 60-plus albums that he released with his band the Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist.
3 hours ago · George Alexander Trebek OC (/ t r ə ˈ b ɛ k /; July 22, 1940 – November 8, 2020) was a Canadian-American game show host and television personality.He was best known for hosting the syndicated general knowledge quiz game show Jeopardy! for 37 seasons from its revival in 1984 until his death in 2020.
3 hours ago · William J. Byron, 96, American Jesuit priest, president of the University of Scranton (1975–1982) and Catholic University of America (1982–1992). Martin Chambers, 59, Scottish Roman Catholic priest, bishop-elect of Dunkeld (since 2024). Hugo de los Reyes Chávez, 91, Venezuelan politician, governor of Barinas (2000–2008).
1 day ago · John C. Frémont – explorer, military officer, U.S. senator from California; Domingo Ghirardelli – chocolatier (Ghirardelli Chocolate Company) Chick Hearn – National Basketball Association announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers; William Redington Hewlett – co-founder of Hewlett-Packard; Bob Hope – actor, singer, and comedian
1 day ago · The rivalry still remained heated when the Raiders moved to Los Angeles, leaving many Raider fans in Northern California bitter over the move, and some of them becoming 49er fans, added with the antagonism between Northern and Southern California. The Raiders notably upset the defending Super Bowl champion 49ers in San Francisco in 1982 ...
