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May 2, 2024 · Chris Stapleton - Fire Away (Official Music Video) Merriam-Webster defines Americana music as “a genre of American music having roots in early folk and country music.”. The panorama of these ...
May 12, 2024 · Sawney Freeman may be America's first Black composer. He was likely enslaved in Connecticut, and his music has been performed there for the first time in two centuries.
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4 days ago · The first article published in America that recognized a city's gay community and political scene was about Philadelphia, and was titled "The Furtive Fraternity" (1962, by Gaeton Fonzi) and published in Greater Philadelphia. 1964. American film The Best Man, directed by Franklin J. Schaffner is released. It is the first US film to use the word ...
May 3, 2024 · Captain America, comic-strip superhero created by writer Joe Simon and artist Jack Kirby for Timely (later Marvel) Comics. The character debuted in March 1941 in Captain America Comics no. 1. The star-spangled super soldier would become one of Marvel’s most iconic and enduring characters.
- Captain America, a comic-strip superhero created by writer Joe Simon and artist Jack Kirby for Timely (later Marvel) Comics, debuted in March 1941...
- Steve Rogers, dubbed Captain America, acquires a kid sidekick—plucky regimental mascot Bucky Barnes—and embarks on a career of enthusiastic Nazi-ba...
- Steve Rogers was a would-be U.S. Army enlistee rejected by recruiters because of his small size. He volunteers to receive a top-secret serum and tr...
- Director Joe Johnston’s Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) marked the character’s first appearance on the big screen in almost 70 years. Chr...
3 days ago · Early life. Armstrong is believed to have been born in New Orleans on August 4, 1901, but the date has been heavily debated. Armstrong himself often claimed he was born on July 4, 1900.
May 21, 2024 · Kate Smith (born May 1, 1909, Greenville, Virginia, U.S.—died June 17, 1986, Raleigh, North Carolina) was an American singer on radio and television, long known as the “first lady of radio.” Smith started singing before audiences as a child, and by age 17 she had decided on a career in show business.
1 day ago · From 1941 to 1950, 1,035,000 people immigrated to the U.S., including 226,000 from Germany, 139,000 from the United Kingdom, 171,000 from Canada, 60,000 from Mexico, and 57,000 from Italy. [76] The Displaced Persons Act of 1948 finally allowed the displaced people of World War II to start immigrating. [77]
