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6 days ago · Les Misérables (/ l eɪ ˌ m ɪ z ə ˈ r ɑː b (əl),-b l ə / lay MIZ-ə-RAHB(-əl), - RAH-blə, French: [le mizeʁabl]), colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz (/ l eɪ ˈ m ɪ z / lay MIZ), is a sung-through musical with music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, and a book by Schönberg and Boublil, based on the 1862 novel of the same name by ...
6 days ago · Betty White. m. Betty Marion Ludden ( née White; January 17, 1922 – December 31, 2021) was an American actress and comedian. [1] [2] A pioneer of early television with a career spanning almost seven decades, she was noted for her vast number of television appearances acting in sitcoms, sketch comedy, and game shows.
3 days ago · George Smith Patton Jr. was born on November 11, 1885, [1] [2] in the Los Angeles suburb of San Gabriel, California, to George Smith Patton Sr. and his wife, Ruth Wilson, the daughter of Benjamin Davis Wilson, the second Mayor of Los Angeles. The wealthy Patton family resided at Lake Vineyard, built by Benjamin Wilson, on 128 acres (52 ha) in ...
3 days ago · The Treaty of Versailles was an important step in the status of the British Dominionsunder international law. Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa had each made significant contributions to the British war effort, but as separate countries, rather than as British colonies.
2 days ago · William Lyon Mackenzie King OM CMG PC (December 17, 1874 – July 22, 1950) was a Canadian statesman and politician who was the tenth prime minister of Canada for three non-consecutive terms from 1921 to 1926, 1926 to 1930, and 1935 to 1948. A Liberal, he was the dominant politician in Canada from the early 1920s to the late 1940s.
5 days ago · Theatre Night. Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series, which ran from 1965 to 1983 featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays (or adaptations) which were usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles.
4 days ago · Phineas P. Gage (1823–1860) was an American railroad construction foreman remembered for his improbable: 19 survival of an accident in which a large iron rod was driven completely through his head, destroying much of his brain's left frontal lobe, and for that injury's reported effects on his personality and behavior over the remaining 12 years of his life—effects sufficiently ...
