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19 hours ago · Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (30 October 1885 – 1 November 1972) was an expatriate American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a collaborator in Fascist Italy and the Salò Republic during World War II. His works include Ripostes (1912), Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (1920), and his 800-page epic poem, The Cantos ...
19 hours ago · Prince Hall − abolitionist and leader in the free black community in Boston. Abbie Hoffman − political activist, co-founder of the "Yippies". Horace Mann − U.S. Congressman, educationist, and abolitionist. Nathaniel Raymond − human rights investigator and anti-torture advocate. Lucy Stone − suffragist and abolitionist.
19 hours ago · The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in Chicago from May 5 to October 31, 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus 's arrival in the New World in 1492. [1] The centerpiece of the Fair, held in Jackson Park, was a large water pool representing the voyage that ...
- 690 acres (280 hectares)
- Historical Expo
- Universal exposition
- World's Columbian Exposition
19 hours ago · Nigel Kennedy, violinist and composer, and his Polish wife Agnieszka, have a home in Malvern. Muriel Lanchester (1901–1992) potter and puppeteer; Waldo Lanchester (1897–1978) puppeteer; William Langland's allegorical narrative poem Piers Plowman (written c. 1360 –1387) begins on the Malvern Hills.
- 30,462 (2021 Census)
- Malvern Hills
19 hours ago · Dianne Feinstein – U.S. Senator from California and Mayor of San Francisco (1978–88) Fergie (Stacy Ferguson) – singer, actress, and composer ( Charlie Brown, The Dutchess, Fergalicious) Carlee Fernández – sculptor and photographer. Shiloh Fernandez – actor. Sky Ferreira – singer, model, and actress. Will Ferrell – actor.
19 hours ago · Avgust Ipavec, 83, Slovenian-Austrian Roman Catholic priest and composer. Johannes Kühn, 89, German poet. Patrice Lecornu, 65, French football player (Angers, national team) and manager . Lena McLin, 95, American music teacher, composer and pastor. Marina Mizzau, 87, Italian writer and essayist.
