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14 hours ago · James Brown. James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, dancer and musician. The central progenitor of funk music, Brown became a musical icon of the 20th century. He is referred to by several nicknames, among them " Godfather of Soul ", "Mr. Dynamite", "Soul Brother No. 1" and "the Hardest-Working Man in ...
14 hours ago · On May 11, 1945 in this Battle of Okinawa in the Pacific, Gunner Charles Christakes, when wounded went below for treatment. He then went back up to man the guns when he was killed. For his action, Seaman 1st Class Charles Christakes was awarded the Silver Star. Seaman 1st Class Charles Christakes was 24 at the time of his death on May 11, 1945 ...
14 hours ago · Ernest Miller Hemingway (/ ˈ ɜːr n ɪ s t ˈ h ɛ m ɪ ŋ w eɪ /; July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Best known for an economical, understated style that significantly influenced later 20th-century writers, he is often romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle, and outspoken and blunt public image.
14 hours ago · Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend ( / ˈtaʊnzənd /; born 19 May 1945) is an English musician. He is the co-founder, guitarist, second lead vocalist and principal songwriter of the Who, one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s. [2] [3] His aggressive playing style and poetic songwriting techniques, with the Who and in other ...
14 hours ago · USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She is the world's oldest commissioned naval warship still afloat. [9] [. Note 1] She was launched in 1797, one of six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and the third constructed.
- 15 October 1966
- 1797
- Joshua Humphreys
- Charlestown Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts
