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  1. Budget. $4.5 million. Box office. $214 million. Dirty Dancing is a 1987 American romantic drama dance film written by Eleanor Bergstein, produced by Linda Gottlieb, and directed by Emile Ardolino. Starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, it tells the story of Frances "Baby" Houseman (Grey), a young woman who falls in love with dance ...

  2. Sister Elizabeth Kenny (20 September 1880 – 30 November 1952) was a self-trained Australian bush nurse who developed an approach to treating polio that was controversial at the time. Her method, promoted internationally while working in Australia, Europe and the United States, differed from the conventional one of placing affected limbs in ...

  3. Kenny Ortega. Diretor Aniversário Abril 18, 1950. Signo Áries. Local de Nascimento Palo Alto, CA . Idade 74 anos de idade #10034 Mais Popular. Impulsionar. Sobre .

  4. t. e. The legal institution of human chattel slavery, comprising the enslavement primarily of Africans and African Americans, was prevalent in the United States of America from its founding in 1776 until 1865, predominantly in the South. Slavery was established throughout European colonization in the Americas.

  5. The United States of America ( U.S.A. or USA ), commonly known as the United States ( U.S., US or the States ), or simply America, is a sovereign country mostly in North America. It is divided into 50 states. Forty-eight of these states and the District of Columbia border each other between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

  6. 1780s. 1789. The Constitution of the United States recognizes that the states have the power to set voting requirements. By 1776, at least 60 percent of adult white males were able to vote, and by 1787 significantly more. [1] A few states allowed free Black men to vote, and New Jersey also included unmarried and widowed women who owned property.

  7. George Washington (1732–1799) Founding Father of the United States. Served as Commander in Chief of American forces during the War of Independence. Also elected the first President of the United States, serving for eight years (1789-1797). Thomas Paine (1737-1809) English-American writer and political activist.