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4 hours ago · Nigel S. F. Davis a.k.a. “Steve” transitioned into eternal peace on Sunday, August 4, 2024. He was 63 years old. He was preceded in death by his father, Austin Davis; mother, Maria Carr ...
1 day ago · Paul Vernon/AP. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s elections chief on Wednesday referred for possible prosecution 597 apparent noncitizens who either registered to vote or cast a ballot in a recent election — a higher number than he normally finds but still a tiny fraction of the state’s electorate. Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose ...
4 hours ago · Democritus (c. 460 – c. 370 BC) [ 58] Founder of atomism in cosmology. Atomic theory (modern) Father Roger Boscovich (1711–1787) [ 59] First coherent description of atomic theory. John Dalton (1766–1844) [ 60] First scientific description of the atom as a building block for more complex structures.
1 day ago · Jacqueline Onassis. Jacqueline " Jackie " Lee Kennedy Onassis ( née Bouvier / ˈbuːvieɪ /; July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was an American writer, book editor, and socialite who served as the first lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963, as the wife of president John F. Kennedy. A popular first lady, she endeared herself to the American ...
1 day ago · Martin Amis. Sir Martin Louis Amis FRSL [ 1] (25 August 1949 – 19 May 2023) was an English novelist, essayist, memoirist, screenwriter and critic. He is best known for his novels Money (1984) and London Fields (1989). He received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his memoir Experience and was twice listed for the Booker Prize ...
1 day ago · This is an A–Z list of jazz tunes which have been covered by multiple jazz artists. It includes the more popular jazz standards, lesser-known or minor standards, and many other songs and compositions which may have entered a jazz musician's or jazz singer's repertoire or be featured in the Real Books, but may not be performed as regularly or as widely as many of the popular standards.
1 day ago · Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band formed in London in 1967 by guitarist and singer Peter Green. [6] Green recruited drummer Mick Fleetwood, guitarist and singer Jeremy Spencer and bassist Bob Brunning, with John McVie replacing Brunning a few weeks after the band's first public appearance at the 1967 National Jazz & Blues Festival in Windsor.