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2 days ago · Mike Tyson (born June 30, 1966, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.) is an American boxer who, at age 20, became the youngest heavyweight champion in history. (Read Gene Tunney’s 1929 Britannica essay on boxing.) A member of various street gangs at an early age, Tyson was sent to reform school in upstate New York in 1978.
1 day ago · t. e. The list of Alpha Phi Alpha ( ΑΦΑ) brothers (commonly referred to as Alphas) [1] includes initiated and honorary members. Alpha Phi Alpha is the first inter-collegiate Greek-letter organization established for Black college students. [2] Convened in December 1905 as a literary society with the first presiding officer being CC ...
2 days ago · Chester A. Arthur. Grover Cleveland. Theodore Roosevelt. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Donald Trump. Chester A. Arthur (1829–1886), 20th Vice President and 21st President of the United States – Schenectady. Martin Van Buren (1782–1862), 8th Vice President and 8th President of the United States – Kinderhook.
2 days ago · Keith Christopher. (1957–1998) American actor and singer who was best known for roles of HIV positive characters in NBC soap opera Another World and CBS daytime drama The Guiding Light . [13] [14] [15] Brad Davis. (1949–1991) American actor; played the part of Billy Hayes in the film Midnight Express .
3 days ago · Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), [1] known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," [2] with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature ." [3] His novels include The Adventures of Tom ...
1 day ago · Daniel Callaghan, (1890–1942) U.S. navy admiral and Medal of Honor recipient; Kenneth J. Houghton (1920–2006), U.S. Marine Corps general and Navy Cross recipient; William Payne Jackson (1868–1945), U.S. Army major general; William Harrington Leahy (1904–1986), U.S. Navy admiral; Robert Houston Noble, U.S. Army general
3 days ago · Karen Mok (born Karen Joy Morris (Chinese: 莫文蔚 ), 2 June 1970) is a Hong Kong singer who is one of the leading Asian pop singers and actresses with a career spanning three decades. [1] She is the first female Hong Kong singer to win the Golden Melody Award and has won it a total of three times. She has released 18 solo studio albums ...
