The series was unique in the Popeye franchise for taking place later in Popeye’s life, where he and Olive Oyl finally got married, settled down and had a son of their own (a notable change considering the rarity of having well-known cartoon characters actually move on with their lives). DoYouRemember?…
Jimmy Carter, the oldest surviving former president, was among those to attend George H.W. Bush’s state funeral with his wife Rosalynn in Washington D.C. on Wednesday They were all seated together in the cathedral with their wives, with the exception of the younger Bush, who was seated nearby with the…
/ 42.41806°N 90.43139°W / 42.41806; -90.43139 The Ulysses S. Grant Home in Galena, Illinois is the former home of Ulysses S. Grant, the Civil War general and later 18th President of the United States. One visitor to the White House noted “a puzzled pathos, as of a man…
Throw it away, and the Union goes with it.” Lincoln used his authority as Commander in Chief under the U.S.U.S.In its noun form, the word generally means a resident or citizen of the U.S., but is also used for someone whose ethnic identity is simply “American”. The noun is rarely…
When James Madison (served 1809–1817) became president in early 1809, he also sought to avoid war with Britain. But British actions, and a continuing drumbeat for war in the U.S. Congress, seemed destined to make make a new war with Britain unavoidable. The slogan “Free Trade and Sailor’s Rights” became…
Though blinded in his left eye, he might not even have lost consciousness, and he remained savvy enough to tell a doctor that day, “Here is business enough for you.” … (Show more) Phineas Gage, (born July 1823, New Hampshire, U.S.—died May 1860, California), American railroad foreman known for having…
The cook explains to Pi that it ’’was the doing of a moment.’’ When Pi kills the cook, the cook doesn’t put up much of a fight, because he knows that ’’he had gone too far, even by his bestial standards.’’ To Pi, the cook, and by extension the first…
Pierre makes his way to kill Napoleon when he sees a family that had to leave their daughter behind when they fled the fire that’s destroying Moscow. Pierre goes back into their house and rescues the little girl. An autopsy was carried out on 6 May; a preliminary cast for…
Álvarez de Pineda became the first European to see the coastal areas of what is now western Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, lands he called “Amichel”. What Contribution Did the Spanish Explorer Pineda Make to Texas? In 1519, the Spanish government commissioned Alonso Alvarez de Pineda to try to…
US singer Pink was taken to hospital during a gig in Germany after an on-stage stunt went wrong. The star fell out of a harness which was supposed to carry her across the crowd, instead being dragged into a barricade. The concert in Nuremberg was halted as the 30-year-old was…