No, Daniel Boone was not at the Battle of the Alamo. Daniel Boone lived between 1734 and 1820, and he is credited with finding a passageway into… The real Daniel Boone: A real North Carolinian (Chatham Journal) The legendary Daniel Boone was a North Carolinian. It is a fact that…
Die Hard With A Vengeance film location: Zeus Carver is tipped off about“ the crazy white man” at his electronics store: Audobon Avenue, Washington Heights, New York The intersection where he’s dropped off is almost 40 blocks north of Harlem: Audobon Avenue at West 176th Street in Washington Heights, near…
As a young man, he tried to enlist as a Navy flyer but with less than perfect vision he joined the Merchant Marine instead, serving during World War II. He saw action in the South Pacific, Mediterranean, North Atlantic and France. After the war Robertson became a reporter. Cliff Robertson.…
Daniel John Patrick Danny Greene (November 14, 1933 – October 6, 1977) was an Irish American mobster and associate of Cleveland mobster John Nardi during the gang war for the city’s criminal operations during the 1970s. The infamous Danny Greene and his gang ’The Celtic Club’ competed with rival Italian-American…
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, (born February 4, 1906, Breslau, Germany [now Wrocław, Poland]—died April 9, 1945, Flossenbürg, Germany), German Protestant theologian important for his support of ecumenism and his view of Christianity ’s role in a secular world. His involvement in a plot to overthrow Adolf Hitler led to his imprisonment and…
Because he was almost always atop a horse. Only one problem: Clint Eastwood is allergic to horses. Clinton Eastwood, Jr. was born May 31, 1930, in San Francisco, California. Though his family moved often when he was young, he was raised in relative privilege. Clinton Eastwood, Jr. was born May…
Darius was considered an excellent leader and brilliant administrator who strengthened Persia by letting those he conquered live on in peace. Darius I (548-486 BC) assumed the throne of Persia at age 28. In English, we call him Darius I, the founder of the Achaemenid Empire, the second great flourishing…
The character of Marshal Jim Duncan was played by stuntman Buddy Van Horn, a long-time stunt coordinator for Clint Eastwood, in order to create some ambiguity over whether he and The Stranger are one and the same. High Plains Drifter. Jump to navigation Jump to search. High Plains Drifter is…
Eugenics is an immoral and pseudoscientific theory that claims it is possible to perfect people and groups through genetics and the scientific laws of inheritance. Eugenicists used an incorrect and prejudiced understanding of the work of Charles Darwin and Gregor Mendel to support the idea of “racial improvement.”. How did…
Is it true that Coca‑Cola started as a medicine? Is it true that Coca‑Cola started as a medicine? Coca‑Cola didn’t start as a medicine. It was invented by doctor and pharmacist, Dr John S Pemberton, in May 1886 in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Originally marketed as a temperance drink and intended…