Born in Scotland in 1747, Jones came to America as a merchant sailor. When the American Revolution broke out, Jones sided with the colonists and joined the Continental Navy, with his greatest victory coming from his against-all-odds defeat of the British warship Serapis in 1779. Was John Paul Jones a…
In 1868, Sousa enlisted in the Marine Corps at age 13 as an apprentice musician (his rank listed as “boy”). He left the Marine Corps in 1875. His second period of service began in 1880 and continued until 1892. Was John Philip Sousa a Marine? The records of Marine Corps…
Outside of the industry the two shared a close friendship, something Lynn described to a reporter two years ago. “I always loved Johnny Cash,” she says, “and Johnny loved me! I worked a lot with Johnny and June and Maybelle and the rest of the Carter Family. Did Loretta Lynn…
He was a member of the Continental Congress (1775–76, 1783–84), of the New Hampshire legislature (1777–82, 1801–15), and of the state senate (1784–85). He was president of New Hampshire (1785–86, 1788–89), a delegate to the Federal Constitutional Convention of 1787, and a U.S. senator (1789–1801). What colony did John Langdon…
In 27/28 or 28/29 John attained prominence, not as a priest but as a prophet. He was active in the region of the lower Jordan valley, from “Aenon near Salim” (near modern Nāblus) to a point east of Jericho. He laid his hands upon their heads and ordained them to…
While enlisted in the United States Army for two years, Crawford worked on training films as a production coordinator, assistant director, script supervisor, and occasional actor. His rank was sergeant at the time of his honorable discharge in December 1967. Did Johnny Crawford serve in the army? Johnny Crawford served…
Qual a diferença ideológica entre Stalin e Trotsky? Ao contrxe1rio de Stalin, Trotsky tinha uma ideologia sobre a Teoria da Revoluxe7xe3o Permanente defenderia a expansxe3o da revoluxe7xe3o para além das fronteiras da Unixe3o Soviética como prioridade, ao invés do seu fortalecimento interno. Quais foram as principais características do governo de…
Winter has been ranked the 63rd greatest guitar player of all time by Rolling Stone, and throughout his career he and his musicianship have been particularly admired by other musicians. What did Jimi Hendrix think of Johnny Winter? It has been said in a quote (that apparently has been used…
Richard Giannotti is an American executive and baseball player known for his services for many baseball teams in the United States of America. His fame of media attention grew after he married American television and radio personality, Joy Taylor on 13 February 2016. Who is Joy Taylor husband? In September…
Judea or Judaea (/dʒuːˈdiːə/ or /dʒuːˈdeɪə/; from Hebrew: יהודה, Standard Yəhūda, Tiberian Yehūḏā; Greek: Ἰουδαία, Ioudaía; Latin: Iūdaea) is the ancient, historic, Biblical Hebrew, contemporaneous Latin, and the modern-day name of the mountainous southern part of the region of Israel and part of the West Bank. Was Judea the same…