Marshall emerged as the Federalist Party leader in Virginia and gained election as a U.S. Representative in 1798. While serving as Secretary of State near the end of Adams’ presidential term, Marshall received a nomination to serve as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He served as Chief Justice until…
In 1957, Fortune magazine named him the richest living American, while the 1966 Guinness Book of Records named him as the world’s richest private citizen, worth an estimated $1.2 billion (approximately $7.5 billion in 2020). At his death, he was worth more than $6 billion (approximately $22 billion in 2020).…
John Edward Prine (October 10, 1946 – April 7, 2020) was an American country folk singer-songwriter. He was active as a composer, recording artist, live performer, and occasional actor from the early 1970s until his death, and was known for an often humorous style of original music that has elements…
In the late ’60s, when Garland was in her 40s, she was destitute, near homeless, and owed thousands in back taxes to the IRS. She sustained herself making $100 a night singing in bars. She was suicidal and broken down from a series of illnesses. What illness did Judy Garland…
As a teenager, Pesci was friends with singers Frankie Valli (who is nine years his senior) and Tommy DeVito (who was 15 years his senior). In 1959 at age 16, he helped introduce them to singer and songwriter Bob Gaudio, which led to the formation of the band The Four…
Serving under President Monroe, Adams was one of America’s great Secretaries of State, arranging with England for the joint occupation of the Oregon country, obtaining from Spain the cession of the Floridas, and formulating with the President the Monroe Doctrine. An overview of John Quincy Adams. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. See…
In Shakespeare’s original story, Romeo is given the age of 16 years and Juliet is given the age of 13 years. The Montague and Capulet families originated in the Divine Comedy by the Italian author Dante Aligheri, rather than in Shakespeare. It is clear that Romeo is around 16 or…
On June 1, 2020, Joel replied to a user on Twitter that he was no longer employed by Rooster Teeth for personal reasons with the company, having been laid off months ago, most likely in mid-September 2019, but declined to elaborate. He has since relocated to Los Angeles, where he…
Acutely aware of the fact that “two-thirds of the whole people [were] averse” to his election as president, Adams promised in his inaugural address to make up for this with “intentions upright and pure; a heart devoted to the welfare of our country.” A staunch Nationalist, Adams proposed an extraordinary…
The Sons’ most prominent leader was Samuel Adams, the son of a wealthy brewer who was more interested in radical rabble-rousing than commerce. Adams wrote his masters thesis at Harvard on the lawfulness of resisting British rule. He became a leading member of the New York faction of the Sons…