William C. Whitney was the U.S. secretary of the navy (1885–89) who played a major role in the post-Civil War rebuilding of the navy. Admitted to the bar in 1865, Whitney practiced law in New York City and became active in local Democratic Party affairs. An opponent of Tammany Hall (the city

William C. Whitney was the U.S. secretary of the navy (1885–89) who played a major role in the post-Civil War rebuilding of the navy. Admitted to the bar in 1865, Whitney practiced law in New York City and became active in local Democratic Party affairs. An opponent of Tammany Hall (the city

William Dwight Whitney was an American linguist and one of the foremost Sanskrit scholars of his time, noted especially for his classic work, Sanskrit Grammar (1879). As a professor of Sanskrit (1854–94) and comparative language studies (1869–94) at Yale University, Whitney conducted extensive

Willis Rodney Whitney was an American chemist and founder of the General Electric Company’s research laboratory, where he directed pioneering work in electrical technology and was credited with setting the pattern for industrial scientific laboratory research in the United States. Whitney studied

Peggy Whitson is an American biochemist and astronaut, who was the first female commander of the International Space Station (ISS) and who holds the record among American astronauts and among women for spending the most time in space, nearly 666 days. Whitson received a B.S. in biology and

Peggy Whitson is an American biochemist and astronaut, who was the first female commander of the International Space Station (ISS) and who holds the record among American astronauts and among women for spending the most time in space, nearly 666 days. Whitson received a B.S. in biology and

Whitstable, town, city (district) of Canterbury, administrative and historic county of Kent, southeastern England. It is situated east of the Isle of Sheppey on the River Thames estuary shore, about 4 miles (6 km) west of Herne Bay. From Roman times it was known for the oysters gathered from the

Pentecost, (Pentecost from Greek pentecostē, “50th day”), major festival in the Christian church, celebrated on the Sunday that falls on the 50th day of Easter. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles and other disciples following the Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Ascension

Whitsunday Island, largest of the Cumberland Islands, lying 6 miles (10 km) off the northeastern coast of Queensland, Australia, in the Coral Sea. An inshore, coral-fringed continental island, it measures 12 by 8 miles (19 by 13 km), has an area of 42 square miles (109 square km), and rises from

Whitsunday Island: …cliffs of volcanic rock to Mount Whitsunday, 1,426 feet (435 metres). The island lies between the coral formations of the Great Barrier Reef and the Whitsunday Passage, which is 20 miles (32 km) long and a minimum of 2 miles (3 km) wide. Both the island and the passage, which…

Charles E. Whittaker was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1957–62). Whittaker was admitted to the bar in 1923 and received his law degree the following year. In 1930 he became a partner in a Kansas City law firm, where he specialized in corporation law. In 1954 he was

Charles E. Whittaker was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1957–62). Whittaker was admitted to the bar in 1923 and received his law degree the following year. In 1930 he became a partner in a Kansas City law firm, where he specialized in corporation law. In 1954 he was

Doctor Who: …be portrayed by a woman, Jodie Whittaker; the first episode starring Whittaker aired the following year. Doctor Who also engendered numerous spin-offs across different media, including the TV series Torchwood (2006–11) and The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007–11).

life: Classification and microbiota: Copeland and Robert H. Whittaker, has now thoroughly abandoned the two-kingdom plant-versus-animal dichotomy. Haeckel proposed three kingdoms when he established “Protista” for microorganisms. Copeland classified the microorganisms into the Monerans (prokaryotes) and the Protoctista (which included fungi with the rest of the eukaryotic microorganisms). His four-kingdom scheme…

Sir Edmund Taylor Whittaker was an English mathematician who made pioneering contributions to the area of special functions, which is of particular interest in mathematical physics. Whittaker became a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1896. After being elected a fellow of the Royal Society

Abigail Goodrich Whittelsey was an American editor whose mission in her magazine work was to provide information and instruction on the role of mothers. Abigail Goodrich was the daughter of a clergyman and was an elder sister of Samuel Griswold Goodrich, later famous as Peter Parley, author of

Reed Whittemore was an American teacher and poet noted for his free-flowing ironic verse. Whittemore cofounded the literary magazine Furioso while he was a student at Yale University (B.A., 1941). He served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II and afterward revived and edited Furioso and

Reed Whittemore was an American teacher and poet noted for his free-flowing ironic verse. Whittemore cofounded the literary magazine Furioso while he was a student at Yale University (B.A., 1941). He served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II and afterward revived and edited Furioso and

Sir Arthur Whitten Brown was a British aviator who, with Capt. John W. Alcock, made the first nonstop airplane crossing of the Atlantic. (Read Orville Wright’s 1929 biography of his brother, Wilbur.) Brown was trained as an engineer and became a pilot in the Royal Air Force during World War I. As

Eighth Amendment: …a century later, however, in Whitten v. Georgia (1872), the Supreme Court put limits on what was constitutionally permissible, holding that the “cruel and unusual” clause was “intended to prohibit the barbarities of quartering, hanging in chains, castration, etc.” Similarly, in In re Kemmler (1890), when the electric chair was…

Whittier, city, Los Angeles county, southern California, U.S. It lies at the foot of the Puente Hills, about 12 miles (19 km) southeast of the city centre of Los Angeles. Part of the Rancho Paso de Bartolo Viejo land grant, the site was chosen in 1887 by Aquila H. Pickering for a Quaker community

John Greenleaf Whittier was an American poet and abolitionist who, in the latter part of his life, shared with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow the distinction of being a household name in both England and the United States. Born on a farm into a Quaker family, Whittier had only a limited formal

Pollyanna, fictional character, the orphaned but ever-optimistic heroine of Eleanor Hodgman Porter’s novel Pollyanna

M. Stanley Whittingham is a British-born American chemist who won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in developing lithium-ion batteries. He shared the prize with American chemist John Goodenough and Japanese chemist Yoshino Akira. Whittingham received a bachelor’s degree (1964), a

biblical literature: The Geneva Bible: …almost certainly be identified as William Whittingham, the brother-in-law of Calvin’s wife, and his assistants Anthony Gilby and Thomas Sampson. The Geneva Bible was not printed in England until 1576, but it was allowed to be imported without hindrance. The accession of Elizabeth in 1558 put an end to the…

Dick Whittington was an English merchant and lord mayor of London who became a well-known figure in legend and traditional pantomime. Whittington, who was the son of a knight of Gloucestershire, opened a mercer’s shop in London that supplied velvets and damasks to such notables as Henry Bolingbroke

Dick Whittington was an English merchant and lord mayor of London who became a well-known figure in legend and traditional pantomime. Whittington, who was the son of a knight of Gloucestershire, opened a mercer’s shop in London that supplied velvets and damasks to such notables as Henry Bolingbroke

Sir Frank Whittle was an English aviation engineer and pilot who invented the jet engine. The son of a mechanic, Whittle entered the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a boy apprentice and soon qualified as a pilot at the RAF College in Cranwell. He was posted to a fighter squadron in 1928 and served as a

historical geography: …intervals of historic time—initiated by Derwent S. Whittlesey and Carl O. Sauer. The establishment of the Journal of Historical Geography (1975) and historical-geography research groups by the Institute of British Geographers (1973) and the Association of American Geographers (1979) served to vindicate the historical approach in geography.

Worthington Whittredge was an American landscape painter associated with the Hudson River school. Whittredge, originally a house painter, took up portraiture and landscape painting about 1838. Beginning in 1849, he spent about five years in Düsseldorf, Germany, where he posed for Emanuel Leutze,

Worthington Whittredge was an American landscape painter associated with the Hudson River school. Whittredge, originally a house painter, took up portraiture and landscape painting about 1838. Beginning in 1849, he spent about five years in Düsseldorf, Germany, where he posed for Emanuel Leutze,

Axminster carpet: …1755 by the cloth weaver Thomas Whitty. Resembling somewhat the Savonnerie carpets produced in France, Axminster carpets were symmetrically knotted by hand in wool on woolen warps and had a weft of flax or hemp. Like the French carpets, they often featured Renaissance architectural or floral patterns; others mimicked Oriental…

Spokane: Whitworth College (1890), and several community colleges serve the city. Spokane is a gateway to the resorts of Mount Spokane (5,883 feet [1,793 meters]) and the Colville and Kaniksu national forests. Inc. 1881. Pop. (2010) 208,916; Spokane Metro Area, 471,221; (2020) 228,989; Spokane–Spokane Valley Metro…

Kathy Whitworth was an American athlete who was one of the great players of women’s professional golf. Whitworth grew up in Jal, New Mexico, where she began playing golf at the age of 15. After graduating from high school in 1957, she attended Odessa (Texas) Junior College for a semester. Whitworth

Kathy Whitworth was an American athlete who was one of the great players of women’s professional golf. Whitworth grew up in Jal, New Mexico, where she began playing golf at the age of 15. After graduating from high school in 1957, she attended Odessa (Texas) Junior College for a semester. Whitworth

Sir Joseph Whitworth, Baronet was an English mechanical engineer who won international recognition as a machine toolmaker. After working as a mechanic for various Manchester machine manufacturers, Whitworth went to London in 1825 and at Maudslay & Company devised a scraping technique for making a

World Health Organization (WHO), specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) established in 1948 to further international cooperation for improved public health conditions. Although it inherited specific tasks relating to epidemic control, quarantine measures, and drug standardization from the

the Who: …year, issued the well-received album WHO. The Who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 and received Kennedy Center Honors in 2008.

In April 2023 Turkish presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu made waves when he announced on social media, “Ben Alevi’yim—I’m an Alevi.” Until that moment, being Alevi carried a stigma for many people in Turkey. For Kılıçdaroğlu, his video was a celebration of pluralism in Turkish society. But

It’s 1986 and Joyce Byers works selling print sets of the Encyclopædia Britannica over the phone from her home in Lenora Hills, California. One evening in March, she tells her sons and their friends about a sudden business trip: She needs to leave the next day to travel to company headquarters in

Lawrence Ferlinghetti: … (1965), Tyrannus Nix? (1969), and Who Are We Now? (1976) suggest. Retrospective collections of his poems were published as Endless Life (1981) and These Are My Rivers (1995). In 1988 Ferlinghetti published a short novel, Love in the Days of Rage, about a romance during the student revolution in France…

Pete Townshend: The Who: …by Numbers in 1975 and Who Are You in 1978. Moon died of an accidental drug overdose in 1978 and was replaced by drummer Kenney Jones. Although Townshend sought to honour Moon’s memory by remaining in the Who after his death, the band broke up in 1982.

Terry McMillan: Later works and career: …sequel to Waiting to Exhale; Who Asked You? (2013); and I Almost Forgot About You (2016). McMillan edited Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction (1990) and has taught at the universities of Wyoming and Arizona and at Stanford University. She also wrote the nonfiction work It’s OK if…

The current order of presidential succession in the United States is: Vice President Speaker of the House President Pro Tempore of the Senate Secretary of State Secretary of the Treasury Secretary of Defense Attorney General Secretary of the Interior Secretary of Agriculture Secretary of Commerce

Brandi Carlile: Returning to Myself and other later albums: …with Elton John again for Who Believes in Angels?, released in 2025. Featuring tracks written by Carlile, John, and John’s longtime creative partner Bernie Taupin, the album offers a mix of rockers, ballads, and gospel-infused tunes. Later that year she released Returning to Myself, a solo album featuring intimate songs…

Pete Townshend: The Who: …its run with the albums The Who by Numbers in 1975 and Who Are You in 1978. Moon died of an accidental drug overdose in 1978 and was replaced by drummer Kenney Jones. Although Townshend sought to honour Moon’s memory by remaining in the Who after his death, the band…

the Who: …issued his first solo album, Who Came First, in 1972; and Daltrey offered his, Daltrey, in 1973. Still, the Who continued apace, releasing Townshend’s second magnum rock opera, Quadrophenia, in 1973, The Who by Numbers in 1975, and Who Are You in 1978.

This article was originally published on March 18, 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) is responsible for declaring a pandemic. WHO monitors disease activity on a global scale through a network of centres located in countries worldwide and has a pandemic preparedness plan that consists of six

Bo Diddley: , “Who Do You Love” [1957]). He used tremolo, fuzz, and feedback effects to create a guitar sound on which only Jimi Hendrix has expanded (consider sonic outbursts like “Bo Diddley”). His stage shows—featuring his half sister the Duchess on vocals and rhythm guitar and Jerome…

Alice Munro: First short-story collections: …her collections—the other two being Who Do You Think You Are? (1978; also published as The Beggar Maid: Stories of Flo and Rose) and The Progress of Love (1986)—awarded the annual Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction. Lives of Girls and Women (1971) was conceived as a novel but developed…

To early writers of Chicago’s history, John Kinzie, a white Protestant involved in trade and politics, was the embodiment of a founding father—so they designated him the city’s first citizen. Yet these writers overlooked Jean-Baptist-Point Du Sable, the man who is thought to have first occupied the

Bugs Bunny: …reappeared in the feature films Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988), Space Jam (1996), and Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021). His likeness is marketed extensively on commercial products.

Albert Goldbarth: … (1979), Ink, Blood, Semen (1980), Who Gathered and Whispered Behind Me (1981), Arts & Sciences (1986), Popular Culture (1990), The Gods (1993), Adventures in Ancient Egypt (1996), Beyond (1998), Saving Lives (2001), Everyday People

Howard Hawks: Films of the 1950s of Howard Hawks: Campbell’s classic science-fiction story “Who Goes There?” bears all the hallmarks of a Hawks film (not least in its overlapping dialogue). It marked Hawks’s only foray into that genre, but it has been recognized by many cineasts as one of the best science-fiction films of the 1950s. The Big…

Robert A. Dahl: In his best-known work, Who Governs?: Democracy and Power in an American City (1961), a study of power dynamics in New Haven, Connecticut, Dahl argued that political power in the United States is pluralistic. He thus rebutted power-elite theorists such as C. Wright Mills and Floyd Hunter, who had…

Canadian literature: Modern period, 1900–60: …and My House (1941) by Sinclair Ross, Who Has Seen the Wind (1947) by W.O. Mitchell, and The Mountain and the Valley (1952) by Ernest Buckler, set in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis valley. These novels strain the bonds of conventional narrative structures as they shift from social realism toward lyricism. In…

In modern men’s professional golf, the four major tournaments are the Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open, and British Open (Open Championship). A player who wins all four trophies over multiple years is said to have achieved a career Grand Slam. (In 1930, before the modern era, American golfer

Since 1939 the NCAA has been crowning a men’s basketball champion. It is one of the most coveted titles in college sports, and the championship tournament has become must-see TV in the United States. The first winner was Oregon, which defeated Ohio State in a closely contested game, 46–43. Since

In 1982 the first NCAA women’s basketball champion was crowned, as Louisiana Tech defeated Cheyney State College (now Cheyney University of Pennsylvania), 76–62. The title came more than 40 years after the first men’s championship was awarded, and it was widely seen as a turning point in women’s

The high five is one of the most popular and recognizable gestures in the world—second, perhaps, only to the traditional handshake. It is the essence of simplicity—a raised hand, traditionally the right, slapped palm to palm by another—and is often used to celebrate accomplishments or to greet or

What most of us think of as the Internet is really just the pretty face of the operation—browser windows, websites, URLs, and search bars. But the real Internet, the brain behind the information superhighway, is an intricate set of protocols and rules that someone had to develop before we could get

Sacha Baron Cohen: …then debuted the television series Who Is America? in 2018, once again creating several outlandish characters to interview unsuspecting politicians and celebrities to reveal their prejudices. The next year the comedian assumed a more serious role when he was cast as Israeli operative Eli Cohen in the TV series The…

Banksy is a graffiti artist who came to notice in Britain during the 1990s. He is especially known for his acerbic and antiauthoritarian art, often created with stencils in public places. For decades the artist’s identity has been well guarded, but that hasn’t stopped people from speculating. Here

Some Americans might be quick to say that Hanukkah Harry is the patron figure of Hanukkah, comparable to Santa Claus’s role for Christmas. However, Hanukkah Harry’s origins can be traced only as far back as 1989, when the fictional character first appeared in a Saturday Night Live (SNL) sketch,

As a girl growing up on Long Island, New York, Jen Pawol wanted to play Little League, but that wasn’t what girls in the 1980s did, so she played softball instead. In the spring of 2024 Pawol umpired her first Major League Baseball (MLB) spring training game and seemed on the verge of doing what no

In the context of the Israel-Hamas War and the Gaza Strip, Yasser Abu Shabab is the leader of a Palestinian militia based in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip whose core members belong to a clan within the Tarabin Bedouin tribe, primarily known for its prominent trade network in the Sinai Peninsula

Tupac Shakur died on September 13, 1996, six days after a gunman in a white Cadillac shot him four times in the chest at a stoplight in Las Vegas. A Los Angeles Times investigation published in 2002 determined that uncooperative witnesses and minimal pursuit of gang-related leads resulted in what

Brad Paisley: …before releasing his debut record, Who Needs Pictures, in 1999. The album sold more than one million copies, fueled in part by the ballad “He Didn’t Have to Be,” an affectionate tribute to stepfathers that was Paisley’s first number one hit on the Billboard country singles chart. That same year…

The Gulf of Mexico (also called the Gulf of America) covers an area of some 600,000 square miles (1,550,000 square km), and a little more than 2 percent of it is classified as international waters. The remainder is claimed by the three countries that border it: Cuba, Mexico, and the United States.

The ocean, understood as the body of saltwater that covers nearly three-quarters of the Earth’s surface, is not literally owned by anyone or anything. Rather, its use as an avenue of transportation or shipment, as a vast body of natural resources, and as an object of scientific exploration or

Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is considered the mastermind of the September 11 attacks, though Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was the operational planner. Mohammed came up with the tactical innovation of using hijacked planes to attack the United States, and al-Qaeda provided the personnel, money, and

You may have heard the charming tale of how war hero Abner Doubleday invented baseball in Cooperstown, New York. Unfortunately, that’s a bit of a myth. The true story of who invented baseball is a little more convoluted and a tad less romantic. Baseball likely had its origins in the early 1800s,

the Who: Until the 1967 release of The Who Sell Out, a sardonic concept album presented as a pirate radio broadcast, the Who were primarily a singles group. They were, however, more successful in this regard in Britain (eight top ten hits between 1965 and 1967) than in the United States (“I…

Tom T. Hall: …the comic all-star bluegrass film Who Shot Lester Monroe? (2009), featuring the Halls and their friends. Hall was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame (2008) and the Songwriters Hall of Fame (2019).

After the glitzy red-carpet arrivals, the feel-good montages, and the host’s opening roast, the Oscars ceremony switches to its raison d’être: revealing the previous year’s highest achievers in cinema. One after another, the presenters list the nominees, open a lavish envelope, and reveal the

American Broadcasting Company: Focus on television: …with prime-time series such as Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (1999–2002, 2009), Lost (2004–10), Desperate Housewives (2004–12), Grey’s Anatomy (2005– ), and Dancing with the Stars (2005– ), along with long-running daytime dramas such as One Life to Live

The 2025 installment in Netflix’s Monster series tells the story of one of the United States’ most notorious criminals: Ed Gein. In the 1950s he gained worldwide notoriety after it was discovered that he had murdered two women and robbed graves, using body parts to make household items. Although

A.N. Wilson: …the sometimes outrageous comedy of Who Was Oswald Fish? (1981) and Scandal (1983) to the black comedy of The Healing Art (1980), Wise Virgin (1982), The Vicar of Sorrows (1993), and My Name Is Legion (2004). His other novels included works set in the past, such as Gentleman in England…

George Sidney: Later work: …films was the light comedy Who Was That Lady? (1960), which featured the amusing team of Dean Martin and Tony Curtis. Bye Bye Birdie (1963) was a lively version of the Broadway blockbuster that was inspired by Elvis Presley’s army induction; it starred Ann-Margret and Dick Van Dyke.

Let’s say you’re looking to get rich quick. Would you sell your belongings? Play the lottery? Head to Las Vegas? Would you jump off Niagara Falls? In 1901 62-year-old dance teacher Annie Edson Taylor was looking for cash. The method? Performing a daredevil stunt so fantastic that she’d be

When Hillary Clinton, running as the first female presidential candidate of a major political party, won the popular vote but lost the electoral college vote in the 2016 election, the glass ceiling preventing women from reaching the White House’s Oval Office trembled but didn’t break. Kamala

The Statue of Liberty is one of the most iconic sculptures in the Western world and is often seen as a symbol of American freedom. Designed and sculpted by French sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi, France donated this colossal statue to the United States in 1875 to commemorate their alliance

In 1167 CE Benjamin of Tudela, a Spanish rabbi, visited Syria on a 13-year journey through the Middle East and Asia. His description of Syria includes what is probably the first European account of a group that would provoke horror and fascination in the West: the Assassins. Benjamin described a

St. Peter, the rock upon which the Christian Church was built, was the first pope, and in many ways, he stands in a class by himself. Jesus dubbed Peter—originally named Simon—Cephas (“Rock” from Aramaic Kepa), which would become Petros (Peter) in Greek. In the Gospel of Matthew (16:18), Jesus

It’s a well-known political rule: the incumbent has the advantage. After all, why wouldn’t citizens favor someone they already know over an untested newcomer? Still, not everyone can follow in Franklin D. Roosevelt’s footsteps and inspire a new rule on term limits. Here are the stories of seven

If you’re brainstorming family-friendly activities for your next reunion, kicking and punching are likely not the first options that come to mind. One American family, however, might think otherwise. From the 1950s to the early 1990s the Von Erich family—a father and five of his sons—were a

The United States is generally considered to have won the Space Race. The Space Race was a fierce rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union, defined by major milestones in space exploration. The Soviet Union initially took the lead by launching Sputnik 1, the first artificial

“Let there be light.” “My brother’s keeper.” “Fight the good fight.” A number of the most well-known phrases in the English language originated not in novels, plays, or poems but in a seminal translation of the Bible, the King James Version (KJV), which was published in 1611 at the behest of King

Juliette Binoche: …Celle que vous croyez (2019; Who You Think I Am), in which a middle-aged professor pretends to be a younger woman on social media; and La bonne épouse (2020; How to Be a Good Wife), a satire about the patriarchy in 1960s France. In 2022 she appeared in several movies,…

Creedence Clearwater Revival: …Moon Rising” (1969) and “Who’ll Stop the Rain” (1970) evoked the Vietnam War and civil discord without explicitly referring to those events; “Fortunate Son” (1969) was a furious blast at wealth and status. From the beginning of 1969 until the end of 1970, Creedence ruled the American pop charts.…

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, play in three acts by Edward Albee, published, produced, and debuted on Broadway in 1962. The action takes place in the living room of a middle-aged couple, George and Martha, who have come home from a faculty party drunk and quarrelsome. When Nick, a young biology

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, American dramatic film, released in 1966, that was an adaptation of Edward Albee’s shocking play of the same name. The acclaimed movie—which marked Mike Nichols’s film directorial debut—won 5 of the 13 Academy Awards it was nominated for; each of the four main

Carol Burnett: …number of motion pictures, including Who’s Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963), Pete ’n’ Tillie (1972), The Four Seasons (1981), and Annie (1982). She displayed her dramatic skill in the television movie Friendly Fire (1979), for which she received an Emmy nomination. Aside from her work on The Carol Burnett…

Frank Tashlin: Films of the 1960s: Lewis also starred in Who’s Minding the Store? (1963), this time as an inept department-store clerk with a crush on an elevator operator (Jill St. John). Danny Kaye had the lead in The Man from the Diners’ Club (1963), which was based on a screenplay by William Peter Blatty,…

Pete Townshend: The Who: …with the critically acclaimed album Who’s Next (1971), which included the rock anthems “Won’t Get Fooled Again” and “Baba O’Riley,” and the double-album rock opera Quadrophenia (1973), featuring the tracks “The Real Me” and “Love, Reign o’er Me.” Townshend released his first solo album, Who Came First, in 1972, opening…

Connie Francis: Early life and career: However, “Who’s Sorry Now,” a 1920s standard that she had recorded in 1957 as a rock ballad, became a hit the following year after it was championed by Dick Clark on his American Bandstand television show.

Stanley Tucci: Early life and career: …roles in such movies as Who’s That Girl (1987), Monkey Shines (1988), and Slaves of New York (1989). His first television appearance was in a 1987 episode of the NBC drama Crime Story. He then had recurring roles in Miami Vice between 1986 and 1988, Wiseguy between 1988 and 1989,…

Martin Scorsese: Early life and work: Scorsese’s first theatrical film, Who’s That Knocking at My Door (1967), was an intimate portrayal of life in the streets of Little Italy. Harvey Keitel (who went on to do several more films with Scorsese throughout his career) starred as Scorsese’s alter ego, a streetwise but sensitive Italian American…

Who’s Who, any of numerous biographical dictionaries that give brief and pertinent information about prominent living persons who are distinguished in a particular field or by official position or public standing and who have, in most cases, supplied data about themselves through publisher

Moths do not get the adoration of their butterfly counterparts, but their beauty is no less dazzling. Many people are unaware that the vast majority of the 180,000 Lepidopteran species on Earth are moths, not butterflies or skippers, and that the entire group is in decline. To give moths some time