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Charles Lindbergh
Name at birth: Charles Augustus LindberghCharles Lindbergh made the first-ever solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean. He left Roosevelt Field in New York on May 20, 1927, piloting a plane…Francois Hollande
Francois Hollande is the longtime Socialist party leader who was elected President of France in 2012. He succeeded Nicolas Sarkozy and served a 5-year term through 2017. Francois Hollande joined the…Tom DeLay
Tom Delay is the former House Majority Leader who resigned in 2006 after being indicted on charges of violating campaign finance laws. Tom Delay was born in Texas, where his father was in the oil…Kesha
Name at birth: Kesha Rose SebertKesha was first called a "pop trollop" by The LA Times and "a degenerate Hannah Montana" by The Guardian as she rushed to the top of the download charts at the end of…Thomas Kinsella Biography
Thomas Kinsella poetBorn: 1928Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland Considered to be the most experimental of the contemporary Irish poets, Kinsella is credited with bringing the techniques of…Khandogya-Upanishad: Fourth Prapathaka, Fourteenth Khanda
1. Then they all said: “Upakosala, this is our knowledge, our friend, and the knowledge of the Self, but the teacher will tell you the way (to another life).” 2. In time his teacher came back, and…John Mercer Langston Biography
John Mercer Langston U.S. public official, diplomat, educatorBorn: 12/14/1829Birthplace: Louisa County, Va. Langston was the son of Ralph Quarles, a white plantation owner, and Jane Langston, a…Fannie Lou (Townsend) Hamer Biography
Fannie Lou (Townsend) Hamercivil rights activistBorn: 10/6/1917Birthplace: Ruleville, Miss. Hamer was the youngest of 20 children and began working with her sharecropper parents at age 6. She left…The Devil's Dictionary: Jester
by Ambrose Bierce JEALOUSJEWS-HARPJESTER -n. An officer formerly attached to a king's household, whose business it was to amuse the court by ludicrous actions and utterances, the absurdity…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Legislator and the Citizen
The Party Manager and the Gentleman The Rainmaker The Legislator and the Citizen AN ex-Legislator asked a Most Respectable Citizen for a letter to the Governor recommending him for…Trending
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