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1966–1967 Emmy Awards

Outstanding Dramatic SeriesMission: Impossible (CBS)Outstanding Continued Performance By an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic SeriesBill Cosby, I SpyOutstanding Continued Performance By…

How A Charlie Brown Christmas Came to Pass

The unlikely beginnings of a holiday classic "There will always be an audience for innocence in this country." —Charles Schulz Peanuts Holiday Specials 1965 A Charlie Brown Christmas…

1998 Year in Review - News of the World

The Year in Review by Borgna Brunner The Asian economic crisis multiplied, spreading into Russia. India and Pakistan engaged in nuclear brinkmanship, and Indonesia's Suharto toppled. Although…

1957 Cannes Film Festival

Palme d'OrFriendly Persuasion, William Wyler (United States)Special Jury PrizeKanal, Andrzej Wajda (Poland)The Seventh Seal, Ingmar Bergman (Sweden)Special PrizeThe Forty-First, Grigori…

1995 Cannes Film Festival

Palme d'OrUnderground, Emir Kusturica (France, Germany and Hungary)Grand PrizeUlysses' Gaze, Theo Angelopoulos (Greece, France and Italy)Best ActorJonathan Price, Carrington (United Kingdom…

1982 Cannes Film Festival

Palme d'OrMissing, Constantin Costa-Gavras (United States)Yol, Yilmaz Guney (Turkey)Special Jury PrizeNight of the Shooting Stars, Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (Italy)Best ActorJack Lemmon,…

1951 Cannes Film Festival

Grand PrixMiracle in Milan, Vittorio De Sica (Italy)Miss Julie, Alf Sjoberg (Sweden)Special Jury PrizeAll About Eve, Joseph L. Mankiewicz (United States)Best ActorMichael Redgrave, The…

Police Officer

What is this job like? Police and detectives enforce laws. They catch criminals. They collect evidence. At times they testify in court. Others patrol set areas to prevent crime. Some patrol…

James Jefferson BRITT, Congress, NC (1861-1939)

BRITT James Jefferson , a Representative from North Carolina; born in Unico County, near Johnson City, Tenn., March 4, 1861; attended the common schools and studied under private tutors;…