And Deeper Serial Killers Who Were Doctors Or Nurses Also ranks #3077 on The Most Influential People In History, Ranked Grigori Rasputin Dec. at 47 (1869-1916) Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (; Russian: Григо́рийЕфи́мовичРаспу́тин [ɡrʲɪˈɡorʲ...
His 1987 book And the Band Played On chronicled the history of the AIDS epidemic. Birthplace: Davenport, Iowa Profession: Journalist, Author Credits: And the Band Played On Marlon Riggs Dec. at 37 (1957-1994) Marlon Troy Riggs (February 3, 1957 – April 5, 1994) was an American ...
True, the study of history is concerned, too, with complex trends and patterns and the impact of economic, political and social forces that effect change. Yet as acclaimed historian Margaret MacMillan persuasively argues in this year’s CBC Massey Lectures, history is also very much about the a...
Art imitating life.Leonardo DiCaprio,Meryl Streep,Sarah Paulsonand more stars made their marks playing real people in movies and TV shows. Many won awards for their onscreen depictions of both beloved and controversial figures throughout history. TheAmerican Horror Storyactress earned an ...
I was also really intrigued by my own family’s history in the area. Years before the trip, I had interviewed my uncle, who lives in the US, about my family’s past in Central Europe, and he had related various stories of my grandfather’s childhood in Bosnia. I had pretty much forg...
A few years ago I read a book calledNothing to Envyby Barbara Demick, a journalist who chronicled in minute detail the day-to-day lives of six North Korean citizens who eventually escaped communism and defected to find freedom in South Korea. It wasn’t so much the challenging lives these...
Life brings tears and joy, sadness and pain but also, yes, those moments when a person just collapses at the computer, thanking God over and over for the family and the love that exists in this world. But it’s a rare time, so often going unchronicled and unnoticed in my world when...
Alan O'Neill, who played Hugh on Sons of Anarchy, was found dead at his girlfriend's apartment on June 6, 2018. The Irish-born actor was 47. According to TMZ, the actor had a history of heart problems and smoked heavily. There is no foul play suspected in his death. ...
His 1987 book And the Band Played On chronicled the history of the AIDS epidemic. Birthplace: Davenport, Iowa Chris Eubank Age: 58 Christopher Livingstone Eubank (born 8 August 1966) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 1998. He held the WBO middleweight and ...
He was a shy man who didn’t lead marches or give dramatic speeches. But Howard Thurman was aspiritual geniuswho transformed history. Thurman was a pastor and professor and mystic whose groundbreaking book, “Jesus and the Disinherited,” was a condemnation of a form of Christianity which Thurm...