Joshua Orwa Ojode (29 December 1958 – 10 June 2012) was a Kenyan politician.He was first appointed into parliament on June 28, 1994 to represent the Ndhiwa Constituency. He belonged to the Orange Democratic Movement representing the Ndhiwa Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya si...
Bono, the lead singer of U2, wrote “Sweetest Thing” by way of apology to his wife Ali Hewson for leaving her alone for weeks at a time due to his hectic rock star schedule and for skipping out on her birthday due to commitments involved with recording their "The Joshua Tree" album. ...
Randy Rhoads founded the first incarnation of Quiet Riot when he was just 16. The band became one of the most popular in Los Angeles clubs and eventually signed a record deal in the mid-’70s. Despite the initial hype, their first two albums were only released in Japan. Rhoads departed i...
National parks: 63 Brigitte Werner // Wikimedia Commons National parks: 63 There are 63 national parks in the United States, some of the most famous of which include the Great Smoky Mountains, Grand Canyon, Zion, Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Joshua Tree. In 2019, three parks--Golden Gate Nat...
who founded this archive 80 years ago, an exalted act in a nation with the highest level of education in Latin America. Standing before a plaque, Leal orates off the cuff for 45 minutes about the biblio-hero Zayas, a rhetorical tour de force that includes fond personal anecdotes, philosophic...
In 1983, at the onset of the AIDS pandemic Jones co-founded the San Francisco AIDS Foundation which has grown into one of the largest and most influential People with AIDS advocacy organizations in the United States. Age: 70 Birthplace: Wabash Township, USA, Indiana, West Lafayette Pauline ...
Long-time inventor of automated sequenc- ing but lately a pioneer of systems approaches in biology; cofounded the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle in 2000. Founder of numerous biotechs. Aaron Klug, Carl Pabo and Jeremy Berg. Pioneers of zinc finger technology, which has recently gained...
Abbott and newly elected lieutenant governor Dan Patrick took selfies. The $4.7 million bill for the festivities waspicked upby generous donors, including Tim Dunn, the oilman who founded Empower Texans, an enforcer of right-wing orthodoxy in Texas Republican politics. Big energy donors included ...
After his discharge from the Navy he founded a home construction business, Woodstone Developers, and built numerous homes in the Merrimack, NH area. He served on the Merrimack Board of Selectmen and also served on the Neighborhood Association for Baboosic Lake. Mickey moved to Portsmouth in ...
Reichert studied filmmaking at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and in, 1971, co-founded the documentary distribution company New Day Films with collaborator Jim Klein. Her first documentary, 1971's Growing Up Female, was later inducted into the Library of Congress' National Film Registry...