She also won three gold medals, in the 100- and 200-meter individual events and the 4 x 100-meter relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Rudolph was acclaimed the fastest woman in the world in the 1960s and became the first American woman to win three gold medals in a ...
Cicely Tyson was the first Black actress to star in a TV drama,Eastside, Westsidein 1963. Photo:United Artists. Rita Moreno Just one of many feathers in the cap of her 70+ year-career, Rita Moreno became the first Hispanic woman to win an Oscar in 1962 for her role as Anita inthe ...
up...'It's The Who, innit?' So that was that and a new name had been born." February 1965 New music releases: "Stop! In The Name Of Love" - The Supremes; "Eight Days a Week" - The Beatles;Introducing Herman's Hermits- Herman's Hermits;The Rolling Stones, Now!- The Rolling ...
Galileo later defended his views in Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (1632), which appeared to attack Pope Urban VIII and thus alienated him and the Jesuits, who had both supported Galileo up until this point. He was tried by the Inquisition, found "vehemently suspect of ...
According toHoroscope.com, the Libra season kicks off on Sept. 23 and runs through Oct. 22. This means that anyone who was born during that time frame is considered to have the Libra zodiac sign. What Is a Libra? Libras are an air sign and can sometimes have their heads in the clouds...
The blood was presented that covered my sin Forgiven when mercy walked in I stood there and wondered how could this be That someone so guilty had just been set free My chains were broken I felt born again The moment that mercy walked in ...
Robin Harper (MSP) was born on 4th August 1940 in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. He graduated in 1962 from the University of Aberdeen and became a teacher here in Scotland and Kenya. He has also been a performing folk singer/guitarist, a guitar teacher and is a former music director of Edi...
Bennett was a singer from the age of 10, and after serving in the Army during WWII, he studied singing and launched a career singing the Great American Songbook as well as jazz. “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” was his breakout smash in 1962, but his record company’s insistence ...
She launched her own couture line in 1959, after working in fashion for years, and later expanded into ready-to-wear, dressing Jackie Kennedy (notably when the First Lady visited the Pope in 1962) and supplying some of the looks Claudia Cardinale wore in The Pink Panther. Galitzine designed...
Marilyn Monroe was raised by her mother, Gladys Baker. Her father is believed to be Martin Edward Mortensen, but Monroe claimed that Charles Stanley Gifford was her father. Born: 06-01-1926 Age: Dec. at 36 (1926-1962) Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA Dig Dee...