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1988 Cincinnati Reds season The Cincinnati Reds' 1988 season was a season in American baseball. It consisted of the Cincinnati Reds attempting to win the National League West. Led by manager Pete Rose, the Reds had a record of 87 wins and 74 losses, finishing seven games back of the eventual world champion Los Angeles ...
John M. Dowd John M. Dowd (born February 11, 1941) is an American lawyer, former attorney for the United States Department of Justice, and former Marine. His expertise in the law field focuses on white-collar crime. He took the main role in several baseball investigations with the most notable being the "Dowd Report" i...
Pete Rose Jr. Peter Edward "PJ" Rose Jr. (born November 16, 1969) is the manager of the Wichita Wingnuts in the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball and former professional baseball player. The son of Major League Baseball's all-time hits leader Pete Rose, Rose Jr. played in the minor leagues most ...
Hustle (2004 film) Hustle is a television film about baseball player Pete Rose, created by ESPN Films. It was first broadcast on September 25, 2004. The movie follows Rose as he gambled on Major League Baseball while managing the Cincinnati Reds, then was caught and banned from baseball for life. The title, "Hustle", i...
Dowd Report The Dowd Report is the document describing the transgressions of baseball player and manager Pete Rose in betting on baseball, which precipitated his agreement to a lifetime suspension from the sport in the United States. The 225-page report was prepared by Special Counsel to the Commissioner, John M. Dowd ...
Jerry Crasnick Jerry Crasnick is a sportswriter currently covering baseball for the sports website ESPN.com. He began his career working for the Biddeford Journal Tribune in Maine, as well as the Portland Press Herald. In 1988 he served as the beat writer for "The Cincinnati Post" where he covered the Cincinnati Reds. ...
Lil Ru Sylvester Samuels better known by his stage name Lil Ru, is an American rapper from Ridgeway, South Carolina currently signed to Def Jam Recordings. His debut album, 21 & Up was released on August 25, 2009. The Ridgeway native was 16 when he made his professional foray into the music business. Inspired by New Or...
Man of the House (1995 film) Man of the House is a 1995 American comedy film starring Chevy Chase, Farrah Fawcett and Jonathan Taylor Thomas. The film is about a boy (Thomas) who must come to terms with his potential stepfather (Chase), a well-meaning lawyer who is unknowingly the subject of a manhunt by relatives of a...
4192: The Crowning of the Hit King 4192: The Crowning of the Hit King, a 2010 documentary film, follows the exploits and achievements of Pete Rose, a baseball player. The film, Directed by Terry Lukemire, is narrated by J. K. Simmons. The film stars Marty Brennaman, Tony Pérez, Mike Schmidt, and Pete Rose himself, who ...
Denis O'Hare filmography The filmography of Denis O'Hare comprises both film and television roles. In a career spanning over three decades, he has appeared in overall thirty-four feature films, seven television movies and eighteen television series. For his performance in the first season of "American Horror Story", he...
Glee (season 3) The third season of the musical comedy-drama television series "Glee" was commissioned on May 23, 2010 by Fox while the first season aired. It aired between September 20, 2011 and May 22, 2012, and was produced by 20th Century Fox Television and Ryan Murphy Television, with executive producers Dante Di ...
List of American Horror Story episodes "American Horror Story" (often abbreviated "AHS") is an American anthology horror television series created and produced by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk which premiered on October 5, 2011 on FX. Described as an anthology series, each season is conceived as a mostly self-contained ...
Glee (season 4) The fourth season of the Fox musical comedy-drama television series "Glee" was commissioned on April 9, 2012. It premiered on September 13, 2012 and is produced by 20th Century Fox Television, Ryan Murphy Television and Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision with executive producers Dante Di Loreto and series co-cre...
List of Scream Queens (2015 TV series) episodes "Scream Queens" is an American comedy horror television series created for Fox by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan and produced by Murphy, Falchuk, Brennan and Alexis Martin Woodall. The series is produced by 20th Century Fox Television, Ryan Murphy Productions, ...
List of American Horror Story cast members "American Horror Story" is an American horror television series created and produced by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. Described as an anthology series, each season is conceived as a self-contained miniseries, following a disparate set of characters, settings, and a storyline w...
Glee (TV series) The series was created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan, the latter of whom first conceived of "Glee" as a film. The three wrote all of the show's episodes for the first two seasons, and Murphy and Falchuk initially served as the show's main directors. The pilot episode was broadcast on Ma...
American Crime Story American Crime Story is an American true crime anthology television series developed by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, who are executive producers with Brad Falchuk, Nina Jacobson, Ryan Murphy, and Brad Simpson. It premiered on the cable network FX in the United States on February 2, 2016. ...
Scream Queens (2015 TV series) Scream Queens is an American comedy horror television series that aired on Fox from September 22, 2015 to December 20, 2016. The series was created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan and produced by Murphy, Falchuk, Brennan, and Alexis Martin Woodall. "Scream Queens" is produce...
American Horror Story American Horror Story is an American anthology horror series created and produced by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. Described as an anthology series, each season is conceived as a self-contained miniseries, following a different set of characters and settings, and a storyline with its own "beginnin...
Becker–Edberg rivalry The tennis players Boris Becker (Germany) and Stefan Edberg (Sweden) met 35 times between 1984 and 1996. Although Becker led their overall head-to-head series 25–10 and won all three of their Davis Cup matches, Edberg won three of their four meetings in Grand Slams. Edberg and Becker also reached ...
2012 Trophée des Alpilles – Doubles Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Édouard Roger-Vasselin were the defending champions but Roger-Vasselin decided not to participate.<br>
Edberg–Lendl rivalry The tennis players Stefan Edberg (Sweden) and Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia, 1978–92/United States, 1992–94) met 27 times during their careers. Edberg leads the series 14–13. In an interview with the ATP in 2008 Edberg reflected on his classic rivalries.
2011 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux – Doubles Nicolas Mahut and Édouard Roger-Vasselin were the defending champions; however, Roger-Vasselin chose not to compete this year.
2010 Challenger DCNS de Cherbourg – Doubles Arnaud Clément and Édouard Roger-Vasselin were the defending champions, but they elected to defend their title with different partners.Clément partnered up with David Guez, but they withdrew before their quarterfinal match against Harsh Mankad and Adil Shamasdin.Roger-Vasseli...
1992 US Open – Men's Singles Stefan Edberg was the defending champion and retained his title, defeating Pete Sampras 3–6, 6–4, 7–6, 6–2 in the final to win the men's singles title at the 1992 US Open. The semifinal between Edberg and Michael Chang was a battle wherein Edberg won in five sets after 5 hours and 26 minute...
Édouard Roger-Vasselin Édouard Roger-Vasselin (] ; born 28 November 1983) is a male tennis player from France. He won the men's doubles title at Roland Garros in 2014, partnering Julien Benneteau. He is the son of 1983 French Open semifinalist Christophe Roger-Vasselin.
Stefan Edberg Stefan Bengt Edberg (] ; born 19 January 1966) is a Swedish former world no. 1 professional tennis player (in both singles and doubles). A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles between 1985 and 1996. He also ...
2014 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships – Doubles Nicolas Mahut and Édouard Roger-Vasselin were the defending champions, but Roger-Vasselin chose not to participate. Mahut played alongside Sergiy Stakhovsky, but lost in the semifinals to Jonathan Erlich and Rajeev Ram.<br>
2016 Moselle Open – Doubles Łukasz Kubot and Édouard Roger-Vasselin were the defending champions, but Kubot chose not to participate this year. Roger-Vasselin played alongside Julien Benneteau, but lost in the first round to Marcus Daniell and Marcelo Demoliner.
Anthem for the Underdog Anthem for the Underdog is the third album by the rock band 12 Stones. It was released on August 14, 2007. The first single "Lie to Me", was made available on 12 Stones' MySpace and official website along with the second single "Anthem For The Underdog", which was used in the movie "Never Back D...
Cinderella (sports) In sports, the terms Cinderella, "Cinderella story", and Cinderella team are used to refer to situations in which competitors achieve far greater success than would reasonably have been expected. Cinderella stories tend to gain much media and fan attention as they move closer to the championship gam...
Town Without Pity Town Without Pity (German: Stadt ohne Mitleid) is a 1961 American, Swiss, and West German international co-production drama film directed by Gottfried Reinhardt. Produced by The Mirisch Corporation, the film stars Kirk Douglas, Christine Kaufmann, and E. G. Marshall. Coincidentally, this movie came ou...
Bambi Bambi is a 1942 American animated film directed by David Hand (supervising a team of sequence directors), produced by Walt Disney and based on the book "Bambi, a Life in the Woods" by Austrian author Felix Salten. The film was released by RKO Radio Pictures on August 13, 1942, and is the fifth Disney animated fea...
Underdog (film) Underdog is a 2007 American family superhero comedy film based on the 1960s cartoon series of the same name. Directed by Frederik Du Chau and written by Joe Piscatella, Adam Rifkin, and Craig A. Williams, the film stars Jim Belushi, Peter Dinklage, John Slattery, and Patrick Warburton with the voice tal...
Vedham Pudhithu Vedham Puthithu (Tamil: வேதம் புதிது English: New vedha ) (1987), starring Sathyaraj and Amala is a Tamil movie, written by K.Kannan, who after this movie came to be Vedham Puthithu Kannan and directed by Bharathiraja. Charuhasan, Saritha, Raja and 'Nizhalgal' Ravi played supporting roles in the movie.
Starship Highlander Raumschiff Highlander (translated: Starship Highlander) is a fan-created science fiction film and novel series. The series was initiated in 1993 by Robert Amper. Originally, a fan club of science fiction, especially for "" (aka "ST:TOS" or just "TOS"), and the Star Wars movies, whose members met reg...
François-Eudes Chanfrault François-Eudes Chanfrault (2 December 1974 – 11 March 2016), also credited as François Eudes and Francois Eudes, was a French composer and laptop musician. Chanfrault's film music composition work in 2003 included the movie "Haute Tension" by filmmaker Alexandre Aja and "Who Killed Bambi?" dir...
Radio Blast Radio Blast is the fifth E.P. by Chicago-based pop punk band Screeching Weasel. The lineup for this single is the same as their 1993 album, Wiggle. 2000 copies were initially pressed on Underdog Records. A later repress came out on burgundy colored vinyl and had a sticker on the sleeve that proclaimed it "n...
Radio tekee murron Radio tekee murron ("The Radio Burglary") (1951) is a Finnish crime comedy directed by Matti Kassila and starring Hannes Häyrinen. The idea for the movie came from an actual radio program done by sensationalist reporter Usko Santavuori, in which he committed a fake burglary of which local police forc...
The Year of Living Dangerously (novel) The Year of Living Dangerously is a 1978 novel by Christopher Koch in which a male Australian journalist, a female British diplomat, and a Chinese-Australian male dwarf interact in Indonesia in the summer and autumn of 1965. Set primarily in the Indonesian capital city of Jakarta,...
Red-baiting Red-baiting, also reductio ad Stalinum, is an informal logical fallacy that intends to discredit the validity of an opponent's logical argument by accusing, denouncing, attacking or persecuting an individual or group as communist, socialist, or anarchist, or sympathetic toward communism, socialism, or anarc...
Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan Charles Ogier de Batz de Castelmore, Comte d'Artagnan (] ) ( 1611 – 25 June 1673) served Louis XIV as captain of the Musketeers of the Guard and died at the Siege of Maastricht in the Franco-Dutch War. A fictionalized account of his life by Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras formed t...
Joseph McCarthy Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served as U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957. Beginning in 1950, McCarthy became the most visible public face of a period in the United States in which Cold War tensions fuele...
Lavender scare The lavender scare refers to a witch hunt and the mass firings of gay people in the 1950s from the United States government. It paralleled the anti-communist campaign known as McCarthyism and the Second Red Scare. Gay men and lesbians were said to be security risks and communist sympathizers, which led t...
James Gregory (actor) James Gregory (December 23, 1911 – September 16, 2002) was an American character actor known for his deep, gravelly voice and playing brash roles such as the McCarthy-like Sen. John Iselin in "The Manchurian Candidate" (1962), the audacious General Ursus in "Beneath the Planet of the Apes" (1970),...
To Kill a Priest To Kill a Priest is a 1988 drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland. The film tells a story based on the murder, under the Polish communist regime, of priest Jerzy Popiełuszko. It stars Christopher Lambert as a fictionalized version of Popiełuszko and Ed Harris as the secret police captain set to assas...
Lana Del Rey videography American singer and occasional actress Lana Del Rey has appeared in three films as an actress, eighteen television shows, and three commercials, along with offering her talents to five films as singer. Del Rey's first appearance was in the independent film "Poolside" (2010), which features Del ...
Annie Get Your Gun (musical) Annie Get Your Gun is a musical with lyrics and music by Irving Berlin and a book by Dorothy Fields and her brother Herbert Fields. The story is a fictionalized version of the life of Annie Oakley (1860–1926), a sharpshooter who starred in Buffalo Bill's Wild West, and her romance with shar...
Curb Your Enthusiasm Curb Your Enthusiasm is an American comedy television series produced and broadcast by HBO that premiered on October 15, 2000. The series was created by Larry David, who stars as a fictionalized version of himself. The series follows Larry in his life as a semi-retired television writer and produce...
Homer Loves Flanders "Homer Loves Flanders" is the sixteenth episode of "The Simpsons"<nowiki>'</nowiki> fifth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 17, 1994. In the episode, Ned Flanders invites Homer to a football game and the two become good friends. However, Ned soon grows wea...
The Food Wife "The Food Wife" is the fifth episode of the twenty-third season of the American animated sitcom "The Simpsons". It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 13, 2011, and was seen by around 7.5 million people during this broadcast. In the episode, Homer feels left out when Marge...
Hans Moleman Hans Moleman is a recurring character on the animated television series "The Simpsons". He was created by series creator Matt Groening and is voiced by Dan Castellaneta and first appeared in the episode "Principal Charming". His appearance usually comes in the form of a running gag, in which, as a bystande...
Principal Charming "Principal Charming" is the fourteenth episode of "The Simpsons"<nowiki>'</nowiki> second season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 14, 1991. In the episode, Marge's sister Selma is looking for a husband, so Marge orders Homer to help her find one. Things go wron...
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" is the fifteenth episode of "The Simpsons"<nowiki>'</nowiki> second season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 21, 1991. In the episode, Grampa confesses that Homer has a half-brother, whom Homer immediately tries to track do...
Patty and Selma Patty and Selma Bouvier ( ) are fictional characters in the American animated sitcom "The Simpsons". They are identical twins (but with different hairstyles) and are both voiced by Julie Kavner. They are Marge Simpson's older twin sisters, who both work at the Springfield Department of Motor Vehicles, a...
Homer Goes to College "Homer Goes to College" is the third episode of "The Simpsons"<nowiki>'</nowiki> fifth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 14, 1993. In the episode, Homer's lack of a college degree is revealed and he is sent to Springfield University to pass a nuclear ph...
Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment" is the thirteenth episode of "The Simpsons"<nowiki>'</nowiki> second season. The 26th episode of the series overall, it originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 7, 1991. In the episode, Homer gets an illegal cabl...
Principal Skinner Principal W. Seymour Skinner (born Armin Tamzarian) is a fictional character in the American animated sitcom "The Simpsons", who is voiced by Harry Shearer. He is the principal of Springfield Elementary School, which he struggles to control, and is constantly engaged in a battle against its inadequate...
Homer the Vigilante "Homer the Vigilante" is the eleventh episode of "The Simpsons"<nowiki>'</nowiki> fifth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 6, 1994. In the episode, a crime wave caused by an elusive cat burglar plagues Springfield. Lisa is distraught to find her saxophone ...
Twelfth Night Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–02 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Viola and Sebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck. Viola (who is disguised as Cesario...
Twelfth Night (1996 film) Twelfth Night (also known as Twelfth Night: Or What You Will) is a 1996 British film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play, directed by Trevor Nunn and featuring an all-star cast. Set in the late 20th century, it was filmed on location in Cornwall, including scenes shot at Padstow and at La...
Twelfth Night (1955 film) Twelfth Night (Russian: Двенадцатая ночь , transliteration "Dvenadtsataya noch") is a 1955 Soviet comedy film by Lenfilm based on Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night, or What You Will. Script by Yan Frid. United States release date: March 3, 1956.
Chiltern Shakespeare Company The Chiltern Shakespeare Company is a Shakespearean theatre company founded in 1989 that produces Shakespearean plays annually in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. Recent productions include "Much Ado about Nothing", "Twelfth Night", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "As You Like It", "The Taming o...
Tobias Beer Tobias Beer (born 1976) is an English actor. Born in Cambridge, he studied at Oxford University and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art . He has worked predominantly in the theatre, and his credits include: "Great Expectations", "Merry Wives of Windsor" (with Judi Dench, Simon Callow and Alistair McG...
Twelfth Night (1933 film) Twelfth Night is a 1933 American Pre-Code short color film, notable as the very earliest surviving film directed by Orson Welles, then aged 17. It is a recording of the dress rehearsal of Welles's own abridged production at his "alma mater", the Todd School for Boys, where he had returned to d...
Kelie McIver Kelie McIver is a Kansas-born actress and singer who has played classical stage roles such as Lady Macbeth and Nurse in "Romeo & Juliet" for Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival, Viola in "Twelfth Night" for both Nevada Shakespeare in the Park and Shakespeare at Play, Hecuba in "The Trojan Women", Kate in "Taming...
Twelfth Night XII Twelfth Night is a studio album released by UK neo-progressive band Twelfth Night in 1986. Although officially untitled, it is known informally as both "XII" and "The Virgin Album". The number "XII" was printed vertically on the album cover with the words "Twelfth Night" inserted horizontally between ...
Twelfth Night (1988 film) Twelfth Night, or, What You Will is a videotaped 1988 television adaptation of Kenneth Branagh's stage production for the Renaissance Theatre Company of William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" first broadcast in the UK by ITV on 30 December 1988. Made by Thames Television, in collaboration with ...
Illyria (musical) Illyria is a musical with book, music, and lyrics by Pete Mills, based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, written in 2002. Illyria is a traditional adaption of Twelfth Night, but features a more contemporary score.
Connie Sachs Connie Sachs is a fictional character created by John le Carré. Sachs plays a key supporting role in le Carré's "Karla Trilogy" of spy novels including "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"; "The Honourable Schoolboy"; and "Smiley's People".
Call for the Dead Call for the Dead is John le Carré's first novel, published in 1961. It introduces George Smiley, the most famous of le Carré's recurring characters, in a story about East German spies inside Great Britain. It also introduces a fictional version of British Intelligence, called "the Circus" because of ...
John le Carré David John Moore Cornwell (born 19 October 1931), known by the pseudonym John le Carré ( ), is a British author of espionage novels. During the 1950s and the 1960s, he worked for both the Security Service and the Secret Intelligence Service, and began writing novels under his pen name. His third novel, "T...
Spy film The spy film genre deals with the subject of fictional espionage, either in a realistic way (such as the adaptations of John le Carré) or as a basis for fantasy (such as many James Bond films). Many novels in the spy fiction genre have been adapted as films, including works by John Buchan, le Carré, Ian Flemin...
Control (fictional character) Control is a fictional character created by John le Carré. Control is an intelligence officer who acts as the head of "the Circus", the British overseas intelligence agency. He is a character in the novels "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold", "The Looking Glass War", and "Tinker Tailor Sol...
The Deadly Affair The Deadly Affair is a 1966 British espionage–thriller film, based on John le Carré's first novel "Call for the Dead". The film stars James Mason, Harry Andrews, Simone Signoret and Maximilian Schell and was directed by Sidney Lumet from a script by Paul Dehn. In it George Smiley, the central characte...
Joseph Hone Joseph Hone (February 25, 1937 – August 15, 2016) was an Irish writer of the spy novel. His most famous novels featured a British spy called Peter Marlow. The first of the series was "The Private Sector" (1971), set in the Six Day War. Marlow's story continues in "The Sixth Directorate" (1975), "The Flowers...
Hart Crane Harold Hart Crane (July 21, 1899 – April 27, 1932) was an American poet. Finding both inspiration and provocation in the poetry of T. S. Eliot, Crane wrote modernist poetry that was difficult, highly stylized, and ambitious in its scope. In his most ambitious work, "The Bridge", Crane sought to write an epic...
John le Carré: The Biography John le Carré: The Biography is a 2015 biography of John le Carré written by Adam Sisman and published by Harper.
Bill Haydon Bill Haydon is a fictional character created by John le Carré in le Carré's "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy".
Apollo 9 Apollo 9 was the third manned mission in the United States Apollo space program and the first flight of the Command/Service Module (CSM) with the Lunar Module (LM, pronounced "lem"). Its three-person crew, consisting of Commander James McDivitt, Command Module Pilot David Scott, and Lunar Module Pilot Rusty Sc...
Shenzhou 7 Shenzhou 7 () was the third human spaceflight mission of the Chinese space program. The mission, which included the first Chinese extra-vehicular activity (EVA) carried out by crew members Zhai Zhigang and Liu Boming, marked the commencement of the second phase of the Chinese government's Project 921.
Soyuz TMA-9 Soyuz TMA-9 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle. It was a human spaceflight mission transporting personnel to and from the ISS. It launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 18 September 2006 at 08:09 MSD (04:09 UTC), docked with the ISS at 09:21 ...
Shenzhou 5 Shenzhou 5 () — was the first human spaceflight mission of the Chinese space program, launched on 15 October 2003. The Shenzhou spacecraft was launched on a Long March 2F launch vehicle. There had been four previous flights of unmanned Shenzhou missions since 1999. China became the third country in the world...
Apollo 10 Apollo 10 was the fourth manned mission in the United States Apollo space program, and the second (after Apollo 8) to orbit the Moon. Launched on May 18, 1969, it was the F mission: a "dress rehearsal" for the first Moon landing, testing all of the components and procedures, just short of actually landing. Th...
Apollo 7 Apollo 7 was an October 1968 human spaceflight mission carried out by the United States. It was the first mission in the United States' Apollo program to carry a crew into space. It was also the first U.S. spaceflight to carry astronauts since the flight of Gemini XII in November 1966. The AS-204 mission, also...
Apollo 16 Apollo 16 was the tenth manned mission in the United States Apollo space program, the fifth and penultimate to land on the Moon and the first to land in the lunar highlands. The second of the so-called "J missions," it was crewed by Commander John Young, Lunar Module Pilot Charles Duke and Command Module Pilo...
Shenzhou 6 Shenzhou 6 ( "Shénzhōu lìuhào") was the second human spaceflight of the Chinese space program, launched on October 12, 2005 on a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The Shenzhou spacecraft carried a crew of Fèi Jùnlóng (费俊龙) and Niè Hǎishèng (聂海胜) for five days in low Earth orbit. ...
Frank Borman Frank Frederick Borman II (born March 14, 1928), (Col, USAF, Ret.), is a retired United States Air Force pilot, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, best remembered as the Commander of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the Moon, making him, along with crew mates Jim Lovell and Bil...
Apollo 8 Apollo 8, the second human spaceflight mission in the United States Apollo space program, was launched on December 21, 1968, and became the first crewed spacecraft to leave Earth orbit, reach the Earth's Moon, orbit it and return safely to Earth. The three-astronaut crew — Commander Frank Borman, Command Modul...
Plymouth, Massachusetts Plymouth /ˈplɪməθ/ (historically known as Plimouth and Plimoth) is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. Plymouth holds a place of great prominence in American history, folklore, and culture, and is known as "America's Hometown." Plymouth was the site of the colony founded in ...
Plymouth Colony Plymouth Colony (sometimes New Plymouth) was an English colonial venture in North America from 1620 to 1691. The first settlement of the Plymouth Colony was at New Plymouth, a location previously surveyed and named by Captain John Smith. The settlement served as the capital of the colony and developed a...
John Lyford The Reverend John Lyford (c. 1580 – 1634) was a controversial figure during the early years of the Plymouth Colony. After receiving degrees from Oxford University (A.B. 1597, A.M. 1602), he became pastor at Leverlegkish, near Laughgaid, Armagh, Ireland. He was the first ordained minister to come to the Plym...
Mabel Keyes Babcock Born in Somerville, Massachusetts, on May 20, 1862, Mabel Keyes Babcock was the daughter of botanist Henry H. Babcock and Mary Porter (Keyes) Babcock. She was a descendant of William Bradford, the governor of Plymouth Colony. Both of her parents were involved in education: Henry was for a time the p...
Of Plymouth Plantation Written over a period of years by William Bradford, the leader of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, Of Plymouth Plantation is regarded as the most authoritative account of the Pilgrims and the early years of the colony they founded.
John Doane John Doane (c.1590 - 1685/6) was a politician. He arrived in Plymouth Colony on an unknown ship sometime between 1628 and 1632. During his long life he is considered a person of note in Plymouth Colony serving in many government capacities associated with the colony government, such as government committees ...
Myles Standish Myles Standish (c. 1584 – October 3, 1656) was an English military officer hired by the Pilgrims as military adviser for Plymouth Colony. He accompanied them on the "Mayflower" journey and played a leading role in the administration and defense of Plymouth Colony from its inception. On February 17, 1621,...
Thomas Willett Thomas Willett (1605 – August 29, 1674) was a British merchant, Plymouth Colony trader and sea-captain, Commissioner of New Netherland, magistrate of Plymouth Colony, Captain of the Plymouth Colony militia and was the 1st and 3rd Mayor of New York City, prior to the consolidation of the five boroughs int...
William Bradford (Plymouth Colony governor) William Bradford ( 19 March 1590May 9, 1657) was an English Separatist originally from the West Riding of Yorkshire. He moved to Leiden in Holland in order to escape persecution from King James I of England, and then emigrated to the Plymouth Colony on the "Mayflower" in 1620...
Edward Winslow Edward Winslow (18 October 15958 May 1655) was a Separatist who traveled on the "Mayflower" in 1620. He was one of several senior leaders on the ship and also later at Plymouth Colony. Both Edward Winslow and his brother, Gilbert Winslow signed the Mayflower Compact. In Plymouth he served in a number of ...
Bride of the Regiment Bride of the Regiment is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical film directed by John Francis Dillon and filmed entirely in Technicolor. The screenplay by Ray Harris and Humphrey Pearson is based on the book of the 1922 stage musical "The Lady in Ermine" by Frederick Lonsdale and Cyrus Wood, which had b...

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