George Herman Ruth, Jr. was born on February 6, 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland. His parents were Kate Schamberger-Ruth and George Herman Ruth, Sr., who tended bar and eventually owned his own tavern near the Baltimore waterfront. The Ruths had a total of eight children, but only two survived past infancy: a daughter named Mamie and a son named George, Jr.--the boy who would grow up to be an American hero.…
Cal Ripken Jr was born on August 24, 1960 in Havre De Grace and was raised in Aberdeen Maryland. His parents are Cal Sr and Violet Ripken and his younger brother’s name is William Ripken. Cal Jr and his brother got the love of the game of baseball from their father Cal Sr who was a Baseball player for the Baltimore Orioles but his career was cut short because of a shoulder injury. Shortly after his playing days were over, Cal Sr became a manager of one of the Orioles minor league teams. Whenever Cal Sr would get called up to a higher position Cal Jr was frustrated because they had to keep moving from place to place never really getting settled. While living in Miami, Neighborhood kids were making fun of Cal Sr. losing streak because the team was really bad so Cal Jr took mangos and rocks and threw it at them so that they would stop.…
Cormac McCarthy was born in Rhode Island on July 20, 1933. He was born to Charles Joseph and Gladys Christina McGrail McCarthy. He was born Charles, but when he got older, he changed his name to Cormac, after the Irish King. At four years old, his family moved from Rhode Island to Tennessee where his father was a lawyer until 1967. The family was Roman Catholic, and like such, Cormac McCarthy attended a Catholic High School in Knoxville. Once graduated, he attended to the University of Tennessee from 1951-1952. He did not finish his degree then, and instead left the university to join the Air Force. He was in the Air Force for four years and was even stationed in Alaska. After his stint in the Air Force, he returned to the university for two years where he started to…
Andrew Carnegie was born on November 25th, 1835, in Dunfermline, Scotland. He was born into an average class family of four. His father worked in the weaving industry, and was also part of a labor union called the Charist Group. His father was later fired for this, so the Carnegie family immigrated to the Allegheny City, PA in 1848. While living in the U.S., Carnegie got his first job as a bobbin boy at the age of twelve. He later got a job tending to steam train boilers, and then worked his way up from there. The train boilers company then gave him a job as a telegraph messenger boy.…
“Robert Mitchum was a one-of-a-kinder, he was a legend, bigger than life.” Bruce Dern, a former Co-star, said in an interview (“Robert Mitchum”). To be honest, he is the most legendary, but an exceptional actor in the whole film industry. He was a hobo before he started his acting career, and kept a hobo’s heart till he died (Clarke). He was an actor who was famous of acting as a “western” over 100 movies as well (“Robert Mitchum”). He was so special that until 1970s, a new generation of critics placed him in the first rank of screen actors, before that, he didn’t get any Oscar. Robert Mitchum, the most all-powerful actor in the movie stars’ history ever.…
Bayard Rustin was born on March 17, 1912 to Florence Rustin and Archie Hopkins. He was born into a fairly wealthy family and he was the youngest of 9 kids. He was raised by his grandparents, Julia and Janifer Rustin. He always believed that his grandparents were his parents and he thought his mother was actually his older sister. In 1932 he entered Wilberforce University in Ohio and in 1936 was expelled…
Bill Cosby was born on July 12, 1937 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has four kids whose names are Erika, Ehnis, Ensa, and Elvin. He had another son named Ennis, who died in 1997. As a child, he dropped out of school and joined the Navy. He loved telling jokes to people, which led to him becoming a comedy sensation.…
As he grew older and his movie roles began to die down, Astaire performed more in television. He often played himself for special tribute shows. Astaire had a developing interest in dramatic roles, working on series such as Dr. Kildare. On top of that he worked with another industry legend, Gene Kelly, on That's Entertainment, a documentary which explored the golden era of the movie musical.…
The musical Singin’ In The Rain is a Hollywood classic, starring Gene Kelly as Don and Jean Hagen as Lina Lamont. The film gives viewers the different aspects of expectation versus reality in big Hollywood production films. Singin’ In The Rain reinforces the theme of illusion vs. reality by using production to manipulate characters like Lina Lamont to be what the audience wants to see.…
Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant on April 27, 1822 in Point Pleasant, Ohio to the parents of Jesse Root Grant who was a tanner and businessman and his mother Hannah Simpson Grant.…
He performed in 212 musical numbers. Many of these numbers were developed dance routines so they are preserved in their original form. He usually spent weeks on his choreography until it was perfect. Another achievement of his was that he had an approach of filming dances that Hollywood soon adapted too. It supported the flow of dancing and it didn’t overshadow it. He also was in other roles with leading ladies such as Rita Hayworth, Cyd Charisse, Judy Garland, Leslie Caron, and Audrey Hepburn. After all his movie roles, Astaire helped make a dancing documentary with Gene Kelly called That’s Entertainment.…
As a young boy Nathan Hale had a large family. He was the second of four kids born, according to http://gw.geneanet.org/. Nathan Hale was born on June 6th, 1755, in Coventry, Connecticutaccording to http://www.thefamouspeople.com/. His parents were Richard Hale, and Elizabeth Hale. Nathan Hale’s brothers were Joseph Hale and Enoch Hale, along…
Johnny Cash was born on February 26, 1932 in Kingsland, Arkansas; he was one of seven children born to Ray and Carrie Cash. His family moved to Dyess, Arkansas when he was three, so that his father could farm. They bought a five bedroom house and farmed twenty acres of cotton and other crops.…
Kelly was twelve when his father died, and he was subsequently required to leave school to take on the new position as head of the family. Shortly after this, the Kellys moved to Glenrowan. As a teenager, Ned became involved in petty crimes, regularly targeting the wealthy landowners.…
Noah Webster was born on October, 17th in West Hartford, Connecticut. His father was also Noah Webster; a farmer with some government importance. Webster’s mother was Mercy Webster, the great-great granddaughter of William Bradford, governor of Plymouth colony. Noah was the fourth out of five kids, and the second son that had been born (Frank Magil 1417).…