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- 631: P. T. Barnum
- ... her $200,000 plus a percentage of the box office for 50 shows, it was so much money she couldn’t refuse. Some say Barnum was tired of being associated with the freakishness of his stars and was yearning for respectability. Barnum spent another small fortune advertising her. By the time she arrived 30,000 people were on the dock screaming her name. "There's a sucker born every minute,"6 ...
- 632: Ozzy Osbourne
- ... ya think I wandered to, I’ve seen life’s magic astral plane I travel through. I heard them tell me that this land of dreams was now; I told them I had ridden shooting stars and I’d show them how. Over and over always tried to get away, living a daydream only place I had to stay, fever of a breakout burning in me miles wide; People around me ...
- 633: Norman Schwarzkopf
- ... his most important choices was in Vietnam. One of his fellow soldiers was shot and he carried him to safety when Norman already had four gun shot wounds in him. He was awarded three silver stars and controlled the air, ground, and water forces. I think anyone interested in joining the military, is currently in the military, or is just interested in these kinds of books, should read this biography by ...
- 634: Neve Cambell
- ... scream trilogy is about a psycho killer out to get Sydney (Neve Campbell) and her friends. "Wild Things" is about a long line of connections with people to get some money. In Hairshirt Neve co-stars with her brother Christian, and Katie Wright. Neve has also been on many talk shows as well. She has been "late night" with Conan O’Brian (NBC: Dec 20, 1996), "The late show" with David ...
- 635: Neil Armstrong
- ... worked in the Chemistry lab. In his basement he made a wind tunnel. And on the roof of his garage he built an observatory where he had telescopes to look at the moon and the stars. He learned so much and was so excited that he couldn't wait to fly. He worked in a pharmacy to pay for his flying lessons. When he was only sixteen years old he got ...
- 636: Nat King Col
- ... the 331 Club was small, it was always packed. Now the Trio was starting to show up on the radar screen, a fact that was not hurt by the club being frequented by various movie stars. Nat "King" Cole was about to really hit it big. 1943 was the year that the Trio made two decisions that would change the course of the band forever. First, they signed Carlos Gastel as ...
- 637: John Wayne
- ... schedules did little to advance his career. In 1939 John Ford gave Wayne another break by casting him as the Ringo Kid in Stagecoach. The roll threw Wayne into the top ranks of the movie stars and finally, in the 1940’s, his legend began to take shape. Relieved from military duty due to physical problems, Wayne became the film industry’s hard-core soilder, but had that compassionate side. Movies ...
- 638: James Cameron
- ... were professionals so Cameron fit right in. He quickly moved up the ranks in the studio, jumping from one movie to another. Cameron worked as art director on the sci-fi movie Battle Beyond the Stars, he did special effects work and direction on John Carpenter’s Escape from New York. It wasn't until 1981 when Cameron got his first shot at directing. It was an Italian producer named Assonitis ...
- 639: Jackie Robinson
- ... MVP and "Rookie of the year" award with a batting average of .297, 125 and a record setting 29 stolen bases. That year he made the black people proud, and paved the way for current stars like Michael Jordan, Joe Carter, and others. Soon Jackie got married to Rachel Isum (whom he met at UCLA and by 1950 they had 2 kids Jackie Jr., and Sharon.) Jackie was soon the target ...
- 640: Howard Hughes
- ... his secret wartime combat mission under the aegis of President Roosevelt, his friendships with Cary Grant and Ernest Hemingway, his behind-locked-doors life in Las Vegas- and it revealed details of affairs with movie stars from Katharine Hepburn to Ava Gardner. McGraw-Hill’s announcement of the impending publication ignited a firestorm of controversy. Executives of Hughes’ corporations insisted the book was unauthorized. Finally on national radio hookup, an invisible ...
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