Born in Utah and raised for much of her life in Homer, Alaska, Jewel Kilcher inflicted extraordinary damage upon the world when she traded her anonymous life of bar-yodeling for.
Jim Jones, the son of a Klansman who originally hailed from Indiana, was born on this date in 1931. He sold monkeys door-to-door to finance his first ministry in downtown.
I usually write about hideous people on their birthdays. Although my daughter can be a real pain in the ass -- demanding that I change her diapers, prepare her meals,.
James Buchanan, arguably the worst chief executive in American history, was born on this date in 1791. The only president to hail from Pennsylvania, Buchanan stood for nearly everything the.
Many amazing people were born on this date: sociologist Emile Durkheim, journalist and labor leader Asa Philip Randolph, the incomparable blues mistress Bessie Smith, and Leonardo da Vinci. Da Vinci,.
Shortly after the new millennium failed to bring the Son of Man roaring back on a steed of fire, Tom DeLay thoughtfully pondered the nation's future. He was optimistic that.
John Wayne Gacy -- restaurant manager, building contractor, Jaycee, birthday entertainer, Democratic party precinct captain, and serial killer -- was born 65 years ago today in Chicago. Although his father.
If he were still living, William Joseph Casey would be enjoying his 94th birthday. Head of the SEC under Nixon and the CIA under Ronald Reagan, Casey died of pneumonia.
