 Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the tenth boy of 17 children. Franklin was one of the leading founding fathers of the United States of America. He signed the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States and served as the new nation's ablest diplomat.
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Benjamin Franklin's formal schooling ended... |  George Washington George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 in Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA. He was the first President of the United States.
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He was the first voted President of the United States of America, between April 30, 1789 and March 3, 1797.
George Washington was the general of the American Army, fighting for the independence of the U. S. A. against the Great... |  Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743 in in Shadwell, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA. He was the third President of the United States and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence.
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One of the most remarkable figures in the U. S. A., Thomas Jefferson was the second vice-president and the third president of the U. S. A. He was also one of the most... |  Michael Owen Michael Owen (full name Michael James Owen) was born on December 14, 1979 in Chester, Cheshire. He is an English football player, currently (2007) playing for Newcastle United. Michael Owen has also famously played for Liverpool and Real Madrid. Michael Owen plays as a striker, and is noted particularly for his speed, acceleration and clinical finishing. Michael Owen has enjoyed a hugely... |  John Cusack John Cusack was born in Evanston, Illinois on June 26, 1966. He was the fourth of five children born to a math-teacher mother, and a filmmaker father. At the age of 8, he joined the Piven Theatre Workshop. By the time he was 12 he had a string of industry films, had acted radio spots and commercial voice overs a his belt. When he was 17 he got his first real acting break in the teen comedy... |  Scarlett Johansson Scarlett Johansson was born on November 22, 1984 in New York City, United States. She is an American film actress.
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Her father, Karsten Johansson, was born in Denmark; her mother, Melanie Sloan, comes from a Bronx-bred Jewish American family. Her mother's ancestors were from Poland. The granddaughter of screenwriter and director Ejner Johansson and the sister of... |  Steven Seagal Steven Seagal was born on April 10, 1951 in Lansing, Michigan, USA. He is an action superstar surrounded by controversy and crime.
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He skyrocketed to fame in 1988 with an action-packed debut in ‘Above the Law’, but long before then, he was known to martial arts insiders as the first Caucasian to open his own aikido dojo in Japan. Is he really, as he claims, a... |  Los Angeles Los Angeles City, also known simply as L.A. or informally as the City of Angels, is the second-largest city in the United States in terms of population. It was incorporated as a city in California on April 4, 1850 and is the county seat and the largest city in Los Angeles County. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 3.69 million, though a July 1, 2004 estimate placed the... |  Florida Florida is a state in the southeastern corner of the United States. It is a peninsula, which means that water surrounds the state on three of four possible sides. To the west is the Gulf of Mexico, to the south is the Florida Straits, and to the east is the Atlantic Ocean.
Florida's is Tallahassee, and Jacksonville is the state's largest city. There are other big cities in Florida, like Tampa,... |  Las Vegas Las Vegas is the most populous city in the state of Nevada, United States. The city is the largest to be founded in the 20th century, and is a major vacation, shopping, and gambling destination.
Las Vegas was established in 1905, and officially became a city in 1911.
Las Vegas is the principal city of Nevada. Mormons from Utah were the first settlers (1855), attracted by the artesian... |  Ireland Ireland is the third-largest island in Europe. It lies in the Atlantic Ocean and it is composed of the Republic of Ireland (officially named Ireland), a state which covers five sixths of the island (south, east, west and north-west), and Northern Ireland; part of the United Kingdom, which covers the northeastern sixth of the island.
Ireland’s capital and largest city is named Dublin. The... |  Canada Canada with it's capital Otawa became a self-governing dominion in 1867 while retaining ties to the British crown, being a land of vast distances and rich natural resources.
Canada is bordered at the 49th parallel by the United States, on the north by the North Pole, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.
Canada is the second largest country in the world in... |  Central Park Central Park covers 843 acres, which is 6% of Manhattan, New York.
Its hours of operation are from 6:00 am until 1:00 am.
The Park stretches from Central Park South (59th St.) to 110th St. at the northern end and from 5th Ave. on the East Side to Central Park West (8th Ave.) on the West Side.
Central Park is a great place to escape from the tall buildings and chaos of New York City... |  Prohibition Prohibition in United States was accomplished by means of the Eighteenth Amendment to the national Constitution (ratified January 16, 1919) and the Volstead Act (passed October 28, 1919).
Prohibition began on January 16, 1920, when the Eighteenth Amendment went into effect. Federal Prohibition agents (police) were given the task of enforcing the law.
Prohibition also referred to that part... |  Chuck Norris Chuck Norris ( full name Chuck Ray Norris Jr. ) was born on March 10, 1940 in Ryan, Oklahoma, United States. He is a martial artist, an American action movie actor and Hollywood star.
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A native of Ryan, Oklahoma, Chuck Norris has two younger brothers, of which Hollywood producer Aaron Norris is one. Norris is part Cherokee (from his father) and part British and Irish... |  Lucky Luciano Lucky Luciano was born on November 24, 1897 in Lercardia Friddi, Sicily, Italy and he passed away on January 26, 1962 (heart attack). Lucky Luciano was one of the most famous gangsters in the U.S. during most of the 20th century, credited with turning syndicated crime into a nation-wide organization based on legitimate business models.
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Born in Sicily, Lucky Luciano... |  Gena Rowlands Gena Rowlands (birth name Virginia Cathryn Rowlands) was born on June 19, 1930 in Cambria, Wisconsin, United States. She is an American actress.
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Gena Rowlands appeared in Broadway in the late 1950s, and made her film debut in The High Cost of Loving in 1958. Gena Rowlands starred in several anthology television series, including Robert Montgomery Presents , Kraft... |  George Bush George Bush was born on July 6, 1946 to parents Barbara Pierce Bush and future President George H.W. Bush. He is the 43rd President of the United States of America.
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He brings a whole lifetime's experience of having sprung from the loins of a long line of entitled millionaire politicians. A native of blue-blooded New Haven, Connecticut, George W. would go on to spend... |  Boston Boston is the capital of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. It is the largest city and unofficial capital of the region known as New England. Boston is one of the oldest, wealthiest, and most culturally significant large cities in the United States. Its economy is based on education, health care, finance, and technology.
Boston has many nicknames. The City on a Hill came... |  Arthur Neville Chamberlain Arthur Neville Chamberlain was the eldest son of the second marriage of Joseph Chamberlain, Lord Mayor of Birmingham, and a half-brother to Austen, later Sir Austen Chamberlain and he was born on March 18, 1869. He was a British Conservative politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1940.
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Joseph's first wife had died shortly after giving birth... |  Viggo Mortensen Viggo Mortensen (full name Viggo Peter Mortensen) was born on October 20, 1958 in New York City, United States. He is an American theater and movie actor, poet, musician, photographer and painter.
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Viggo Mortensen is best known for his role as Aragorn in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Viggo Mortensen was a last-minute replacement for the role... |  Short Facts about United States and United Kingdom The United Kingdom is in the north-west of Europe between the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. There are four countries in the United Kingdom: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. There are around 59,000,000 people living in the UK. Around 48,000,000 of these people live in England. London is the capital of England. The capital of Scotland is Edinburgh, the capital of Wales is Cardiff... |  Rosario Dawson Rosario Dawson was born on May 9, 1979 in New York, United States. Rosario Dawson's ethinicity is of Afro-Cuban, Irish & Native American descent.
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Rosario Dawson was raised in a Manhattan tenement building by her Bronx-born mother, a professional vocalist, and her father, who worked in construction.
Rosario Dawson attended an alternative school in downtown... |  Louise Glover Louise Glover was born on February 8, 1983 in St. Helens, Merseyside, United Kingdom. She is a glamour model.
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She is also a beauty pagent contestant, twice winning Miss St. Helens and was the finalist of the Miss Earth in Philippines and Miss Hawaiian Tropic contests.
She is a class act beauty who captures the heart of all who meet her. The cameras love her - and... |
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