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Roseann M. Quinn (November 17, 1944 – January 2, 1973) was an American schoolteacher in New York City who was stabbed to death in 1973 by a man she had met at a bar. Her murder inspired Judith Rossner's best-selling 1975 novel Looking for Mr. Goodbar, which was adapted into a 1977 film directed by Richard Brooks and starring Diane Keaton, and the television film, Trackdown: Finding the ...
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters is a children's picture book published in 1987 by John Steptoe. The book won many awards for Steptoe's illustrations, and went on to be adapted into many different children's literature curricula. In the late 1980s, Weston Woods made a version of the book, narrated by Terry Alexander .
What a Cartoon! Codename: Kids Next Door [c] is an American animated television series created by Mr. Warburton for Cartoon Network. The series follows the adventures of a diverse group of five children who operate from a high-tech treehouse, fighting against adult and teenage tyranny with advanced 2×4 technology.
As an actor, writer and producer, Mindy Kaling has a long list of accomplishments attached to her name — and she is also a mother of three. “The Office” alum has a 6-year-old daughter ...
The share of first-time and less-experienced campers hit 32% this year, down from a peak of 41% in 2022 but far higher than pre-pandemic — when that rate didn’t surpass 18% from 2015 to 2019 ...
This is a list of school massacres by death toll. School massacres # Name Date Year Location Country Killed Injured W Perpetrator Terroristic organisations act Fate of perpetrator(s) Ref. 1. Santa María School massacre Dec 21 1907 Iquique Chile 2,000 ? F Chilean Army No 300 killed 2. Beslan school siege Sep 1 2004 Beslan, North Ossetia-Alania Russia 333 783 FME Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of ...
Past predictions First millennium CE Date (CE) Claimant(s) Description Ref. 66–70 Simon bar Giora, Jewish Essenes The Jewish Essene sect of ascetics saw the Jewish uprising against the Romans in 66–70 in Judea as the final end-time battle which would bring about the arrival of the Messiah. By the authority of Simon, coins were minted declaring the redemption of Israel. 2nd century Montanus ...
The best known incarnation of the story "The Little Engine That Could" was written by "Watty Piper" in 1930, a pen name of Arnold Munk, who was the owner of the publishing firm Platt & Munk. Munk used the name Watty Piper as both an author of children's books and as the editor of many of the books that Platt & Munk published.