1942

1942 — Franz Werfel’s “The Song of Bernadette” is published

A Jew from Prague who fled the Aunschluss in 1938, Franz Werfel was also a playwright noted for his satirical...

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Lewis Allan Reed was born in Brookdale, and lived most of his life in New York City. He would become...

December 22, 2018

Born in Chicago, Harrison Ford would rise from humble beginnings to become one of the best known and highest grossing...

December 19, 2018

It is one of Australia’s greatest military triumphs: a simple holding action across a narrow dirt trail that spanned the...

December 14, 2018

Born in 1904, Dr Charles Drew was one of the first black surgeons in the United States – although that...

December 9, 2018

While Jimi Hendrix may not have been the greatest guitar player of all time – although that’s not a bet...

December 4, 2018