Lyman Frank Baum was an American author best known for his children's fantasy books,particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,part of a series. In addition to the 14 Oz books,Baum penned 41 other novels,83 short stories,over 200 poems,and at least 42 scripts. He made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen;the 1939 adaptation of the first Oz book became a landmark of 20th-century cinema.
Ginger Rogers was an American actress,dancer and singer during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her starring role in Kitty Foyle (1940),and performed during the 1930s in RKO's musical films with Fred Astaire. Her career continued on stage,radio and television throughout much of the 20th century.
William Penn Adair Rogers was an American vaudeville performer,actor,and humorous social commentator. He was born as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation,in the Indian Territory,and is known as "Oklahoma's Favorite Son". As an entertainer and humorist,he traveled around the world three times,made 71 films,and wrote more than 4,000 nationally syndicated newspaper columns. By the mid-1930s,Rogers was hugely popular in the United States for his leading political wit and was the highest paid of Hollywood film stars. He died in 1935 with aviator Wiley Post when their small airplane crashed in northern Alaska.
Dale Evans Rogers was an American actress,singer,and songwriter. She was the third wife of singing cowboy film star Roy Rogers.
The 2000 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 7,2000,to elect U.S. Representatives to serve in the 107th United States Congress. They coincided with the election of George W. Bush as President of the United States. The Republican Party won 221 seats,while the Democratic Party won 212 and independents won two.
The 1966 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives on November 8,1966,to elect members to serve in the 90th United States Congress. They occurred in the middle of President Lyndon B. Johnson's second term. As the Vietnam War continued to escalate and race riots exploded in cities across the country,Johnson's popularity had fallen,and the opposition Republican Party was able to gain a net of 47 seats from Johnson's Democratic Party,which nonetheless maintained a clear majority in the House. This was also the first election that occurred after the Voting Rights Act of 1965 became law,and the first time since 1870 that a Republican won a House seat in Arkansas,and the first since 1876 that they did so in South Carolina.
Marriott Corporation was a hospitality company that operated from 1927 until 1993,founded by J. Willard Marriott and Frank J. Kimball as Hot Shoppes,Inc. In 1957,Marriott Corporation opened its first hotel in Arlington County,Virginia,United States as the Twin Bridges Motor Hotel.
Frank Rogers or Frank Rodgers may refer to:
Darryl Dale Rogers was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at California State College at Hayward—now known as California State University,East Bay (1965),California State University,Fresno (1966–1972),San Jose State University (1973–1975),Michigan State University (1976–1979),and Arizona State University (1980–1984),compiling a career college football record of 129–84–7. From 1985 to 1988,Rogers was the head coach of Detroit Lions the National Football League (NFL),tallying a mark of 18–40. In 1991,served as head coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL),coaching the Blue Bombers to a 9–9 record and an appearance in the East Final.
Robert Thaves was the creator of the comic strip Frank and Ernest,which began in 1972.
The Rhode Island Senate is the upper house of the Rhode Island General Assembly,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Rhode Island,the lower house being the Rhode Island House of Representatives. It is composed of 38 Senators,each of whom is elected to a two-year term. Rhode Island is one of the 14 states where its upper house serves at a two-year cycle,rather than the normal four-year term as in most states. There is no limit to the number of terms that a Senator may serve. The Rhode Island Senate meets at the Rhode Island State Capitol in Providence.
The 6th Academy Awards were held on March 16,1934,to honor films released between August 1,1932 and December 31,1933,at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles,California. They were hosted by Will Rogers,who also presented the awards.
The archaeological La Jolla complex represents a prehistoric culture oriented toward coastal resources that prevailed during the middle Holocene period between c. 8000 BC and AD 500 in southwestern California and northwestern Baja California.
Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery is a 12-episode 1935 Universal movie serial based on the Tailspin Tommy comic strip by Hal Forrest and starring Clark Williams,Jean Rogers and Noah Beery,Jr. The picture was the 96th of the 137 serials released by the studio.
William Reese Perkins was an American cool jazz saxophonist and flutist,popular on the West Coast jazz scene,known primarily as a tenor saxophonist.
Francis Cappuccio,known professionally as Frank Capp,was an American jazz drummer. Capp also played on numerous rock and roll sessions and is considered to be a member of the Wrecking Crew.
The 1954California gubernatorial election was held on November 2,1954. Incumbent Republican governor Goodwin Knight,who had ascended to the office after Earl Warren resigned to become Chief Justice of the United States the previous year,won the election to serve his sole term as Governor of California.
The 1909–10 Challenge Cup was the 14th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition,the Challenge Cup.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Wyoming on Tuesday,November 7,1950. All of the state's executive officers—the governor,secretary of state,auditor,treasurer,and superintendent of public instruction—were up for election. The Republican Party swept all of the offices. Following Democratic governor Lester C. Hunt's election to the U.S. Senate in 1948,Republican secretary of state Arthur G. Crane had been acting as governor. Republican Congressman Frank A. Barrett was elected governor,and Republican candidates won the other statewide races.
American Church Union (ACU) is the name of several distinct Anglican organizations in the American Episcopal Church and the Anglican Continuum. The groups have had an Anglo-Catholic orientation. It is named in imitation of the English Church Union.
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