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(10/05/1830 – 11/18/1886) - US President (21), VP (20)
(see all US Presidents, VPs). "Well, there doesn't seem anything else for an ex-President to do but to go into the country and raise big pumpkins."
(10/05/1879 – 06/02/1951) - US educator, writer, musician. "There's a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who notices me."
Joshua Logan
(10/05/1908 – 07/12/1988) - US actor. "Not since Atilla the Hun swept across Europe leaving 500 years of total blackness has there been a man like Lee Marvin."
(10/05/1957 – 08/09/2008) - US comic. "But television handcuffs you, man. Now everyone
telling me what I CAN'T do, what I CAN say, what I SHOULD do, and
asking, `Are blacks gonna be mad at you? Are whites gonna accept you?'"
(10/05/1959 – ) - US architect, sculptor (designed US Vietnam vet and civil rights memorials). "If you don't learn history accurately, how can you learn?"
Contributed by Anastasia Streltsova
1925 – the first Ernest Hemingway’s book “In Our Time” was published in the USA. When In Our Time was published in 1925, it was praised by Ford Madox Ford, John Dos Passos, and F. Scott Fitzgerald for its simple and precise use of language to convey a wide range of complex emotions, and it earned Hemingway a place beside Sherwood Anderson and Gertrude Stein among the most promising American writers of that period. In Our Time contains several early Hemingway classics, including the famous Nick Adams stories "Indian Camp," "The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife," "The Three Day Blow," and "The Battler," and introduces readers to the hallmarks of the Hemingway style: a lean, tough prose -- enlivened by an car for the colloquial and an eye for the realistic that suggests, through the simplest of statements, a sense of moral value and a clarity of heart.
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Barnie Mac’s Milestones
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Began appearing in nightclubs in the Chicago area
1990 Won the Miller Lite Comedy Search
Became opening act for Redd Foxx, Dionne Warwick and Natalie Cole, among others
1992 Feature film debut, bit part in "Mo' Money"
1994 Produced and starred in the comedy act "Who Ya Wit Tour"
1995 Had one-month comedy series on HBO, "Midnight Mac"
1995 Appeared in a supporting role in the feature "Friday"
1996 Played recurring role on the UPN comedy series "Moesha"
1996 Was in ensemble cast of Spike Lee's "Get on the Bus"
1997 Had supporting roles in "B.A.P.S" and "How to Be a Player"
Participated in "The Kings of Comedy" tour
2000 Was featured in Spike Lee's documentary film "The Original Kings of Comedy"
2001 Co-starred as a fence in the Martin Lawrence-Danny DeVito comedy "What's the Worst That Could Happen?"
2001-2006 Headlined own TV sitcom "The Bernie Mac Show"; earned Emmy (2002, 2003), Golden Globe (2003, 2004) and SAG (2003) nominations for Best Actor in a Comedy
2001 Acted in Steven Soderbergh's "Ocean's Eleven," a remake of the 1960 heist film
2003 Co-starred as Chris Rock's big brother and presidential running mate in "Head of State"
2003 Played Bosley in the comedy sequel "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle"
2004 Starred as an aging baseball star who returns to baseball to reach his goal of 3,000 hits in "Mr. 3000"
2004 Reunited with the original cast for "Ocean's Twelve," directed by Steven Soderbergh
2005 Co-starred with Ashton Kutcher in the comedy "Guess Who," loosely based on the 1967 film "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
2007 Announced retirement from standup comedy; will continue producing, and acting in films
2007 Re-teamed with the original cast for "Ocean's 13"
2007 Cast in director Michael Bay's live action film "Transformers
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Logan's hit films included Picnic (1955), Bus Stop (1956), Sayonara (1957), and South Pacific (1958). He was nominated for an Academy Award for Directing for Picnic and Sayonara.
ReplyDeleteHis later Broadway musicals All-American (1962) and Mr. President (1962) and the films of Lerner and Loewe's Camelot (1967), and Paint Your Wagon (1969) were less well received. Logan's 1976 autobiography Josh: My Up-and-Down, In-and-Out Life talks frankly about his bipolar disorder. He appeared with his wife in the 1977 nightclub revue Musical Moments, featuring Logan's most popular Broadway numbers. He published Movie Stars, Real People, and Me in 1978. From 1983-1986, he taught theater at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida. He was also responsible for bringing Carol Channing to Broadway in Lend an Ear!.
Logan was married briefly (1939–1940) to actress Barbara O'Neil. After the divorce, he was married to Nedda Harrigan from 1945 until his death from supranuclear palsy in New York City in 1988.
In many countries, Teachers' Days are intended to be special days for the appreciation of teachers, and may include celebrations to honor them for their special contributions in a particular field area, or the community in general. The date on which Teachers' day is celebrated varies from country to country. Teachers' days are distinct from World Teachers' Day which is officially celebrated across the world on October 5
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