Elsie Chapman had thought about her 80th birthday celebration for so long that she could hardly believe it was here. Her toes met the edge of the plane. She heard her ...

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Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Agong’s Birthday is celebrated in various ways throughout Malaysia. The largest and most popular celebration for the holiday occurs at ...

The trouble with “Funny Girl” is almost everything except Barbra Streisand. She is magnificent. But the film itself is perhaps the ultimate example of the roadshow musical gone overboard. It is ...

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John F. Kennedy October 13 marks the birthday of the U.S. Navy, which traces its roots back to the early days of the American Revolution. On October 13, 1775, the Continental Congress established ...

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