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It’s been told that in 1914, France’s first lady was kidnapped by an orangutan who had escaped from the Paris zoo. He carried her up into a tree and kept her for hours. She was so embarrassed by this incident that the government kept it a secret for forty years.
I’ve had an incredible relationship with my husband, with my family. I know they’ve had problems of their own, but we have never wavered in our closeness as a family. I’ve had a hell of a life.
I think of myself as a journeyman actress. I will attempt almost anything that I think that I can bring off. It could be almost anything.
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Mr. Roebuck was originally a watchmaker that Mr. Sears hired. They were opposites, Sears a promoter, Roebuck a conservative, careful man. They got along well and became partners. After a while Roebuck sold out for $25,000 because he didn’t agree with the frantic expansion of the company. He invented a typewriter and invested the proceeds of the typewriter income in Florida real estate. He lost everything in the crash of 1929. He showed up at the Sears employment office looking for any work at all. He was hired as a “celebrity” to cut ribbons at grand openings, etc.
At the age of 44 Mr. Sears retired with over $17 million.
During the War of 1812 Samuel Wilson, a butcher in Troy, New York, shipped pork to the Army in kegs stamped “U.S.” People called him Uncle Sam. Samuel Wilson did not look like the man we think of as Uncle Sam. The man who posed for the original paintings of “Uncle Sam” was really Dan Rice, a professional clown. He owned a pet pig and worked for what later became the Barnum and Bailey Circus, then went on to found his own circus. He ran for the American presidency as a Republican and lost.
After marrying a promising young physician in 1867, Carrie Nation (also known as Carry Nation) was horrified to see her husband destroy his career and his life after only two years. He drank himself to death. Mrs. Nation was so angry and disgusted with alcohol that she smashed up over 30 drinking establishments. This fearsome looking nearly six-foot-tall, 175 pound woman would enter a bar with such frenzy that all the male patrons ran in fright. She busted all the bottles and much of the furniture with rocks, bricks and a hatchet.
Alicia Augello Cook, better known as “Alicia Keys” was born on January 25, 1981, so as of August, 2018, she is 452 months old. Her astrological sign is Aquarius. According to djay.com, an Aquarius “is eccentricity and radical individuality seeking freedom of the soul and communication with the group mind.”
Alicia’s mother is white, of English, Irish, Scottish and Italian descent. Her father is African-American. Alicia says she is proud of her biracial heritage because she can relate to all groups.
Her first television appearance was at age four, on an episode of The Cosby Show.
Alicia almost chose “Alicia Wilde” as her stage name.
One out of every 50 Americans have purchased a copy of her debut album, Songs in A Minor.
Charles Lindbergh was not the first person to fly non-stop over the Atlantic Ocean. He was the sixty-seventh. He was, however, the first to do it solo.
Education isn’t the only way to succeed.
Ferdinand Porsche, inventor of the Porsche cars, Volkswagens, and many German WWII machines, went to trade school to be trained as a factory foreman. He got the lowest grades in his class.
For more about Volkswagens see 10 Surprising Facts About Volkswagen.
Although most computer programmers are men, the very first programmer was a woman, Lady Augusta Ada Lovelace. Her mechanical computer, called an “analytical machine” was created by Charles Babbage and used punch cards for input. The year was 1852.
Abigail Breslin, born on April 14, 1996, is an Aries.
According to djay.com, an Aries is, “fiery self-will in action; pioneering energy; new growth seeking to emerge.”
She is 5′ 1″ (1.55 m) tall, just 6″ (15 cm) shorter than Tom Cruise, but one inch (2.5 cm) taller than Danny DeVito.
Abigail was born in New York.
She has two older brothers, Ryan (born in 1985) and Spencer (born in 1992).
She was eight years old in the 2004 film, Raising Helen.
Her brother in the movie was played by her real brother, Spencer, who was around twelve years old at the time.
