Born at St. Luke’s Hospital in Chicago on July 21, 1951, Robin Williams was the son of Robert Fitzgerald Williams, a senior executive in Ford Motor Company’s Lincoln-Mercury Division. His mother, Laurie McLaurin, was a former model from Jackson, Mississippi. During a television interview on Inside the Actors Studio in 2001, Williams credited his mother […]
When the snow melts and the grass turns green again, homeowners often get the urge to begin working in the yard or garden. Maybe the husband and wife go to a nursery and select a tree to plant in the yard. Maybe they stop at Home Depot to look at the samples of wood fence […]
ABRAHAM LINCOLN XVI President of the United States: 1861-1865 Proclamation 106—Thanksgiving Day, 1863 October 3, 1863 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation The year that is drawing toward its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed […]
Do you remember the thrill of going into a record store and thumbing through the bins of vinyl records? Beginning in 1963, the Beatles released Please Please Me, A Hard Day’s Night, Help!, Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, and many more albums. Simon and Garfunkle’s Bridge Over Troubled Waters was released in 1970. Pink […]
If you’ve lived in the Chicago area for a while, you have probably gone to the most famous sites in the city. You’ve taken the elevator to the top of the John Hancock Building and looked out over the city. You have gone to Millennium Park and peered at the Cloud Gate Sculpture (the “bean”). […]