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Linda Evans (born Linda Evenstad; November 18, 1942) is an American actress known primarily for her roles on television. In the 1960s she played Audra Barkley, the daughter of Victoria Barkley (played by Barbara Stanwyck) in the Western television series The Big Valley (1965–1969). She is best known for portraying Krystle Carrington in the ...
Artist's depiction of a scintillating scotoma, exhibiting a flashing visual pattern similar to dazzle camouflage used during WWI. Scintillating scotoma is a common visual aura that was first described by 19th-century physician Hubert Airy (1838–1903). Originating from the brain, it may precede a migraine headache, but can also occur ...
Irish and American actress Saoirse Ronan came to prominence in 2007 with her co-starring role in the Joe Wright period drama Atonement (2007), for which she received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress, making her the seventh-youngest actress to receive an ...
Dazzle camouflage, also known as razzle dazzle (in the U.S.) or dazzle painting, is a family of ship camouflage that was used extensively in World War I, and to a lesser extent in World War II and afterwards. Credited to the British marine artist Norman Wilkinson, though with a rejected prior claim by the zoologist John Graham Kerr, it ...
List of mayors of Denver. Coordinates: 39.7392°N 104.9850°W. Mayor of Denver. Seal of the City of Denver. Incumbent. Mike Johnston. since July 17, 2023. Style.
Resigned on July 23, 1984, due to backlash from unauthorized nude photos of her being published in Penthouse magazine: July 23, 1984 Suzette Charles: New Jersey: Mays Landing: 21 Preliminary Talent: Popular vocal, "Kiss Me In the Rain" Served the shortest term by any Miss America, lasting only seven weeks: 1985: Sept. 15, 1984 Sharlene Wells: Utah
Dabney Coleman Angela Weiss/Getty Images Veteran actor Dabney Coleman has died at age 92. His daughter, singer Quincy Coleman, confirmed his passing in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter on ...
The Hall of Fame organization was founded and incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1984 to recognize women's contributions to the territory and state of Colorado and to provide role-models for young girls and women. Serving on the board also offers leadership opportunities for women. Discussed conceptually in February 1984, it was ...
Mattie Silks was born Martha A. Nimon in Fayette County, Pennsylvania in 1845. Silks was one of five children born to farmers Henry and Sarah Nimon. Little is known about Silks' childhood other than her family moved to Erie, Indiana in 1850. Silks left her family home some time between 1860 and 1865.
Emma Belle Freeman (1880–1928) was an American photographer based in northern California. Her portraits of Native American subjects from the 1910s were widely published and exhibited at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition in 1915.