Mary Anderson Thanks for stopping by and taking time out of your day to read my post.  My intent is to put a smile on your face.  I hope that you will go away with some information you may have forgotten about or did not know.  Now sit back and enjoy the post for the day.Mary Anderson is such a common name so you may ask yourself why I chose to write about her today. Well sit back for the rest of the story.Mary Anderson was born in Greene County, Alabama back in 1866. You will like this she was an American real estate developer, rancher and inventor. As the story goes she on a visit to New York City in 1902 and was riding in a trolley car on a frosty day. That got her to thinking and when she returned to Alabama she got with a designer and will forever her name will be written in the h... 11/17/2015

Francis Thanks for stopping by and taking time out of your day to read my post.  My intent is to put a smile on your face.  Hopefully you’ll go away with some information you may have forgotten about or did not know.  Now sit back and enjoy the post for the day.Francis was born in Alexandra, Virginia back in 1928 to Theodore and Daisy.  Being a standout he was named to the All-South Atlantic Conference three times.  During his college career he led West Virginia State his nickname was to two Tournament Championships in 1948-49 season.   His nickname was “The Big Cat”.  He played for the Washington Capitals the Syracuse Nationals and the Detroit Pistons before his retirement.  You may know him better as Earl Lloyd.But can you tell me what he is most noted for?  Why he is the first black ... 11/16/2015

583 Thanks for stopping by and taking time out of your day to read my post.  My intent is to put a smile on your face.  Hopefully you’ll go away with some information you may have forgotten about or did not know.  Now sit back and enjoy.When the Civil War broke out this person fought in some famous battles such as the First Bull Run, Fredericksburg and Antietam.  After contracting malaria in 1863 Franklin Thompson served as a nurse for the rest of the war.  The unusual thing about Franklin was that he was born Sarah Edmonds and dressed as a man after fleeing Canada to escape an arranged marriage.  She was one of an estimated 400 to 1,000 women who served in the conflict.  If you liked what you’ve read take a moment and join us at activerain.com/groups/trivia21Remember to smile.  It will... 11/15/2015

Guido Thanks for stopping by and taking time out of your day to read my post.  My intent is to put a smile on your face.  Hopefully you’ll go away with some information you may have forgotten about or did not know.  Now sit back and enjoy the post for the day.Guido was born in Stonegate, York back in 1570 to Edward and Edith.  He was the second of four born to that couple.  He fought in the Eighty Year War for Catholic Spain.  In 1604 Guido became involved with a small group who planned to assassinate the Protestant King James and replace him with his daughter Princess Elizabeth.  The conspiracy was to blow up the House of London.  Depending on which story you want to believe Guido was caught hiding gunpowder in the House of London to complete the assassination.  When he was interrogate... 11/14/2015

 Ignatius Thanks for stopping by and taking time out of your day to read my post.  My intent is to put a smile on your face.  Hopefully you’ll go away with some information you may have forgotten about or did not know.  Now sit back and enjoy the post for the day.Ignatius was born in Edinburgh, Scotland back in 1859to Charles and Mary.  He attended Jesuit Preparatory School in Stonyhurst.  Get this people at the age of nine he went to Stonyhurst College.  At 17 he studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh.  Upon graduation he was employed as a ship’s surgeon and sailed to the West Coast of Africa.  When he returned he opened up his own private medical office.  While waiting for patients he began writing.  BTW you may know him better as Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle the writer of She... 11/13/2015

I bought a new computer for the office.  I am trying to sync both of them so please bear with me until I get this done so I can continue to write about people and their lives.  Hopefully I can get it done today.  So until then I leave you with the old standby.... 582 Thanks for stopping by and taking time out of your day to read my post.  My intent is to put a smile on your face.  Hopefully you’ll go away with some information you may have forgotten about or did not know.  Now sit back and enjoy.He is known as one of the greatest military geniuses of the world.  He conquered territories from Pakistan, Turkey, Iran and Greece to Egypt.  He died at the age of 32 after only a 13-year reign.  While the cause of his death is still a mystery his legend is legendary.  Now tell me who is this f... 11/12/2015

581 Thanks for stopping by and taking time out of your day to read my post.  My intent is to put a smile on your face.  Hopefully you’ll go away with some information you may have forgotten about or did not know.  Now sit back and enjoy.The document is rare.  It outlines the concepts of government and gives protection to individual rights.  This document gets equal attention and love from Supreme Court justices, advocates for human rights and even rappers like Jay-Z.  What document is this is my question for you today?  I’ll bet most of you would guess the Constitution however you would be wrong.  It is known as the Magna Carta and was signed on June 15, 1215 long before the Americas were even known or discovered.  So tell me did you get it right?  If you liked what you’ve read take a m... 11/11/2015

Omer Thanks for stopping by and taking time out of your day to read my post.  My intent is to put a smile on your face.  Hopefully you’ll go away with some information you may have forgotten about or did not know.  Now sit back and enjoy the post for the day. Omer was born in Mauricie, Quebec in 1929.  He was the first of 11 children born to Palma and Xavier.  His father carved him a stick from a tree root.  At the age of 12 he fell off of a ladder and broker his hand.  His hand did not heal properly and he had surgery later to correct it.  He also suffered from asthma starting in his early childhood.  At the age of 12 he began playing the game that would sustain him he was so good at the position he played he was given the nickname of “Jake the Snake”.  In 1947 he began to play profess... 11/10/2015

Sylvia Thanks for stopping by and taking time out of your day to read my post.  My intent is to put a smile on your face.  Hopefully you’ll go away with some information you may have forgotten about or did not know.  Now sit back and enjoy the post for the day. Sylvia was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1932.  In April 1940 just a couple of weeks past her 8th birthday her father died.  She graduated from Bradford High School in 1950 and attended Smith College where she excelled academically.  She met her husband Ted in February 1956 during a party in Cambridge.  They married in 1956 after a 4 month engagement.  Sylvia tried to commit suicide on several occasions once by cutting her legs and another time by taking an overdose of sleeping pills and still another by wrecking her vehicle. ... 11/09/2015

Eli Thanks for stopping by and taking time out of your day to read my post.  My intent is to put a smile on your face.  Hopefully you’ll go away with some information you may have forgotten about or did not know.  Now sit back and enjoy the post for the day. Eli was born near Wauseon, Ohio back in 1878.  He dropped out of school in the eighth grade and started working with his father as a kitchen helper.  When his family moved to Toledo he got a job at a mental asylum.  On his day off and when he had the time you could find him at the local fire station.  He was the mascot and was allowed to ride the big red horse wagon.  At age 16 he began racing bicycles.  Although he lost his first race he apparently impressed the Stearns bicycle factory and they hired him as a parts sales representa... 11/08/2015

Eero Thanks for stopping by and taking time out of your day to read my post.  My intent is to put a smile on your face.  Hopefully you’ll go away with some information you may have forgotten about or did not know.  Now sit back and enjoy the post for the day. Eero was born in Kirkkonummi, Grand Duchy of Finland (don’t ask me that what is written).  Anyway so I’ll start your journey when he was a young adult.  He studied art at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and later at Yale School of Architecture.  During WWII he joined the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) when he drew illustrations for bomb disassembly among other things.  After the war he designed furniture for the Knoll Furniture Company.  You may know him better as Eero Saarinen.  Now I ask you some of... 11/07/2015

580 Thanks for stopping by and taking time out of your day to read my post.  My intent is to put a smile on your face.  Hopefully you’ll go away with some information you may have forgotten about or did not know.  Now sit back and enjoy.The old saying goes something like this: “Listen children and you shall hear about the midnight ride of Paul Revere”..  I might not have that one right but we have all heard about his famous ride.  However did you know he was also an amateur dentist?  Well he was and just FYI he was the first person that practiced forensic dentistry in the U.S.  He recognized the wiring he had to use for a false tooth for none other than Doctor Joseph Warren.  If you liked what you’ve read take a moment and join us at http://activerain.trulia.com/groups/trivia21.Remember... 11/07/2015

Betty FerreriThanks for stopping by and taking time out of your day to read my post.  My intent is to put a smile on your face.  Hopefully you’ll go away with some information you may have forgotten about or did not know.  Now sit back and enjoy the post for the day. Most of you will not recognize the name and I have no history about her childhood, where she went to school and her family life before she met her husband Jerry.  Now I’ll tell you the rest of the story.I have no record of when they were married but they moved to Los Angeles in 1943.  Betty gave birth to a son the following year.  They borrowed 8,000.00 to buy a 15 room home.  Betty worked as a car hop earning 200.00 a month while Jerry road around picking up females and bringing them to their home for sex. With her only wo... 11/06/2015

André-Jacques Garnerin          Thanks for stopping by and taking time out of your day to read my post.  My intent is to put a smile on your face.  Hopefully you’ll go away with some information you may have forgotten about or did not know.  Now sit back and enjoy the post for the day. André-Jacques Garnerin was born in Paris, France in 1769.  Nothing is written about his childhood so we’ll get to the point of this post.  Along with his brother Jean-Baptiste-Olivier Garnerin was among the first people to regularly rise above the crowds in a balloon.  On July 8, 1798 he announced his intentions to take a woman Citoyenne Henri with him during one of the rides.  This was met with concern from the officials of the Central Bureau of Police.  They were concerned about the effects of reduced a... 11/05/2015

Birks                     Thanks for stopping by and taking time out of your day to read my post.  My intent is to put a smile on your face.  Hopefully you’ll go away with some information you may have forgotten about or did not know.  Now sit back and enjoy the post for the day. Born in Cheraw, South Carolina back in 1917 Birks was the youngest of nine children born to James and Lottie.  He could play the piano at the tender age of four.  He received a music scholarship from Laurinburg Institute in North Carolina but only went for two years before moving with this family to Philadelphia.   He is noted as one of the best jazz players of all time.  Of course I’m writing about John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie.  From 1940 to 1970 his style could not be recreated, that alone makes him one of th... 11/04/2015

Peyton                 Thanks for stopping by and taking time out of your day to read my post.  My intent is to put a smile on your face.  Hopefully you’ll go away with some information you may have forgotten about or did not know.  Now sit back and enjoy the post for the day. Born in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1721 Peyton belonged to a prominent family.  Not much is written about his early childhood but he attended the College of William & Mary and later studied law at Middle Temple in London.  He became a member of the bar in 1743.  He was appointed Attorney General of Virginia in 1774.  He served as speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1766-1775 and was the last speaker of that assembly as it was dissolved.  He was elected to the first Continental Congress in 1775 and later... 11/03/2015

Henry Thanks for stopping by and taking time out of your day to read my post.  My intent is to put a smile on your face.  Hopefully you’ll go away with some information you may have forgotten about or did not know.  Now sit back and enjoy the post for the day. Henry was born in Charleston, South Carolina back in 1777.  His father John was a saddle maker and was one of the largest in the state.  He died when Henry was twenty-three.  I looked and could not find anything about his formal schooling or education.  So on we go with the rest of the story.He served in the local militia and rose to the rank of Lt. Colonel against the Cherokee Indian campaign also known as the Seven Years’ War from 1757-1761.  In 1777 he was named as a delegate to the Continental Congress where he served as the P... 11/02/2015

Nicolas Thanks for stopping by and taking time out of your day to read my post.  My intent is to put a smile on your face.  Hopefully you’ll go away with some information you may have forgotten about or did not know.  Now sit back and enjoy the post for the day. Nicolas was born in Chareville, France back in 1854.  He and his brother did not go to school and was home schooled until they were around 8-9.  He attended 5 years of formal schooling but even then his domineering mother walked them from school each day.  He was an avid reader but due to his mother’s influence he was reading nothing but the Bible.  While in school his eyes were opened to other literary works where he developed a love of Greek, Latin and French classical literature.  He began writing poetry at the age of 16.  Hi... 11/01/2015

Burton Thanks for stopping by and taking time out of your day to read my post.  My intent is to put a smile on your face.  Hopefully you’ll go away with some information you may have forgotten about or did not know.  Now sit back and enjoy the post for the day. Burton was born in Manhattan, New York in 1913.  He graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School where he was a basketball star.  He was offered and accepted an athletic scholarship at New York University but dropped out.  He worked as a salesman and then as a singing waiter in various restaurants.  He joined the United States Army in 1943 and served under General Mark Clark’s Fifth Army in Italy from 1943-1945.    When he was discharged after the war he auditioned for a Broadway play and as they say the rest is history.  You may kn... 10/31/2015

John Moore Thanks for stopping by and taking time out of your day to read my post.  My intent is to put a smile on your face.  Hopefully you’ll go away with some information you may have forgotten about or did not know.  Now sit back and enjoy the post for the day. John Moore was born in Poole, England.  His formal schooling began at St. Andrew’s Preparatory School near Pangbourne.  Not happy with the English public school regime he withdrew and studied foreign languages at the University of Bern in Switzerland.  In 1950 he joined the Intelligence Corps of the British Army.  In 1952 he returned to England and worked for MI5 as a spy.  Starting in 1958 he was commissioned as an officer and rans agents, conducted interrogation and tapped telephone lines for MI5.  In 1960 he left MI5 and w... 10/30/2015