The original Boys Town organization was an orphanage that was established in December 1917 by Edward J. Flanagan. It has since expanded into twelve regions across the United States, including Louisiana, Nevada and the Northeastern United States.
Boys Town, Nebraska
Boys Town is a village in eastern Nebraska. It is a suburb of Omaha. The population was 745 at the 2010 census. By the 2012 estimate, it was 671. The Boys Town organization was established here.
Selçuk Uluergüven
Selçuk Uluergüven (1 January 1941 – 8 January 2014) was a Turkish actor. He appeared in over 80 movies and many television and stage roles. Uluergüven began his theatre career in 1962, at Meydan Stage in Ankara.
Uluergüven died on 8 January 2014 in Aydın, Turkey. He was 73.
Dale T. Mortensen
Dale Thomas Mortensen (February 2, 1939 – January 9, 2014) was an American economist. He received his Bachelor of Arts in economics from Willamette University and his PhD in Economics from Carnegie Mellon University.
Mortensen was born in Enterprise, Oregon on February 2, 1939.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2010. He won the award with Christopher A. Pissarides from the London School of Economics and Peter A. Diamond from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. They were awarded it for "their analysis of markets with search frictions".
Mortensen died on January 9, 2014 from a stroke and cancer. He died at his home in Wilmette, Illinois. He was aged 74.
Josep Maria Castellet
Josep Maria Castellet Díaz de Cossío (15 December 1926 – 9 January 2014), also known as José María Castellet, was an Spanish writer, poet, critic, publisher and editor.
Castellet was born in Barcelona on 15 December 1926. He began his career in writing in 1955. He wrote novels and poetry in both Catalan and Spanish. His last novel was published in 2012.
Castellet died on 9 January 2014 from pneumonia. He was aged 87. He died in his hometown of Barcelona.
Wilmette, Illinois
Wilmette is a village in Cook County, Illinois. It is north from Chicago. About 28,000 people live here. The village was established in 1872.
Trinity College, Oxford
Trinity College is one of the colleges of the University of Oxford. It was founded in 1555 by Thomas Pope. Pope purchased the buildings of the former Durham College, which dated from 1286, to house the college. The oldest surviving building at the college is the Old Library, which was built in 1421.
Albert I of Belgium
Albert I (April 8, 1875 – February 17, 1934) reigned as King of the Belgians from 1909 to 1934. This was an eventful period in the history of Belgium. It included the period of World War I (1914-1918).
Knute Rockne, All American
Knute Rockne, All American is an American biographical drama movie. It is directed by Lloyd Bacon and William K. Howard. The movie was based on the early career of Knute Rockne. It stars Pat O'Brien, Gale Page, and Ronald Reagan. It was released on October 4, 1940.
Love Is on the Air
Love Is on the Air is an American crime drama movie. It is directed by Nick Grinde. It was Ronald Reagan's first movie. The movie also stars June Travis, Hal B. Wallis, and Jack L. Warner. It was released on October 2, 1937.
Kings Row
Kings Row is an American drama movie. It is directed by Sam Wood and produced by Hal B. Wallis. It stars Ann Sheridan, Robert Cummings, and Ronald Reagan. It was released on February 2, 1942.
The Voice of the Turtle
The Voice of the Turtle is an American romantic comedy movie. It is directed by Irving Rapper. It stars Ronald Reagan and Eleanor Parker. It was released on December 25, 1947.
John Loves Mary
John Loves Mary is an American romance movie. It is directed by David Butler. It stars Ronald Reagan, Patricia Neal and Jack Carson. It was released on February 19, 1949.
The Hasty Heart
The Hasty Heart is a British-American romantic comedy movie. It is directed by Vincent Sherman. It stars Richard Todd, Patricia Neal, and Ronald Reagan. It was released on December 2, 1949.
Dimebag Darrell
Darrell Lance Abbott (August 20, 1966 – December 8, 2004), also called Diamond Darrell and Dimebag Darrell, was an American heavy metal musician. He was best known for performing with the bands Pantera and Damageplan. He was #92 in "Rolling Stone" magazine's 100 Greatest Guitarists and #1 in the magazine "Metal Hammer".
On the night of December 8, 2004, he was shot and killed on stage while performing with Damageplan at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio. The killer, Nathan Gale, continued shooting and killed three other people and injured seven others. Gale was shot and killed by police officer James Niggemeyer.
On February 28th, 2015, someone said that the site where Darrell Abbott's dead body was buried at Moore Memorial Gardens Cemetery was damaged. It is suspected but not proven that American heavy metal music group Nuclear Hellfrost from Fort Wayne, Indiana damaged the site. Pantera told law enforcement about this, who are trying to find answers.
Close to 4:12 P.M. (Central Standard Time) on February 28th, Nuclear Hellfrost said on Facebook that their former lead singer damaged the site by himself without the other members of the group.
Cattle Queen of Montana
Cattle Queen of Montana is an American Western movie. It is directed by Allan Dwan. It stars Barbara Stanwyck and Ronald Reagan. The supporting cast includes Gene Evans, Jack Elam, Chubby Johnson, and Morris Ankrum. It was released on November 18, 1954.
Tennessee's Partner
Tennessee's Partner is an American western movie. It is directed by Allan Dwan. It stars John Payne, Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming, and Coleen Gray. It was released on September 1, 1955.
The Killers (1964 movie)
The Killers is an American crime-drama movie. It is directed by Don Siegel. The story is based on a book by Ernest Hemingway. It stars Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Clu Gulager, John Cassavetes, and Ronald Reagan. This was Reagan's last movie. It was composed by John Williams. It was released on July 7, 1964.
Robert Cummings
Charles Clarence Robert Orville Cummings (June 9, 1910 – December 2, 1990) was an American television and movie actor. He starred in many television programs and lots of movies in the 1940s and 1950s. He was born in Joplin, Missouri.
On December 2, 1990, Cummings died of kidney failure and complications from pneumonia. He died at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California.
Susan Hayward
Susan Hayward (30 June 1917 — 14 March 1975) was an American actress. Her original name was Edythe Marrenner. She began her career as a fashion model in New York City. She began acting in Hollywood in 1937. She played Janice Blair in "And Now Tomorrow". For her role as Lillian Roth in the movie "I'll Cry Tomorrow", she received a Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival.
Hayward was born in Brooklyn, New York. She died of brain cancer at age 57. Hayward was born the same day as singer Lena Horne.
With a Song in My Heart
With a Song in My Heart is a musical biographical movie. It was released in 1952. The story is about the life of Jane Froman, who was paralyzed in an airplane crash in 1943. The cast includes Thelma Ritter, Susan Hayward and Robert Wagner.
The movie won the Academy Award for Original Music Score and a Golden Globe Award for best musical/comedy picture.
Jane Froman
Jane Froman (November 10, 1907 – April 22, 1980) was an American singer and actress. She acted in several movies, such as "Kissing Time" and "Radio City Rebels". She hosted her own television show "The Jane Froman Show" from 1952 to 1955.
In February 1953, Froman was in an airplane crash. She was badly injured and crippled. After this she had to use crutches to walk.
Froman was born in the St. Louis suburb of University City, Missouri. She died from cardiac arrest, in Columbia, Missouri. She was aged 72.
Madelyn Lee Payne