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James G. Birney (1792–1857), an attorney and planter who freed his slaves and became an abolitionist. [39] James Blair ( c. 1788 –1841), British MP who owned sugar plantations in Demerara. [40] Simón Bolívar (1783–1830), wealthy slave owner who became a Latin American independence leader and eventually an abolitionist.
Under contract to Universal Pictures, Price traveled to Hollywood, making his screen debut in Service de Luxe (1938). By the 1960s, Vincent Price was working almost exclusively in the horror genre and teen film genres. Price's last film was Edward Scissorhands (1990), and the TV movie The Heart of Justice (1992) was his final screen appearance.
Georgia O'Keeffe holds the record for the highest price paid for a painting by a woman. On November 20, 2014 at Sotheby's, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art bought her 1932 painting Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 for US$44.4 million (equivalent to US$57.2 million in 2023). [14] [15] Among the listed top 89, only six are paintings by ...
While Tesla’s share of U.S. EV sales has fallen, the company’s stock price has rebounded after starting the year as the worst-performing stock in the S&P 500. Tesla shares are up just over 7% ...
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Shannen Maria Doherty (/ ˈ d oʊ. ər t i /; April 12, 1971 – July 13, 2024) was an American actress.During her career in film and television, Doherty played a number of notable characters, including Jenny Wilder in Little House on the Prairie (1982–1983); Maggie Malene in Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985); Kris Witherspoon in Our House (1986–1988); Heather Duke in Heathers (1989 ...
Sol Price (January 23, 1916 – December 14, 2009) was an American retailer and the founder of FedMart, Price Club (which ultimately merged into Costco) and PriceSmart. [1] He was considered the "father" of the " warehouse store " retail model.
Kirlian photography is a collection of photographic techniques used to capture the phenomenon of electrical coronal discharges. It is named after Soviet scientist Semyon Kirlian , who, in 1939, accidentally discovered that if an object on a photographic plate is connected to a high-voltage source, an image is produced on the photographic plate ...