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History. War of the Roses was created in early 1994 by Los Angeles radio personality Rick Dees shortly after receiving word that crosstown KGGI Riverside/San Bernardino morning show host Sean "Hollywood" Hamilton was having tremendous rating success with a similar feature called "Bait Your Mate". Since 2012, Hamilton, who now hosts War of the ...
Mojo in the Morning is a long-running American morning radio talk show that runs weekdays from 6am–11am, with a warm-up show running from 5am-6am Eastern Time. The show first launched on February 21, 2000, on Channel 955 in Detroit. It can also be heard on 104.5 WSNX-FM in Grand Rapids, Michigan and WVKS 92.5 KISS FM in Toledo, Ohio.
The War of the Roses. (film) The War of the Roses is a 1989 American satirical black comedy film based upon the 1981 novel of the same name by Warren Adler. The film follows a wealthy couple with a seemingly perfect marriage. When their marriage begins to fall apart, material possessions become the center of an outrageous and bitter divorce battle.
The Wars of the Roses were rooted in English socio-economic troubles caused by the Hundred Years' War (1337–1453) with France, as well as the quasi-military bastard feudalism resulting from the powerful duchies created by King Edward III. The mental instability of King Henry VI revived Richard, Duke of York's interest in a claim to the throne.
The Battle of Bosworth or Bosworth Field ( / ˈbɒzwərθ / BOZ-wərth) was the last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses, the civil war between the houses of Lancaster and York that extended across England in the latter half of the 15th century. Fought on 22 August 1485, the battle was won by an alliance of Lancastrians and disaffected ...
Anne of Gloucester. Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, 6th Earl of Stafford, 7th Baron Stafford, KG (15 August 1402 – 10 July 1460) of Stafford Castle in Staffordshire, was an English nobleman and a military commander in the Hundred Years' War and the Wars of the Roses. Through his mother he had royal descent from King Edward III, his ...
Battle of Jargeau (1429) ( POW) William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk KG (16 October 1396 – 2 May 1450), nicknamed Jackanapes, was an English magnate, statesman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War. He became a favourite of Henry VI of England, and consequently a leading figure in the English government where he became ...
The Battle of Northampton was fought on 10 July 1460 [2] near the River Nene, Northamptonshire.It was a major battle of the Wars of the Roses.The opposing forces were an army led by nobles loyal to King Henry VI of the House of Lancaster, his Queen Margaret of Anjou and their six-year-old son Edward, Prince of Wales, on one side, and the army of Edward, Earl of March, and Warwick the Kingmaker ...