“Miss Subways”-a beauty contest in New York City which celebrated the everyday working girl
John Cazale, acted in only five movies – all nominated for the Academy Award
Ganvié which literally means “We’ve survived” is Africa’s largest town on stilts
The King of the Dudes -The fashion leader of the Gilded Age, once changed clothes 40 times between breakfast and dinner
The Selk’nam people – one of the last native tribes in South America
Balto- The Alaskan dog became a legend for his bravery after a life-or-death race to rescue the children of Nome
Pine Leaf was a Woman Chief and warrior of the Crow people
Joseph Grimaldi is the man who turned the role of the clown into the main character in the Harlequinades. …
The creators of Curious George, Hans and Margret Ray, managed to escape from Paris just hours before it fell to the Nazis
USS New York, built with 24 tons of steel salvaged from the World Trade Center to commemorate the victims of 9/11
