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1819. " Rip Van Winkle " (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɪp fɑɱ ˈʋɪŋkəl]) is a short story by the American author Washington Irving, first published in 1819. It follows a Dutch-American villager in colonial America named Rip Van Winkle who meets mysterious Dutchmen, imbibes their strong liquor and falls deeply asleep in the Catskill Mountains.
Tyler Winklevoss was born in Southampton, New York, and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut. [1] He is the son of Carol (née Leonard) and Howard Winklevoss, [2] [3] who started an asset management company overseeing hundreds of millions of dollars, and is an author [4] and professor of actuarial science at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
vanillaice.com. Robert Matthew Van Winkle (born October 31, 1967), known professionally as Vanilla Ice, is an American rapper, actor, and television host. Born in Dallas and raised there and in Miami, he was the first solo white rapper to achieve commercial success following the 1990 release of his best-known hit " Ice Ice Baby ".
Earl George Van Winkle. . . (m. 1947; died 1983) . Helen Elam Van Winkle (born July 18, 1928), better known as Baddiewinkle or Baddie Winkle, is an American Internet personality. Elam was born in Hazard, Kentucky. [1] She became an Internet sensation at the age of eighty-five. [2][3][4] Her social media tag line—"Stealing Your Man Since 1928 ...
Death; commuted to life imprisonment. Patricia Dianne Krenwinkel (born December 3, 1947) is an American convicted murderer and former member of the Manson Family. During her time with Manson's group, she was known by various aliases such as Big Patty, Yellow, Marnie Reeves and Mary Ann Scott, but to The Family, she was most commonly known as Katie.
America Today is a mural comprising ten canvas panels, painted with egg tempera in 1930–1931 by the American painter Thomas Hart Benton. It provides a panorama of American life throughout the 1920s, based on Benton's extensive travels in the country. Originally commissioned for The New School for Social Research, it has belonged to the ...
Kentucky. NFL draft: 1979 / Round: 7 / Pick: 181. Career history. New York Jets ( 1979 – 1980) Player stats at PFR. Robert Alexander Winkel (born October 23, 1955) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Kentucky.
Map of the world created by the Central Intelligence Agency, with standard parallels 38°N and 38°S. The Robinson projection is a map projection of a world map that shows the entire world at once. It was specifically created in an attempt to find a good compromise to the problem of readily showing the whole globe as a flat image.