The Bronx

The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of New York City in the United States. It is coterminous with Bronx County of the State of New York. It is the northernmost and only borough of New York City on the North American mainland, located south of Westchester County. It also includes several small islands in the East River and Long Island Sound. GR6. The Harlem River separates The Bronx from the island of Manhattan. The Bronx takes its name from Bronck's Farms, after an early settler (164 ...

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The territory now contained within Bronx County was originally part of Westchester County, an original county of New York State. The present Bronx County was contained in four towns: Westchester, Yonkers, Eastchester, and Pelham. In 1846, a new town, West Farms, was created by secession from Westchester; in turn, in 1855, the town of Morrisania seceded from West Farms. In 1873, the town of ...

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List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City - Art. American Museum of the Moving Image American Folk Art Museum The Dahesh Museum The Drawing Center Fisher Landau Center Frick Collection International Center of Photography Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art Metropolitan Museum of Art – commonly called "The Met" The Cloisters – medieval art collection Municipal Art Society (incl ...

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1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). 1922 - Events. January 7 - Dáil Éireann, the extra-legal parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64-57 votes. January 8 - The Social Democratic Youth League of Norway is founded. January 10 - Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éireann. January 11 - First successful insulin treatment of diabetes. January 12 - Briti ...

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• 1922 - Nobel Prizes
• 1922 - Heads of state in 1922

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Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). 1898 - Events. January 1 - New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Qu ...

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Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American film directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a script by John Milius (rewritten by Coppola) which was inspired by Joseph Conrad's classic novella Heart of Darkness. Set during the Vietnam War, a taciturn American soldier is sent to "terminate with extreme prejudice" the command of a rogue United States Army Special Forces colonel. The narrative of his journey and its culmination are studded with events which, while bizarre, are based on real Vietnam stories. The soldier's journey becomes i ...

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BX is used in the following ways: Base exchange, a store operated by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service Biopsy, a common medical abbreviation (Bx) British Transport Police The Bronx, one of the five boroughs of New York City Brunei, FIPS Pub 10-4 and obsolete NATO digram BX cable, a common electrician term for type AC armoured power cable The Citroën BX, an automobile The Intel 440BX chipset for Pentium II/III and Celeron processors A registered ra

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Anne Hutchinson (July, 1591 – August 20, 1643) was the unauthorized Puritan preacher of a dissident church discussion group and a pioneer in Rhode Island and the Bronx. Anne Hutchinson - Early years. Hutchinson was born Anne Marbury on an unknown date sometime in July of 1591 in Alford, Lincolnshire, England. Her parents were Francis Marbury (1555-1611), a clergyman, and Bridget Dryden (1563-1645). At the age of 21, she married William Hutchinson. They were part of the Puritan movement, especially ...

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• Anne Hutchinson - Banishment
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A modern stadium (plural stadiums, Latin plural stadia) is a place, or venue, for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts or other events, consisting of a field or stage partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event. Stadium - History of the stadium. The word originates from the Greek "stadion" (στάδιον), literally a (place where people) stand. The oldest known stadium is the one in Olympia, in western Peloponnese, Greece, where ...

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Alfredo James Pacino (born April 25, 1940 in The Bronx, New York, USA) is an American film actor. Pacino is the son of Salvatore Pacino (who was born in Italy) and Rose Gerard (the daughter of an Italian-born father and a New York-born mother of Italian descent). His parents divorced while Pacino was still a child. His grandparents originate from Corleone, Sicily. In the late 1960s, Pacino studied under legendary acting coach Lee Strasberg, finding acting a therapeutic outlet in a youth which saw him depressed and so imp ...

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• Al Pacino - Filmography

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William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949, Bronx, NY) better known as Billy Joel, is a pianist, singer and songwriter. He recorded a staggering amount of pop music hits from 1973 (beginning with the single "Piano Man") to his retirement from the genre in 1993. Joel could be considered, with Elton John, as being the father of piano rock. He has sold well over 100 million albums worldwide and is the sixth best selling artist in the United States. Joel's induction into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame (Class of 1992), and the Rock and Ro ...

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• Billy Joel - Becoming a superstar 1977–1981
• Billy Joel - Building on success 1982–1986
• Billy Joel - The Russia period 1987–1989
• Billy Joel - Later albums 1989–1994
• Billy Joel - Semi-retirement 1994–present
• Billy Joel - Songwriting
• Billy Joel - Influences
• Billy Joel - Marriages
• Billy Joel - Alcohol problems
• Billy Joel - Master Classes
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• Billy Joel - Credits on Broadway

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1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. 1984 - Events. 1984 - January. January 1 - Brunei becomes a fully independent state. January 1 - AT&T is broken up into 24 independent units. January 5 - Richard Stallman starts developing GNU. January 7 - Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). January 9 - Clara Peller is fea ...

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• 1984 - Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
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Queens is the largest of the five boroughs of New York City in area. It is coterminous with Queens County in the U.S. state of New York and is located on western Long Island. It is the most ethnically diverse county in the United States. Established on November 1, 1683, it was named for the then-queen consort, Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II. As of 2000, the population is 2,229,379. Its county seat is the district of JamaicaGR6, a neighborhood of New York City. The United States Post ...

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Anne Bancroft (September 17, 1931 – June 6, 2005) was an American actress, born Anna Maria Louisa Italiano in The Bronx, New York to Michael and Mildred Italiano, both children of Italian immigrants. Bancroft attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, the Actors Studio, and the American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women at UCLA. After appearing in a number of live television dramas under the name "Anne Marno", she was told to change her surname for her film debut in Don't Bother to Knock ...

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Chancellor "Chauncey" Olcott (July 21, 1858 - March 18, 1932) was a American stage actor and songwriter. Born in Buffalo, New York, in the early years of his career Olcott sang in minstrel shows and Lillian Russell played a major role in helping make him a Broadway star. Amongst his songwriting accomplishments, Olcott wrote and composed the song My Wild Irish Rose in 1899. In 1970, he was inducted posthumously into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He retired to Monte Carlo and died there in 1932. His body was brought ...

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New York City, officially the City of New York, is the most populous city in the United States, and the most densely populated major city in North America. The city is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture, and is one of the world's major global cities (along with London, Tokyo and Paris) with a virtually unrivaled collection of museums, galleries, performance venues, media outlets, international corporations, and stock exchanges. The city is also home to the United Nations, along with a ...

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Westchester County is a suburban county with about 940,000 residents located in the U.S. state of New York. It was named after Chester, in England. The county seat is White Plains. Westchester County New York - History. The first Europeans to explore Westchester were Giovanni da Verrazano in 1524 and Henry Hudson in 1609. The first white settlers were sponsored by the Dutch West India Company in the 1620s and 1630s. English settlers arrived from New England in the 1640s. Westchester County was an ori ...

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• Westchester County New York - Colleges and Universities
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Wesley Snipes (born July 31, 1962 in Orlando, Florida) is an American actor and producer. He is probably best known for his role as the eponymous vampire hunter in the Blade trilogy of movies. Wesley Snipes - Biography. Snipes grew up in The Bronx and decided early on that he wanted to be a dancer until he took some acting classes. He started at the High School for the Performing Arts, but his mother divorced and they moved back to Orlando. However things did not go well for Wesley. As an actor, his ...

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• Wesley Snipes - Abuse Allegations
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• Wesley Snipes - Selected Filmography
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A county of the United States is a local level of government smaller than a state but generally larger than a city or town, in a U.S. state or territory. The actual term "county" describes them in 48 of the 50 states; Louisiana uses the term "parish" and Alaska uses the word "borough." Including those, there are 3,086 counties in the United States, an average of 62 counties per state. The state with the fewest counties is Delaware (three), and the state with the most is Texas (254). In many states, counties are subdivided into townshi ...

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Christopher Reid, formerly known as Kid (born April 5, 1964 in The Bronx, New York City) is an American actor, comedian, and former rapper. He is best known as one-half of late-1980s/early-1990s hip hop musical act Kid 'n Play, and is today a successful character actor and host. Reid is the son of an African-American father and a Jewish mother. Reid has appeared on a number of television programs, including Martin and Sister, Sister, and has also served as the host of amateur contest shows such as Your Big Break and It's Showtime at the Apollo. Reid is m ...

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