The history of Major League Baseball begins in 1876 with the founding of the National League. Additional leagues appeared in subsequent years, but the only one that lasted was the American League, which began play in 1901. Expansion and team relocations have continued to change the face of the game.
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Thirteen actors have been nominated for Best Actor or Best Supporting Actor for portraying Roman Catholic priests or prelates. Three won Oscars: Spencer Tracy for ‘San Francisco’ (1936) and Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald for ‘Going My Way’ (1944). The most recent nominee is Ralph Fiennes, nominated for ‘Conclave’ (2024). Each of the actors is profiled here, with summaries of their careers and the movies for which they were nominated.
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Only three films have won all Big 5 Oscars—Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Directing, and Writing: ‘It Happened One Night,’ ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,’ and ‘The Silence of the Lambs.’ They represent different eras and different genres, but all are undoubtedly classics.
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Since the beginning of the Major Leagues in 1876, only 35 pitchers have won the pitching Triple Crown (wins, ERA, and strikeouts). Only seven have won more than one crown. Here are profiles of all the winners, including several from the Negro Leagues, with details of their Triple Crown seasons, their other accomplishments in their baseball careers, and some little-known Triple Crown facts and trivia.
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According to legend, the origin of coffee may be traced to a young goatherd named Kaldi in Ethiopia over a thousand years ago. Kaldi noticed his goats were frolicking around after they ate some wild berries and he ate some too. When a passing monk saw the stimulating effect of the berries, he used them to make a beverage—the first coffee.
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The 2012 German film ‘A Coffee in Berlin’ tracks a day in the life of law school dropout Niko Fischer as he struggles to find direction and purpose—and a cup of coffee. ‘A Coffee in Berlin’ is funny, ironic, and melancholy, and ultimately hopeful. For coffee lovers, it validates the notion that sometimes all you need is a cup of coffee to make the world right again.
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The Coffee Trader is a suspenseful historical novel about a commodities trader in 1659 Amsterdam who hatches a bold scheme to corner the fledgling coffee market. Miguel Lienzo, a Portuguese Jew who fled to Amsterdam to escape the Inquisition, is a trader on the Exchange. When he sees an opportunity to build his fortune by controlling the coffee market, he can’t resist, despite the many risks.
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In his classic song “Coffee Blues,” Mississippi John Hurt sings about how he misses his coffee—specifically, his Maxwell House coffee. But even more than his coffee, he misses his girl, who made his coffee but has moved away. Just a “lovin’ spoonful” from her would take care of his blues.
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This great short comedy, a cautionary tale about a coffee-swilling “java junkie,” premiered on “Saturday Night Live” in 1979 and became a cult classic. The film stars Peter Aykroyd as Joe, a regular guy who’s down on his luck and tries to drown his sorrows in coffee. But no amount of coffee is enough.
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The 5-cent 1937 Navy stamp, part of the ten-stamp 1936–1937 Army-Navy commemorative series, honors the United States Military Academy at Annapolis. The stamp can provide a focal point for learning about America’s second oldest service academy.
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