Tilman Joseph Fertitta is an American entrepreneur, television personality, and CEO and owner of Landry’s, Inc. In 2013, Forbes placed him at No. 235 on the list of the wealthiest Americans after receiving a net worth estimated at $2.4 billion. Fertitta is also the chairman of the Board of Regents of the University of Houston System. After all of these achievements were recognized by CNBC, Tilman Fertitta was offered a reality tv show to be called “Billion Dollar Buyer.” Fertitta was born and raised in Galveston, Texas. At the age of 8, Fertitta, began to spend time after school working in his father's seafood restaurant on Galveston Island. After high school, Fertitta attended Texas Tech University and the University of Houston,
Russell F. Weigley, Passed away at the age of 73 in March 3rd, 2004. He passed away due to a heart attack at his residence in Central City, Philadelphia. Russell Weigley is survived by his wife Emma S. Weigley, his son and daughter Jared and Catherine Weigley. A lifetime resident of Pennsylvania, Russell F. Weigley was born on July 2nd, 1930. As a kid growing up about like 60 miles from the war site of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Weigley developed interest in military history when he was a young child, Weigley’s parents made an annual visit to Gettysburg. In the middle of the trip, Weigley followed the route of his great grandparents, who visited the site in summer of 1863 along with other People to view the carnage. Even when he visits in the
David Njoka is a tight end for the Cleveland Browns. Almost everyone who has played with him knows him as the freak. It’s not because he is weird or anything like that, but Njoku is just more athletic than anyone has ever seen. He has an amazing ability to jump sky high. In college he was on the track team along with football. At track he was highly know for his jumping abilities. So when it came to football he used that ability to leap over defenders to score touchdowns. In the Miami Herald they called him a “ leaping, pass-catching freak.” When Njoku was in high school he became a champion jumper. At the New Balance nationals he won high jump with a leap of six foot eleven inches. His personal best is seven foot one inch. So when it comes
“Nothing, they never did. And heed my warning, a few years after my son disappeared, a wealthy attorney from Chicago, by the name of Wendell Gladfree, who was himself an adventur-ist, started petitioning the park fathers. Gladfree wanted them to release pertinent information about scores, I’m talking about scores of people who went missing in the park from 1920 to 1969. I met Gladfree myself and got to know him well. For a while, I thought he might be the one to crack the code of silence. And believe it or not, the fathers were court ordered to produce certain documents and things for
In Jim’s early life he was born in Logan County, Kentucky in April of 1796. When Jim was six years old his family moved to Bayou Boeuf, Louisiana in 1802. In Louisiana, he developed the spirit of adventure. His usual hobby was wrestling alligators and just exploring around the areas he lived by. In 1812 he enlisted in the Louisiana militia after the start of the war in 1812 against the British but he was too late to see any action. Soon he was back in the Louisiana selling timber. But with the money that he earned he bought slaves. Jim later met Jean Lafitte, who was a gulf coast pirate who was involved with illegal slave smuggling. Jim’s brothers bought smuggled slaves and said that they found them and kept the money when they were sold at
Prentis Beeman was born on October 19th, 1874. He was the son of Jay Beeman and May E. Beeman. Prentis was born in Jerseyville, Illinois and died on September 1st, 1914, close to Corning, Arkansas at the age of 39. In his lifetime.
Did you know that Pat Tillman played football and went in the army.Pat Tillman is a very determined man he had a lot of mind power that took him very far in many ways. He never was a sore loser he always tried to make the worst better.
He was the 49th governor of Georgia. He was a two-term U.S. senator of Georgia. He was born in April 20, 1824. He died in March 26, 1894. What party he is in, an Democratic Party.
George W. Truett was born on a small farm in the mountains of North Carolina on May 6, 1867 It wasn’t until the age of nineteen George publically confessed Christ as his savior. He was then baptized, became a member of the Baptist church and taught Sunday school class.
Boatloads of money, a big house, and fancy things are the typical things included in the winning of a lottery, but these great prizes are not heard of in the lottery of Pebbleton. Yesterday, the small town of Pebbleton hosted the 250th anniversary of a famous tradition called the lottery, where Tessie Hutchinson was the unlucky winner.
1864. He was born in the state of Missouri. He was kidnapped as a baby along with his mom
Hiram Ulysses Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio on April 27,1822 to Jesse Root Grant and Hannah Simpson Grant (Williams). His first name was decided upon by his maternal grandmother while his middle name was an alternate form of his father’s favorite literary character, whose name was Odysseus (Schlesinger Jr.). His parents had three daughters and two sons after Ulysses. During his childhood, he was shy but had a large passion for horses (Grant, 8). He worked on his family’s farm and attended local schools where he was not a very good student. In 1839, his father decided to send him to West Point, an idea that Grant was not to fond of (Lincoln, 422).
Peyton Manning and Tom Brady are the best two quarterbacks of their era. The media has created a demotic view of completion between the two players, but the quarterbacks are actually friendly. They do not they their friendship get in the way of their completion. Peyton Manning and Tom Brady , they are both great quarterbacks, even though they play for different teams they continue to be friendly, they even try to push each other to become better football players.
The definition of the word hero is a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding, achievements, or noble qualities. I think of Pat Tillman as a definition of the word hero. Pat was born on November 6th, 1976, in San Jose, California. He was named after his father, and is the oldest of 3 brothers. He went to Arizona State University with a scholarship after high school. He then enlisted in the Army, and died on the 22nd of April, 2004. Pat Tillman was a genuine, kind, hero who was known for being an honorable friend, a loyal person, with a determined personality.
CORNING (WENY) - Have you ever thought about what you'd do if put in that situation? Between 2000 and 2013, more than a thousand people in the United States were killed or wounded from an active shooter situation. When the San Bernadino shooting happened last year, the shooter killed seven people in one minute. It took the police about four minutes to arrive on scene. Local retired state Police officer Tom Huffman says it's the surrounding public who are the real first responders, which is why it's our job to know how to respond to an active shooter situation.
There has been much controversy involving racial injustices. From the many killings by police officers of innocent and unarmed African Americans, to well recognized symbolism that may have negative connotations to some such as the Confederate flag. Many of these problems have been brought up a numerous amount of times, but never resolved. It would be a much better world if there was not any division among us. If finding solutions to these issues is a goal that is desired to be achieved, then only talking about the problem must stop, and action needs to take place. The Tillman building was built in 1894 and was formerly known as the Main Building. The name was changed in 1962 after Benjamin Tillman who was a South Carolina governor, a United