The Borg are a recurring antagonist in the Star Trek universe. First introduced in 1989, in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Q Who,” they are a group of cyborgs which are linked to each other in a hive mind (the “Collective”), and which “assimilate” other species, absorbing their knowledge and technology while using nanoprobes to convert their bodies into Borg.
The best-known Borg character is Seven of Nine, played by Jeri Ryan, a Borg who was freed from the Collective, and who became a Starfleet officer.
“Revolution Number 9” is an experimental Musique concrète song by John Lennon that uses sounds in random contexts, with the sound of a voice repeating “Number nine, number nine” tying it together. Appearing on the White Album, it is considered one of the worst of the band’s songs.
The house in which John and Jackie Kennedy lived in Georgetown at the time of his 1960 election to the Presidency is back on the market, with an asking price of $7.5 million. It was, long before, the home of William Marbury, plaintiff in the famous 1803 U.S. Supreme Court case of Marbury v. Madison.
JD Vance’s official residence these days is on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. It is sometimes informally referred to simply as “the Naval Observatory”. It is about ¾ mile NNE of Georgetown University, and about 1 mile NNE of the ‘Exorcist House’ at 3600 Prospect Street NW, Washington, DC. This is the house used in the movie, The Exorcist (1973), but was not the actual house the story is based on.
Rosemary, Alberta was named after Countess Rosemary Millicent, the daughter of the Fourth Duke of Sutherland.
This is as per ➜ https://www.rosemary.ca/index.php/about ■ , while Google’s AI says Rosemary AB CAN was named after Rosemary Mair, the daughter of the first postmaster and station agent for the railway and who was the first resident of the area to be born there.
“There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance” is a line spoken by Ophelia in Hamlet.
In ancient times, it was supposed to strengthen memory. Greek scholars wore rosemary in their hair to help remember their studies.
American singer and actress Rosemary Clooney was the aunt of actor George Clooney. They were both born in Kentucky: she in Maysville in 1928, and he in Lexington in 1961.
Harlan David Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, spent less than 20 of his 90 years living in Kentucky. The first franchisee of his restaurant chain was in South Salt Lake, Utah. Sanders was commissioned as a Kentucky Colonel by the Governor of Kentucky in 1935; he would be recommissioned by successive governors of the state. Sanders spent the later part of his life living in Canada. In 1964 he sold his interest to a group of businessmen, with Sanders remaining as a salaried brand ambassador. Sanders would often drop in, unannounced, to sample a franchisee’s food; if it was below what he considered acceptable standards, he would throw the food on the floor. Sanders sued several franchises as well as parent company owner Heublein, Inc., for misuse of his likeness.
On December 1, 1963, Col. Sanders appeared on the TV show What’s My Line? Panelists weren’t blindfolded, as they were for celebrities, since his appearance wasn’t well known at the time.
The Papa John’s board was on the phone with founder John Schnatter over some racist statement he made. Schnatter told them them that Col. Sanders never received criticism for saying nigger which got Schnatter removed from company leadership. Thing is, according to Sander’s family, he never used the n-word as he was decidedly anti-racist.
John Schnatter founded Papa John’s Pizza in 1984, in a converted a broom closet in the back of his father’s tavern. He sold his 1971 Z28 Camaro to purchase some used pizza equipment and began selling pizzas to the tavern’s customers.
The company went public in 1993 and in just a year, it had 500 stores, and by 1997 it had opened 1,500 stores.
In 2009, Schnatter reacquired the Camaro after offering a reward of $250,000 for it.
The U.S. Marine Band played John Philip Sousa’s 1893 march “The Liberty Bell,” best known as the theme music for Monty Python’s Flying Circus, at the Jan. 20, 1993 first inauguration of Bill Clinton, Democrat of Arkansas, as President of the United States.
The William Morris Agency was a talent agency, known for representing actors, musicians, authors, and other creative artists. Throughout the 20th century, it was one of the best-known such agencies, and represented many of the top stars in the industry.
It was founded in 1898, and operated as an independent agency until merging with the Endeavor agency in 2009.