Jesse Owens Wins Four Gold Medals

Music is an art form whose medium is sound. Common elements of music are pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm (and its associated concepts tempo, meter, and articulation), dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture. The word derives from Greek μουσική (mousike; "art of the Muses").[1]   The creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of music vary according to culture and social context....

While digging in his back yard to expand a small pond, an Austrian man, who asked not to be publicly identified, came across a treasure of historic proportions. Described as "sensational" and 'breathtaking," the jewelry was turned over to the Austrian Department of Antiquities....

The fresh, sophisticated, and classic masterpiece, Citizen Kane (1941), is probably the world's most famous and highly-rated film, with its many remarkable scenes and performances, cinematic and narrative techniques and experimental innovations (in photography, editing, and sound). Its director, star, and producer were all the same genius individual - Orson Welles (in his film debut at age 25!...

"The trouble with me is that every match I play against five opponents: umpire, crowd, ball boys, court, and myself." After three losses in Wimbledon finals (1992, 1994 and 1998), the last a heart-breaking five-set defeat to Pete Sampras, Goran Ivanisevic’s game had began to crumble. Now ranked a lowly 125 in the world, he required a wild card to enter the 2001 Wimbledon Championships, and nobody game him much of a chance....

Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic-drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid, and featuring Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and Dooley Wilson. Set during World War II, it focuses on a man torn between, in the words of one character, love and virtue....