The music of American R&B recording girl group, from Oakland, California, the Pointer Sisters (pictured) combined jazz, scat and be-bop.
Bacon is added to oysters to make Oysters Kilpatrick, a classic English recipe involving oysters, cheese, Worcester sauce and bacon.
Collard greens is both a plant, including cabbage and broccoli, and a recipe, often prepared with other similar green leaf vegetables, such as kale, turnip greens and spinach.
The 1st US Minimum Wage Law was instituted in 1938. The minimum wage was 25 cents per hour.
Church House Westminster is the headquarters building for the Church of England with the foundation stone was laid by Queen Mary on 26 June 1937, and the building was officially opened by King George VI on 10 June 1940.
Russian born American film executive Joseph Schenck was the first chairman of 20th Century Fox in 1935 after he partnered with Darryl F. Zanuck to form the new company after 20th Century Pictures merged with Fox Film Corporation in 1933.
A demisemiquaver is a musical note that is played for 1/32 the duration of a whole note.
Footballers Scott and Martin Sinclair are the first brothers to represent Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics in the same year.
D River at 440 feet (130 m) in Lincoln City, Oregon, United States and Roe River in Great Falls, Montana, United States being only 201 feet (61 m), are considered the world’s shortest rivers.
The ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.
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