Curated playlist
New York (state) Republicans
- Donald TrumpDonald Trump was a millionaire in inflation-adjusted terms by age eight.
- Adam SandlerAdam Sandler once made a Western comedy that critics almost universally panned. On the 6th of January 2016, Netflix announced that the film, The Ridiculous 6, had been watched more times in thirty days than any other movie in the service's…
- Charlie SheenCharlie Sheen was the highest-paid actor on television in 2010, earning US$1.8 million for every episode of the sitcom Two and a Half Men. He had been born Carlos Irwin Estévez, and he grew up in a household where acting was the family…
- Colin PowellOn the 5th of February 2003, Colin Powell addressed the United Nations Security Council. He told the council: "there can be no doubt that Saddam Hussein has biological weapons and the capability to rapidly produce more, many more." The…
- Sylvester StalloneSylvester Stallone has said that he once slept for three weeks in the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City. Decades later, he is one of only two actors in history, alongside Harrison Ford, to have starred in a box-office number one…
- Dwight D. EisenhowerEisenhower wrote a note taking all blame if D-Day failed. He drafted it on the eve of the June 1944 landings.
- Ivanka TrumpIvanka Trump, an American businesswoman born on the 30th of October 1981, once described her own position in two short sentences. In October 2015 she said: "As a citizen, I love what he's doing. As a daughter, it's obviously more…
- Elizabeth Cady StantonElizabeth Cady Stanton's father once told her he wished she were a boy. She spent decades answering him.
- Irving ThalbergIrving Thalberg ran MGM's production, yet his name never appeared on screen while he lived.
- Susan B. AnthonySusan B. Anthony voted in 1872, waited, and was arrested days later. She then refused to pay her $100 fine.
- Chester A. ArthurChester Alan Arthur became the 21st president of the United States at 2:15 in the morning on the 20th of September 1881. He took the oath inside his own house on Lexington Avenue in New York City, from a judge named John R. Brady. The news…
- Henry KissingerHenry Kissinger made a secret trip to China in July 1971. It helped end 23 years of diplomatic isolation.
- John Foster DullesJohn Foster Dulles ran U.S. foreign policy while his brother Allen ran the CIA.
- Steven TylerSteven Tyler, the singer born Steven Victor Tallarico, saw his touring career end in August 2024. That month, his band Aerosmith announced that it was retiring from the road. The reason was Tyler's voice. He had fractured his larynx and…
- Fred TrumpFrederick Christ Trump was an American real estate developer who built more than 27,000 apartments in New York. He was born in the Bronx on the 11th of October 1905 to German immigrant parents, and he died in 1999. One of his five children…
- Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass never knew his birthday, so he picked February 14. His mother had called him her Little Valentine.
- Melania TrumpMelania Trump holds a set of firsts that no earlier first lady of the United States shares. She is the first naturalized citizen to hold the title. She is also the first first lady whose native language is not English. Other names mark…
- Michael BloombergMichael Bloomberg was on the ballot in New York City's Republican mayoral primary when voting opened on the morning of the 11th of September 2001. Later that day, officials postponed the primary because of the attacks on the city. The…
- Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur came up with his own field marshal title. Philippine President Quezon conferred it in 1936.
- Alan GreenspanIn October 2008, Alan Greenspan told Congress his faith in free markets had a flaw.
- William H. SewardWilliam H. Seward led the 1860 first ballot for president, then lost to Lincoln. Lincoln made him Secretary of State.
- William Tecumseh ShermanThe Cincinnati Commercial called Union general William Tecumseh Sherman insane in 1861. He later took Atlanta.
- Robert MuellerRobert Mueller was the sixth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Senate confirmed him on the 2nd of August 2001, by a vote of 98-0. Not one senator opposed him. That kind of agreement was no accident of timing. Four…
- Donald Trump Jr.Donald John Trump Jr. was born on the 31st of December 1977 in Manhattan. He is the eldest child of Ivana and Donald Trump, who would later serve as the 45th and 47th president of the United States. When he was twelve, his parents divorced…
- Steve BannonSteve Bannon still earns money every time Seinfeld airs. His bank took a stake in five shows instead of a fee.
- Horace GreeleyHorace Greeley could not breathe for the first twenty minutes of his life. He later founded the New-York Tribune.
- John SchofieldIn 1892, General John Schofield awarded himself the Medal of Honor. He was then Commanding General of the U.S. Army.
- Howard LutnickHoward Lutnick was taking his young son to kindergarten on the morning of the 11th of September 2001. That errand kept him out of the North Tower of the World Trade Center, where his firm, Cantor Fitzgerald, had its headquarters. His…
- Stephen M. RossStephen M. Ross is an American real estate developer, philanthropist and sports team owner, born on the 10th of May 1940. In March 2017, NFL owners gathered to decide whether the Oakland Raiders could move to Las Vegas. The result was 31-1…
- Kelsey GrammerKelsey Grammer was meant to play Frasier Crane for only six episodes. He kept the role for 20 years across two shows.
- Lou FerrignoLou Ferrigno built his first weights from a broomstick and pails of cement. He later played the Hulk.
- Franz SigelGerman immigrant soldiers cheered "I'm going to fight mit Sigel" for a general who kept disappointing.
- George Templeton StrongGeorge Templeton Strong was fifteen years old on the 5th of October 1835, when he began a diary in New York City. He kept it going almost every day for nearly forty years. The finished work runs to 2,250 pages. Its author was a lawyer and…
- Laura LoomerLaura Loomer is an American activist whose surname has become a verb. To be "Loomered" is to be fired or damaged in some way for alleged disloyalty to Donald Trump. Few people earn that kind of reputation, and fewer earn it after being…
- John C. FrémontJohn C. Frémont served just 175 days as a U.S. senator. He was in Washington for only twenty-one working days.
- Nicholas Murray ButlerA 1939 poem in Poetry secretly spelled out an insult to Nicholas Murray Butler. The magazine later apologized.