2. uncountable noun [oft in NOUN] Distress is the state of being in extreme danger and needing urgent help. He expressed concern that the ship might be in distress. The constable received a distress call, and saw two youths attacking his colleague. Synonyms: danger, risk, difficulty, peril More Synonyms of distress.
But Dizzy Gillespie -- born John Birks Gillespie in Cheraw, S.C., on Oct. 21, 1917 -- saw himself primarily as a player. I always thought I was a musician, he told Musician magazine's Chip Stern a year ago. Thought I was a musician before I really was a musician..
Synopsis. Cuban dictator Fidel Castro was born near Biran, BirÃ¡n, cuba On august, 13. 1926 in, 1959 castro used guerilla warfare to successfully Overthrow cuban Leader, batista and was sworn in as prime minister Of. cubaarly Life. Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was born on August 13, 1926 (though some say he was born a year later), near Biran, birÃ¡n In'cuba s Eastern Oriente. Province Fidel castro was the third of six, children including his two, Brothers raul And; ramon and three, Sisters, Angelita emma And. augustina