Derek Jeter Embed This NEW. Derek Jeter signed a 1 year / $12,000,000 contract with the New York Yankees, including $12,000,000 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $12,000,000.
Betsy Ross, best known for making the first American flag, was born Elizabeth Griscom in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on January 1, 1752. A fourth-generation American, and the great-granddaughter of a carpenter who had arrived in New Jersey in 1680 from England, Betsy was the eighth of 17 children.
Betsy Drake, an actress who was Cary Grant's third wife and survived the sinking of the ocean liner Andrea Doria, has died at 92. Pictured left, Drake circa 1947 and right, in the 1950s. Drake (pictured in 1956) died in London on October 27, her cousin Perry Howze confirmed on Thursday.