George Washington was a leader of a revolution that was one of history's greatest advances for individual liberty. Yet throughout his life, he denied liberty to others as a slaveholder and gained wealth from their labor.
Robert Louis Fosse was born in Chicago, Illinois, on June 23, 1927. Bob was the youngest of six children and quickly learned to win attention from his family through his dancing.
Bob Ross, in full Robert Norman Ross (born October 29, 1942, Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.âdied July 4, 1995, New Smyrna Beach, Florida), painter and television personality whose popular PBS television show The Joy of Painting (1983â94) made him a household name as the painting teacher to the masses. Ross was raised in Orlando, Florida. After completing one year of high school and working for a time as a carpenter with his father, Ross enlisted at age 18 in the United States Air Force. While stationed in Alaska, he took his first painting class at a U.S.O. club in the early 1960s.