Meatballs (film) Meatballs is a 1979 Canadian comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman. It is noted for Bill Murray's first film appearance in a starring role and for launching the directing career of Reitman whose later comedies included Stripes (1981) and Ghostbusters (1984), both starring Murray.
Harriet Beecher Stowe: 10 memorable quotes on her birthday. June 13, 2012. American abolitionist writer Harriett Beecher Stowe was born on June 14, 1811 to Lyman Beecher, a Congregationalist minister.
an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. It is credited with helping fuel the abolitionist cause in the 1850s The sentimental novel depicts the reality of slavery while also asserting that Christian love can overcome something as destructive as enslavement of fellow human beings.