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.
Eight of Roxannaâs children survived infancy; with Harriet Porter, Lyman Beecher fathered three more sons and a daughter. One of Roxanna's daughters grew up to be the famed Harriet Beecher Stowe, the abolitionist who wrote the wildly popular Uncle Tomâs Cabin (1852). The book broke records by selling over 500,000 copies within five years of being published.