(Encyclopedia) Arthur III, 1394–1458, duke of Brittany (1457–58), known before 1457 as comte de Richemont, constable of France in the Hundred Years War. He led the coalition that overthrew Georges de…
Senate Years of Service: 1930-1931Party: RepublicanMORROW, Dwight Whitney, a Senator from New Jersey; born in Huntington, Cabell County, W.Va., January 11, 1873; moved with his parents to…
Born: 12/28/1856
Birthplace: Staunton, Va.
(Thomas) Woodrow Wilson was born in Staunton, Va., on Dec. 28, 1856. A Princeton graduate, he turned from law practice to post-graduate…
rock group One of the most commercially successful metal bands of the 1980s and 1990s, Metallica gained the bulk of its success without the aid of heavy radio airplay or advertising. Rather, the…
(Encyclopedia) Anastasius IAnastasius Iănəstāˈshəs, –zhəs [key], c.430–518, Roman emperor of the East (491–518); successor of Zeno, whose widow he married. He broke the power that the Isaurians had…
(Encyclopedia) SegestaSegestasĭjĕsˈtə [key], ancient city of NW Sicily. Traditionally called a Trojan colony, it was the longstanding and bitter rival of Selinus. Athens undertook (415–413 b.c.) the…
(Encyclopedia) Childeric IChilderic Ichĭlˈdərĭk [key], c.436–481, Merovingian king of the Salian Franks (c.457–481), a Germanic tribe; son of Meroveus and father of Clovis I. Information on him is…
(Encyclopedia) HazaelHazaelhăzˈāĕl, həzāˈəl [key], fl. 840 b.c., king of Damascus; successor and murderer of Benhadad. In the Bible he appears as the ally of the party of Elisha in Israel and later…
(Encyclopedia) SovetskSovetsksəvyĕtskˈ [key], formerly TilsitSovetsktĭlˈzĭt [key], town (1989 pop. 41,900), NW European Russia, on the Neman River at the mouth of the Tilse. It is a rail junction, a…
