(Encyclopedia) Challenger expedition, British oceanographic expedition under the direction of the Scottish professor Charles Wyville Thompson and the British naturalist Sir John Murray. Taking place…
Brazil's high-flying Ronaldo (r), widely considered the greatest soccer player in the world, fights off Germany's Andreas Moeller in a World Cup exhibition match in March. Brazil and Germany are…
(Encyclopedia) Rainaldi, CarloRainaldi, Carlokärˈlō rīnälˈdē [key], 1611–91, Italian architect of the high baroque. He followed in the steps of the great Roman masters of baroque building, Bernini,…
(Encyclopedia) Baldovinetti, AlessoBaldovinetti, Alessoälāsˈsō bäldōvēnĕtˈtē [key], c.1425–1499, Italian painter and decorative artist of the early Florentine Renaissance. He was probably trained in…
(Encyclopedia) VercelliVercellivārchĕlˈlē [key], city (1991 pop. 49,458), capital of Vercelli prov., Piedmont, N Italy, on the Sesia River. It is an important rice market and has food-processing,…
(Encyclopedia) Mitford, Nancy, 1904–73, English novelist and biographer, b. London. She managed a London bookshop during World War II and moved to Paris in 1945. Mitford and her five celebrated and…
Senate Years of Service: 1945-1981Party: RepublicanYOUNG, Milton Ruben, a Senator from North Dakota; born in Berlin, La Moure County, N.Dak., on December 6, 1897; attended the public schools…
Born: 1863Birthplace: Thompson, Ohio Manufacture of aluminum—Hall discovered the modern electrolytic method of producing aluminum cheaply which enabled the metal to be put into wide commercial use…
