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Ivan VI

(Encyclopedia) Ivan VI, 1740–64, czar of Russia (1740–41), great-grandson of Ivan V. He was the son of Prince Anthony Ulric of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and of Anna Leopoldovna. An infant, he succeeded…

Gwynn, Tony

(Encyclopedia) Gwynn, Tony (Anthony Keith Gwynn), 1960–2014, American baseball player and coach, b. Los Angeles. He played baseball and basketball at San Diego State Univ., and had a record 590…

Toledo , city, United States

(Encyclopedia) ToledoToledotəlēˈdō [key], city (1990 pop. 332,943), seat of Lucas co., NW Ohio, on the Maumee River at its junction with Lake Erie; inc. 1837. With a natural harbor and its railroads…

Money

Facts About U.S. Money U.S. Money History Money Around the World Economy 101 The Euro Portraits and Designs of U.S. Paper Currency U.S. Coins in Circulation…

Roe v. Wade

(Encyclopedia) Roe v. Wade, case decided in 1973 by the U.S. Supreme Court. Along with Doe v. Bolton, this decision legalized abortion in the first…

Tony Bennett

(Anthony Dominick Benedetto)Born: 8/3/1926jazz singerBirthplace: Queens, New York Grammy Award-winning singer of classic jazz-inflected music who was popular in the late 1950s and 1960s and…

Sacajawea Golden Dollar

The Sacagawea Golden Dollar The first new coin of the millennium Source: The U.S. Mint The Sacagawea Golden Dollar coins debuted in January 2000. The new dollar coin replaced the…

Doc Cheatham

(Adolphus Anthony Cheatham)musicianBorn: 6/13/1905Birthplace: Nashville, Tennessee Having played early on in Vaudeville theaters backing blues/jazz great Bessie Smith and others, he later recorded…