The new event falls under the sport of freestyle skiing by Catherine McNiff Related Links 2010 Winter OlympicsMemorable Olympic MomentsBirth of the Modern OlympicsEncyclopedia:…
Senate Years of Service: 1865-1871 Party: Republican YATES, Richard, (father of Richard Yates [1860-1936]), a Representative and a Senator from Illinois; born in Warsaw, Gallatin County, Ky…
(Encyclopedia) Howard, English noble family. Landowners in Norfolk from the 13th cent., the Howards obtained the duchy of Norfolk through the marriage of Sir Robert Howard to Margaret Mowbray,…
(Encyclopedia) Medici, Lorenzo de', 1492–1519, duke of Urbino (1516–19); son of Piero de' Medici. His uncle, Pope Leo X, made the youthful Lorenzo duke of Urbino. After his early death, however,…
(Encyclopedia) ZwickauZwickautsvĭkˈou [key], city (1994 pop. 107,988), Saxony, E central Germany, on the Mulde River. It is an industrial city and until the late 1970s was the center of a coal mining…
(Encyclopedia) Diane de PoitiersDiane de Poitiersdyän də [key]Diane de Poitierspwätyāˈ [key], 1499–1566, duchess of Valentinois, mistress of King Henry II of France. Noted for her beauty, Diane, who…
(Encyclopedia) IzmayilIzmayilēzˌmäēlˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 93,000), extreme S Ukraine, on an arm of the Danube delta and near the Romanian border. It is a rail junction, river port, commercial…
Several Tropical Countries Make Their Debut at the Winter Games by Catherine McNiff Related Links 2010 Winter OlympicsMemorable Olympic MomentsBirth of the Modern…
The Numbers Behind the Olympic Games in London by Catherine McNiff Olympic Medals Source: London 2012 Related Links 2012 Summer OlympicsMemorable Olympic…
