Born: Mar. 29, 1944Baseball RHP last pitcher to win 30 games (1968); 2-time Cy Young winner (1968-69) with Detroit; convicted of racketeering, extortion and drug possession in 1985, served 29…
(Encyclopedia) Newcastle disease, pneumoencephalitis, acute viral disease of domestic poultry. Newcastle disease is characterized by sneezing, coughing, and nervous behavior. Affected birds may show…
(Encyclopedia) Acheampong, Ignatius KutuAcheampong, Ignatius Kutuk&oomacr;ˈt&oomacr; ächāˈämpông [key], 1931–79, government official in Ghana, b. Kumasi. He taught before joining (1959) the…
(Encyclopedia) LaLanne, JackLaLanne, Jackləlānˈ [key], 1914–2011, American fitness advocate and television personality, b. San Francisco as François Henri LaLanne. Widely regarded as the founder of…
(Encyclopedia) Santa Fe Opera, summer opera festival held outside Santa Fe, N. Mex., founded 1957. Featuring outstanding young singers and musicians, it presents a wide variety of operas from the…
(Encyclopedia) Marlboro Music Festival, chamber music festival held on the campus of Marlboro College, Marlboro, Vt., annually in July and August. Founded in 1951 by Adolf Busch, Rudolf Serkin, and…
(Encyclopedia) Torres Naharro, Bartolomé deTorres Naharro, Bartolomé debärtōlōmāˈ ᵺā tôˈrās nä-äˈrō [key], fl. 1531, Spanish dramatist and lyric poet, b. Extremadura. As a young man he went to Italy…
(Encyclopedia) Crompton, Samuel, 1753–1827, English inventor of the mule spinner, or muslin wheel, an important step in the development of fine cotton spinning. Working as a young man in a spinning…
(Encyclopedia) Albany, Louisa, countess ofAlbany, Louisa, countess ofôlˈbənē [key], 1752–1824, wife of Charles Edward Stuart (the Young Pretender), self-styled count of Albany; daughter of a German…
(Encyclopedia) Gjellerup, Karl AdolfGjellerup, Karl Adolfkärl äˈdôlf yĕlˈər&oobreve;p [key], 1857–1919, Danish poet and novelist, b. Sjæland. His early novels, naturalistic and partly…
