(Encyclopedia) Gist, ChristopherGist, Christophergĭst [key], c.1706–1759, American frontiersman, b. Maryland. Commissioned by the Ohio Company to explore their western lands. In 1750 he descended the…
(Encyclopedia) Gordon setter, breed of large sporting dog developed over centuries in Scotland and brought to prominence there by the fourth duke of Gordon in the early 1800s. It stands from 23 to 27…
(Encyclopedia) World's Columbian Exposition, held at Chicago, May–Nov., 1893, in commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. Authorized (1890) by…
(Encyclopedia) Washington, Martha, 1731–1802, wife of George Washington, b. New Kent co., Va. The daughter of John Dandridge and Frances Jones Dandridge, she first married (1749) Daniel Parke Custis…
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Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint at the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 premiere Source: AP…
actorBorn: 2/21/1963Birthplace: Massapequa, New York Brother of actors Alec, Steven, and Daniel Baldwin, he has starred in a number of thrillers, including Flatliners (1990) and Backdraft (1991),…
