The Presidential Gallery An illustrated guide to the presidents of the United States [ Go to the First Ladies Gallery or the Presidential Factfile! ] Barack Obama2009–…
(Encyclopedia) Comyn, JohnComyn, Johnkŭmˈĭn [key], d. c.1300, Scottish nobleman, known as the Black Comyn. In 1286 he became one of the six regents for Margaret Maid of Norway and, as such, agreed to…
Senate Years of Service: 1926-1928Party: RepublicanSMITH, Frank Leslie, a Representative and a Senator-elect from Illinois; born in Dwight, Livingston County, Ill., November 24, 1867; attended…
(Encyclopedia) Baliol, John de, d. 1269, nobleman with lands in both England and Scotland; founder of Balliol College, Oxford. The name is also spelled Balliol. In 1249 he became a member of the…
(Encyclopedia) CarlomanCarlomankärˈlōmänˌ [key], d. 880, king of Bavaria, Carinthia, Pannonia, and Moravia (876–80) and of Italy (877–80), son of Louis the German and father of Arnulf, emperor of the…
Hugo Black (1937-1971)The Supreme CourtGreat Minds of the CourtJoseph Story (1811-1845)Oliver Wendell Holmes (1902-1932)Louis Brandeis (1916-1939)Benjamin Cardozo (1932-1938)Hugo Black (1937-…
(Encyclopedia) Connecticut Wits or Hartford Wits, an informal association of Yale students and rectors formed in the late 18th cent. At first they were devoted to the modernization of the Yale…
(Encyclopedia) U-2 incident, in U.S. and Soviet history, the events following the Soviet downing of an American U-2 high altitude reconnaissance aircraft over Soviet territory on May 1, 1960. The…
(Encyclopedia) Battle of the Bulge, popular name in World War II for the German counterattack in the Ardennes, Dec., 1944–Jan., 1945. More than a million men fought in what is also known as the…
(Encyclopedia) turnpike, road paid for partly or wholly by fees collected from travelers at tollgates. It derives its name from the hinged bar that prevented passage through such a gate until the…
