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Fernando Bujones

ballet dancerBorn: : March 9, 1955Birthplace: Miami, Florida One of the world's greatest male ballet dancers, Fernando Bujones was born in Miami, Florida. His early ballet training began at age…

John WURTS, Congress, PA (1792-1861)

WURTS, John, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Flanders, Morris County, N.J., August 13, 1792; after his father’s death in 1793 the family resided in Montville, Morris County, and…

Orville HUNGERFORD, Congress, NY (1790-1851)

HUNGERFORD, Orville, a Representative from New York; born in Farmington, Hartford County, Conn., October 29, 1790; attended the public schools; moved with his father to Watertown, N.Y., in…

Derek Mahon

poet, playwrightBorn: 1941Birthplace: Belfast, Northern Ireland In a survey conducted by the Irish Times in 1999, poet Derek Mahon was among the ten most popular writers (living and dead) in…

Edward Farrell FEIGHAN, Congress, OH (1947)

FEIGHAN, Edward Farrell, (nephew of Michael A. Feighan), a Representative from Ohio; born in Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, October 22, 1947; attended schools in Cleveland, Ohio and Notre…

DK History: Fascism

FASCIST DICTATOR WERE THERE FASCISTS IN OTHER COUNTRIES? WHO WERE THE NAZIS? BIOGRAPHY: ADOLF HITLER 1889–1945 SPANISH CIVIL WARFIND OUT MOREIn 1922 a political movement called fascism grew up in…

DK History: Renaissance

WHERE DID THE RENAISSANCE TAKE PLACE? WHAT WAS THE RENAISSANCE VIEW OF THE WORLD? BIOGRAPHY: LEONARDO DA VINCI 1452–1519 WHAT CAN WE SEE OF THE RENAISSANCE TODAY? PATRONAGEFIND OUT MOREOne of the…

Holy See

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People and History Government and Institutions Foreign Relations U.S.-Holy See Relations PEOPLE AND HISTORYAlmost all of Vatican City's citizens…

Saint-Amant, Marc-Antoine de Gérard, Sieur de

(Encyclopedia) Saint-Amant, Marc-Antoine de Gérard, Sieur deSaint-Amant, Marc-Antoine de Gérard, Sieur demärk-äNtwänˈ də zhārärˈ, syör də săNtämäNˈ [key], 1594–1661, French lyric poet. After…

decathlon

(Encyclopedia) decathlondecathlondĭkăthˈlŏn [key], in modern Olympic games, a contest for men held over two days and composed of 10 track-and-field events. It consists of the long jump; the high jump…