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…
WURTS, John, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Flanders, Morris County, N.J., August 13, 1792; after his fatherâs death in 1793 the family resided in Montville, Morris County, and…
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…
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…
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…
Senate Years of Service: 1861-1866Party: RepublicanLANE, James Henry, (son of Amos Lane), a Representative from Indiana and a Senator from Kansas; born in Lawrenceburg, Ind., June 22, 1814;…
Canadian folk-rock group Steven Page and Ed Robertson established the band in 1998. They claim the band's name is meant to suggest youthful naivete and is not at all sexist. Tyler Steward and Jim…
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…
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…
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…
