(Encyclopedia) Trás-os-MontesTrás-os-Montesträˈz&oobreve;zhmônˌtĕsh [key], former province of NE Portugal, comprising the districts of Bragança and Vila Real. The capital was Bragança. It is now…
(Encyclopedia) Hornsby, Rogers, 1896–1963, American baseball player and manager, b. Winters, Tex. He started in major league baseball in 1915 as a shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinals and later (…
Distributor:Weston Woods A child imagines the very worst on his first day of school in this animated version of Mike Thaler’s and Jared Lee’s book. Diana Canova and Jonathan Lipnicki narrate.…
(Encyclopedia) Meyer, AdolfMeyer, Adolfäˈdôlf mīˈər [key], 1866–1950, American neurologist and psychiatrist, b. Switzerland, M.D. Zürich, 1892. He emigrated to the United States in 1892 and was…
(Encyclopedia) Huaynaputina, volcano, 15,912 ft (4,850 m) high, Moquegua region, S Peru, in the central Andes. A stratovolcano, it lies on the W rim of the Río Tambo canyon and has several ash cones…
(Encyclopedia) Iberian Peninsula, c.230,400 sq mi (596,740 sq km), SW Europe, separated from the rest of Europe by the Pyrenees. Comprising Spain and Portugal, it is washed on the N and W by the…
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(Encyclopedia) NorthamptonNorthamptonnôrthˌhămpˈtən, nôrˌthămpˈtən [key], city (1990 pop. 29,289), seat of Hampshire co., W Mass., on the Connecticut River; inc. as a town 1656, as a city 1883.…
(Encyclopedia) Miller, Perry, 1905–63, U.S. historian, b. Chicago. He received his Ph.D. from the Univ. of Chicago in 1931 and taught at Harvard from 1931 until his death. A towering figure in the…
Find medal winners, timelines, memorable moments, participating countries, biographies, medal standings by nation, leading individual medal winners, and more. The Olympic Games SummarySummary of…
