(Encyclopedia) Wythe, GeorgeWythe, Georgewĭth [key], 1726–1806, American lawyer, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Elizabeth City co., Va. Admitted to the bar in 1746, Wythe was a member…
(Encyclopedia) Cartes Jara, Horacio Manuel, 1956–, Paraguayan businessman and political leader. The son of a businessman who owned an aircraft franchise, Cartes studied aviation in the United States…
(Encyclopedia) Central Valley project, central Calif., long-term general scheme for the utilization of the water of the Sacramento River basin in the north for the benefit of the farmlands of the San…
WHY DID WAR BREAK OUT? WHAT NEW WEAPONS WERE USED IN ACTION? WHAT WAS TOTAL WAR? BIOGRAPHY: WILFRED OWEN 1893–1918 TRENCH WARFAREARMISTICEFIND OUT MOREWorld War I (1914–1918) was the first war in…
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Comprising 10% of the Union Army, Black troops played a vital role in the American Civil War
By Catherine McNiff Emancipation Proclamation…
(Encyclopedia) Atanasoff, John Vincent, 1903–1995, inventor of the digital computer, b. Hamilton, N.Y., grad. Univ. of Florida (B.S., 1925), Iowa State College (M.S., 1926), Univ. of Wisconsin (Ph.D…
(Encyclopedia) Lamar, Lucius Quintus CincinnatusLamar, Lucius Quintus Cincinnatusl&oomacr;ˈshəs kwĭntəs sĭnˌsĭnătˈəs [key], 1825–93, American statesman, b. Putnam co., Ga. He practiced law in…
(Encyclopedia) Taylor, John, 1808–87, American leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, b. England. He emigrated in 1832 to Canada, where he was converted (1836) to the Mormon faith…
(Encyclopedia) ChişinăuChişinăukēˌshənouˈ [key], formerly KishinevChişinăukĭshˈənĕfˌ [key], city (1996 est. pop. 735,229), capital of Moldova, on the Byk River, a tributary of the Dniester. Major…
(Encyclopedia) Clay, Clement Claiborne, 1816–82, U.S. Senator (1853–61), b. Huntsville, Ala. A legislator and then a judge in his native state, he was twice elected to the U.S. Senate and became an…
