(Talia Coppola)actress, producerBorn: 4/25/1946Birthplace: Lake Success, New York Shire came to notice in The Godfather (1972) and was nominated for an Oscar for her role in The Godfather: Part II…
actressBorn: 7/26/1974Birthplace: London, England Beckinsale hails from a family of actors. Her deceased father, Richard Beckinsale, was a popular British television actor in the 1970s. Fiction and…
international correspondentBorn: 11/8/1908Birthplace: St. Louis, Mo. Gellhorn dropped out of Bryn Mawr College in 1927 to become a writer. The New Republic accepted a few of her articles, but…
actorBorn: 1/22/1940Birthplace: Chesterfield, England Oscar-nominated actor whose career spans four decades and more than eighty roles ranging from the classical to the futuristic. Perhaps best…
(Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton)actressBorn: 12/10/1914Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana Best known for her roles in the Road movies with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, Lamour, with her clingy sarongs, was…
WHY WAS THE UNITED NATIONS FOUNDED? WHAT OTHER ALLIANCES WERE SET UP? FIND OUT MORENations have always formed alliances. In the 20th century, many new international organizations were set up…
“An army marches on its stomach” goes an old saying. Today, many foods that were first designed for soldiers' stomachs have found their way into ours. Did you know that granola bars, instant…
All the world's a stage Tragedies • Histories • Comedies William Shakespeare Related Links William ShakespeareQuiz: Famous Quotes from Shakespeare Shakespeare's…
(Encyclopedia) Pilon, GermainPilon, GermainzhĕrmăNˈ pēlôNˈ [key], 1535–90, French sculptor. He was court sculptor under the later Valois sovereigns. He executed several sculptures on Henry II's…
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HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS(including dates of reign)
Saxon dynasty
Otto I, 936–73
Otto II, 973–83
Otto III, 983–1002
Henry II, 1002–24
Salian or Franconian dynasty
Conrad II,…
