(Encyclopedia) Armstrong, Louis (Daniel Louis Armstrong), known as “Satchmo” and “Pops,” 1901–1971, American jazz trumpet virtuoso, singer, and bandleader, b. New Orleans. He learned to play the…
World News | Business/Science News Here are the key events in United States news for the month of February, 2009. Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal Win Australian Open (…
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(Encyclopedia) infantry, body of soldiers who fight in an army on foot and are equipped with hand-carried weapons, in contradistinction originally to cavalry and other branches of an army. Infantry…
Senate Years of Service: 1836-1839; 1841-1845Party: Anti-Jacksonian; WhigBAYARD, Richard Henry, (son of James Asheton Bayard, Sr., brother of James Asheton Bayard, Jr., and grandson of Richard…
(Encyclopedia) laetrilelaetrilelāˈətrĭlˌ [key], name given to the chemical amygdalin, a substance derived from an extract of the kernels of many fruits, notably apricots, bitter almonds, and peaches…
BURLEIGH, William, (father of John Holmes Burleigh), a Representative from Maine; born in Northwood, Rockingham County, N.H., October 24, 1785; moved with his parents to Gilmanton, N.H., in…
(Encyclopedia) Linlithgow, town (1991 pop. 9,524), West Lothian, central Scotland. Manufactures include paper, whiskey, and computers. Linlithgow Palace, now a ruin, was a seat of Stuart kings and…
