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1400–1499 (A.D.) World History

The Duomo inFlorenceLinda J. BarnesJoan of Arc (1412–1431)1407Casa di San Giorgio, one of the first public banks, founded in Genoa.1415Henry V defeats French at Agincourt. Jan Hus, Bohemian…

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

Douglas Elton Ulman FairbanksactorBorn: 12/9/1909Birthplace: New York City Son of actor Douglas Fairbanks, he began acting as a teenager and later starred in a number of swashbuckling adventures…

John Cusack

actorBorn: 6/28/1966Birthplace: Evanston, Illinois Intelligent, highly regarded actor who graduated from “brat pack” films such as Class (1983) and Sixteen Candles (1984) to complex roles in films…

Mary Steenburgen

actressBorn: 2/8/1953Birthplace: Newport, Arkansas This appealing, versatile actress won an Academy Award for her role in Melvin and Howard (1980). She also appeared in Ragtime (1981), A Midsummer'…

Saint Malachy

Saint Malachy The first Irish saint to be canonized by a pope, in 1199 by Ann-Marie Imbornoni St. Malachy (1094?–1148) St. Malachy is known principally as a reformer of the Irish…

Milla Jovovich

actress, model, singer, songwriterBorn: 12/17/1975Birthplace: Kiev, Ukraine The daughter of a Yugoslavian father and a Russian mother, Milla Jovovich moved to the United States in 1981 from the…

Frémiet, Emmanuel

(Encyclopedia) Frémiet, EmmanuelFrémiet, Emmanuelĕmänüĕlˈ frāmyāˈ [key], 1824–1910, French sculptor; pupil and nephew of Rude. He was noted for his vigorous characterizations of animal and historical…

La Hire

(Encyclopedia) La HireLa Hirelä ēr [key], c.1390–c.1443, French commander in the Hundred Years War, whose real name was Étienne de Vignoles or Vignolles. He entered (1418) the service of the dauphin…

Andorra Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members

Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments Date of Information: 9/29/2022[source] Head of State (Co-Prince) Emmanuel Macron Head of State (Co-Prince) Joan-…