(Lady Diana Frances Spencer)former princessBorn: 7/1/1961Birthplace: Sandringham, Norfolk, England Popular member of the British royal family whose death in a spectacular car accident caused a…
JONES, Stephanie Tubbs, a Representative from Ohio; born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, September 10, 1949; graduated from Collinwood High School, Cleveland, Ohio; B.A., Case Western…
Born: 1923Birthplace: New Kensington Kevlar (Aromatic polyamides and fibers)—Kwolek's processes have resulted in hundreds of new polymers used in producing mooring ropes, fiber-optic cables,…
(Encyclopedia) Berenice, fl. 6 b.c., Jewish princess; daughter of Costobarus and Salome, sister of Herod the Great (see under Herod). She was married to her cousin Aristobulus and bore him a son,…
(Encyclopedia) Rainier IIIRainier IIIrĕnyāˈ [key], 1923–2005, prince of Monaco (1949–2005), a member of the Grimaldi family, which has ruled the tiny principality since 1297. Fiercely anti-Nazi,…
(Encyclopedia) Berenice, b. c.a.d. 28, Jewish princess; daughter of Herod Agrippa I (see under Herod). A very beautiful woman, she was often involved in intrigue. After her first husband died, she…
