(Encyclopedia) Bugenhagen, JohannBugenhagen, Johannyōˈhän b&oomacr;ˈgənhäˌgən [key], 1485–1558, German Protestant reformer. Born in Pomerania, he is sometimes called Dr. Pomeranus. Bugenhagen, an…
(Encyclopedia) Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847–1919, American woman-suffrage leader, b. England. She emigrated (1851) to the United States in early childhood and grew up on a farm in Michigan. She received a…
(Encyclopedia) Rinehart, Mary RobertsRinehart, Mary Robertsrīnˈhärt [key], 1876–1958, American novelist, b. Pittsburgh. A graduate nurse, she married Dr. Stanley M. Rinehart in 1896. The first of her…
(Encyclopedia) anti–Vietnam War movement, domestic and international reaction (1965–73) in opposition to U.S. policy during the Vietnam War. During the four years following passage of the Tonkin Gulf…
(Encyclopedia) Goebbels, Joseph (Paul Joseph Goebbels)Goebbels, Josephpoul yōˈzĕf göbˈəls [key], 1897–1945, German National Socialist propagandist. He was kept out of the service in World War I by a…
(Encyclopedia) Lucifer of CagliariLucifer of Cagliaril&oomacr;ˈsĭfər, [key]Lucifer of Cagliarikälyäˈrē [key], d. 370, bishop of Cagliari, Sardinia (353–70), violent opponent of Arianism. As…
First LadyBorn: 7/6/1921Birthplace: New York, New York Nancy Reagan was born Anne Frances Robbins in New York City. When she was six, her mother, actress Edith Luckett, married Dr. Loyal Davis, a…
Grinchy Trivia Compare the holiday movie, TV, and Dr. Seuss creations by Holly Hartman The Silver-Screen Grinch The live-action movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas features more than…
(Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg)actressBorn: 2/15/1951Birthplace: Hillingdon, England Seymour was unable to leverage a promising start as a Bond girl in Live and Let Die (1973) into a…
