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Bill Shoemaker

Bill ShoemakerBorn: Aug. 19, 1931Jockey ranks second all-time in career wins with 8,833 (passed by Laffit Pincay Jr. in Dec. 1999); 3-time Eclipse Award winner as jockey (1981) and special…

1998 Deaths: M - Q

Sadie MageeJoseph MaherEarl (The Goat) ManigaultE. G. MarshallDaniel MasseyGinette MathiotHedley MattinglyBob McAllisterLinda Eastman McCartneyWilliam McChesney MartinJason McCrayDr. David C…

Charlie Whittingham Biography

Charlie WhittinghamAge: 86 three-time Eclipse Award winning trainer who at age 73 became the oldest to saddle a Kentucky Derby winner (Ferdinand 1986) and at 76 the oldest to saddle a…

The Uranian Moons

Oberon and Titania Umbriel and Ariel Miranda Puck Caliban and Sycorax New Uranian Moons Discovered There are 27 known moons of Uranus. Ten of the moons range in size…

Christian IV

(Encyclopedia) Christian IV, 1577–1648, king of Denmark and Norway (1588–1648), son and successor of Frederick II. After assuming (1596) personal rule from a regency, he concentrated on building the…

Sancho III, king of Navarre

(Encyclopedia) Sancho III or Sancho the GreatSancho the Greatsänˈchō [key], c.970–1035, king of Navarre (1000–1035). Having inherited the kingdom of Navarre, which included Aragón, he launched an…

Santiago de Compostela

(Encyclopedia) Santiago de CompostelaSantiago de Compostelasäntyäˈgō ᵺā kōmpōstāˈlä [key] or Santiago, city (1990 pop. 91,419), capital of Galicia, in A Coruña prov., NW Spain, on the Sar River. The…

Serbia Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Serbia Index: People and History Government and Political Conditions Defense Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Serbia Relations PEOPLE AND HISTORYThe…

Biographies: Selected Political Scientists

Selected Political Scientists Karl Marx See also Kingdoms and Monarchs of the World People in the NewsRecent Obituaries Related Links Political Science: Terms and Concepts…