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Classic Distance: 11/4 miles (since 1984).Year Winner (Margin)Time Jockey Trainer 2nd place 3rd place1984 Wild Again (hd)2:032/5 Pat Day Vincent Timphony Slew o' Gold Gate Dancer*1985 Proud…

Biographies: Notable Philosophers

Notable Philosophers René Descartes See also People in the NewsRecent Obituaries Related Links Philosophy Major Religions of the World Biographies by…

1980 – 1989 World History

Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) The Republican National Committee Sandra Day O'Connor (1930– ) U.S. Supreme Court Indira Gandhi (1917–1984) The Permanent Mission of India…

Spain

(Encyclopedia) CE5 CE5 Spain, Span. EspañaSpain,āspäˈnyä [key], officially Kingdom of Spain, constitutional monarchy (2015 est. pop. 46,398,000), 194,884 sq mi (504,750 sq km), including the…

1500–1599 (A.D.) World History

Michelangelo's David (1504) Tasha Vincent Martin Luther (1483–1546) Henry VIII(1491–1547) Queen Elizabeth I (1533–1603) William Shakespeare (1564–1616) Rembrandt van…

electors

(Encyclopedia) electors, in the history of the Holy Roman Empire, the princes who had the right to elect the German kings or, more exactly, the kings of the Romans (Holy Roman emperors). Until the…

World War I

(Encyclopedia) World War I, 1914–18, also known as the Great War, conflict, chiefly in Europe, among most of the great Western powers. It was the largest war the world had yet seen. World War I…

Hidalgo y Costilla, Miguel

(Encyclopedia) Hidalgo y Costilla, MiguelHidalgo y Costilla, Miguelmēgĕlˈ ēᵺälˈgō ē kōstēˈyä [key], 1753–1811, Mexican priest and revolutionary, a national hero. A creole intellectual, he was…

Madrid, city, Spain

(Encyclopedia) MadridMadridmədrĭdˈ, Span. mäᵺhrēᵺˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 3,120,732), capital of Spain and of the autonomous community and prov. of Madrid, central Spain, on the Manzanares River. The…