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Valtellina
(Encyclopedia) ValtellinaValtellinavältāl-lēˈnä [key], Alpine valley of the upper Adda River, c.75 mi (120 km) long, in Lombardy, N Italy, extending from Lake Como to the Stelvio Pass. The main towns…Catherine de' Medici
(Encyclopedia) Catherine de' MediciCatherine de' Medicidĕ mĕdˈĭchē, Ital. dā mĕˈdēchē [key], 1519–89, queen of France, daughter of Lorenzo de' Medici, duke of Urbino. She was married (1533) to the…Æthelred, king of England
(Encyclopedia) Æthelred, 965?–1016, king of England (978–1016), called Æthelred the Unready [Old Eng. unrœd=without counsel]. He was the son of Edgar and the half-brother of Edward the Martyr, whom…The Revolutionary War
Conflicts increase between colonists and Britain on western frontier because of royal edict limiting western expansion (1763) and regulation of colonial trade and increased taxation of…Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 34
Part 34Now I tell what I knew in Texas in my early youth, (I tell not the fall of Alamo, Not one escaped to tell the fall of Alamo, The hundred and fifty are dumb yet at Alamo,) 'Tis the tale…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…Nuclear Proliferation
—Borgna Brunner Spain. On March 11, 2004, Spain's most horrific terrorist attack occurred: 202 people were killed and 1,400 were injured in bombings at Madrid's railway station. The government at…Cults--Uganda, Jonestown, and Others
Cult Conflict by Elissa Haney Murder and Suicide in Uganda When 530 members of the Ugandan sect the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God died in an intentionally set…Classic Love Poems on the Web
Love is only a click away by Ann-Marie Imbornoni From Donald Hall to Shakespeare, Byron to Browning, a wide sampling of some of the best known love poetry is just a few keystrokes away. Some…134th BELMONT STAKES
134th BELMONT STAKES Grade I for three-year-olds; 10th race at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. Date—June 8, 2002; Distance—11/2 miles; Stakes Purse—$1,000,000 ($600,000 to winner; $200,000 for…Trending
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