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Van Halenrock group In the early 1970s, in Pasadena, California, guitarist Eddie Van Halen and his brother Alex Van Halen, a drummer, formed the group Mammoth with vocalist David Lee Roth and…Norm Van Brocklin
Norm Van BrocklinBorn: Mar. 15, 1926Football QB-P led NFL in passing 3 times and punting twice; led LA Rams (1951) and Philadelphia (1960) to NFL titles; MVP in 1960.Died: May 2, 1983Jim…Amy Van Dyken
Amy Van DykenBorn: Feb. 17, 1973Swimming first American woman to win four gold medals in one Olympics (1996); won the individual 50m freestyle, 100m butterfly, and was on the US team for the…Der Ring des Nibelungen <br/>(The Ring of Nibelung)
Richard WagnerArchive PhotosDas Rheingold (The Rhinegold)Die Walküre (The Valkyrie) SiegfriedGötterdämmerung (The Twilight of the Gods)Music and Libretto:Richard WagnerPremiere:Bayreuth,…Dyck, Christopher van
(Encyclopedia) Dyck, Christopher vanDyck, Christopher vanvän dīkˈ [key], 1601–c.1672, German designer and maker of printing type, who worked in Amsterdam. Types that he designed were used by the…Linh, Nguyen Van
(Encyclopedia) Linh, Nguyen VanLinh, Nguyen Vannəwēˈĕn vän lĭn [key], 1915–98, Vietnamese political leader, b. near Hanoi as Nguyen Van Cuc. As a young man he was active in organizing Vietnam's…Laer, Pieter van
(Encyclopedia) Laer or Laar, Pieter vanLaer or Laar, Pieter vanboth: pēˈtər vän lär [key], c.1592–1642, Dutch landscape and genre painter and etcher. In 1625 he went to Rome, where he stayed until…Van Dyck, Cornelius Van Alen
(Encyclopedia) Van Dyck, Cornelius Van Alen, 1818–95, American missionary, b. Kinderhook, N.Y. In 1840 he went to Syria as a medical missionary. In 1846 he was ordained in the Congregational ministry…Frege, Gottlob
(Encyclopedia) Frege, GottlobFrege, Gottlobgôtˈlōp frāˈgə [key], 1848–1925, German philosopher and mathematician. He was professor of mathematics (1879–1918) at the Univ. of Jena. Frege was one of…Minh, Duong Van
(Encyclopedia) Minh, Duong VanMinh, Duong Vand&oobreve;ng vän mēn [key], 1916–2001, Vietnamese army officer and political leader. A military adviser (1962–63) to President Diem, he helped to…Trending
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