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Brewer's: Millennium

means simply a thousand years. (Latin, mille annus.) In Rev. xx. 2 it is said that an angel bound Satan a thousand years, and in verse 4 we are told of certain martyrs who will come to…

Yehudi Menuhin Biography

Yehudi MenuhinAge: 83 violin virtuoso who had impressed audiences since the age of seven with his musical gift. At age 13, he inspired Albert Einstein to declare at a Berlin concert, “Now I…

Robert Moog 2005 Deaths

Robert MoogAge: 71 electronic music pioneer who in 1965 created the Moog synthesizer. Many experimental and rock bands, such as Tangerine Dream, used the synthesizer in the 1960s and '70s.…

Bora Milutinovic

Bora MilutinovicBorn: Sept. 7, 1944Soccer Serbian who coached United States national team from 1991-95; led Mexico (1986), Costa Rica ('90), USA ('94) and Nigeria ('98) into the 2nd round of…

Lowell Historical Park

Lowell National Historical Park Lowell, Massachusetts In the 1830s the mills in the booming industrial town of Lowell employed women almost exclusively. Thousands of young women left their…

Mr. Prospector Biography

Mr. ProspectorAge: 29 the nation's leading thoroughbred sire who was said to have sired a North American-record 1,014 foals and 162 stakes winners through the end of 1998; champion offspring…

Arthur Miller 2005 Deaths

Arthur MillerAge: 89 one of the most respected and talented American playwrights. His work often focused on morality and the pressures faced by families striving to achieve the American dream…

The Devil's Dictionary: Urbanity

by Ambrose Bierce UNIVERSALISTUSAGEURBANITY -n. The kind of civility that urban observers ascribe to dwellers in all cities but New York. Its commonest expression is heard in the words, "I…

Charles F. MITCHELL, Congress, NY (1808)

MITCHELL, Charles F., a Representative from New York; born in New York City about 1808; attended the public schools; moved to Lockport, N.Y., in 1829; appointed one of the firemen of the…