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Cinderella

(Encyclopedia) Cinderella, heroine of one of the most famous folktales in the world. She is rescued from a life of drudgery by her fairy godmother and eventually marries a handsome prince. The story…

1999 MTV Music Video Awards

The 1999 Video Music Awards were presented September 9, 1999.Video Of The YearLauryn Hill, “Doo Wop (That Thing)”Male VideoWill Smith, “Miami”Female VideoLauryn Hill, “Doo Wop (That Thing)”…

Held, Julius Samuel

(Encyclopedia) Held, Julius Samuel, 1905–2002, American art historian, b. Germany. Held immigrated to the United States in 1934. In 1937 he began to teach at Barnard College, where he was professor…

Sorel, Agnès

(Encyclopedia) Sorel, AgnèsSorel, Agnèsänyĕsˈ sôrĕlˈ [key], c.1422–1450, mistress (1444–50) of Charles VII of France. She was the first mistress of a French king to be officially recognized as such.…

2002 MTV Music Video Awards

The 2002 Video Music Awards were presented August 29, 2002.Video of the YearEminem, “Without Me”Male VideoEminem, “Without Me”Female VideoPink, “Get the Party Started”Group VideoNo Doubt…

Massillon

(Encyclopedia) MassillonMassillonmăsˈĭlŏn [key], city (1990 pop. 31,007), Stark co., NE Ohio, on the Tuscarawas River; inc. 1853. A wheat-shipping center on the Ohio & Erie Canal after 1828, it…

Mayer, Julius Robert von

(Encyclopedia) Mayer, Julius Robert von, 1814–78, German physician and physicist, studied medicine at Tübingen, Munich, and Paris. From a consideration of the generation of animal heat, he was led to…

Dharamsala

(Encyclopedia) Dharamsala, town, Himachal Pradesh, N India. Located on the slopes of the Kangra valley at the edge of Dhauladhar range in the outer…