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Bauhaus

(Encyclopedia) BauhausBauhausbouˈhous [key], artists' collective and school of art and architecture in Germany (1919–33). The Bauhaus revolutionized art training by combining the teaching of classic…

1936 Olympic Greco-Roman Wrestling Results

Class   Bantamweight (-123 1/4 lb) Márton Lörincz, HUN   Egon Svensson, SWE   Jakob Brendel, GER Featherweight (-134 1/4 lb) Yasar Erkan, TUR   Aarne Reini, FIN  …

1952 Olympics Gymnastics Medalists

MEN Event     Individual Combined Exercises Viktor Chukarin, URS 115.70   Grant Shaginyan, URS 114.95   Josef Stalder, SUI 114.75 Team USSR 575.4  …

Conrad, Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Conrad, Joseph, 1857–1924, English novelist, b. Berdichev, Russia (now Berdychiv, Ukraine), originally named Jósef Teodor Konrad Walecz Korzeniowski. Born of Polish parents, he is…

hysteria

(Encyclopedia) hysteriahysteriahĭstĕrˈēə [key], in psychology, a disorder commonly known today as conversion disorder, in which a psychological conflict is converted into a bodily disturbance. It is…

Werner, Oskar

(Josef Schliessmayer) actor, directorBirthplace: ViennaBorn: 1922Died: 1984

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

(Encyclopedia) Mackintosh, Charles RennieMackintosh, Charles Renniemăkˈəntŏshˌ [key], 1868–1928, Scottish architect, artist, and furniture designer. Probably the greatest architect and designer…

1948 Olympics Gymnastics Medalists

MEN Event     Individual Combined Exercises Veikko Huhtanen, FIN 229.70   Walter Lehmann, SUI 229.00   Paavo Aaltonen, FIN 228.80 Team Finland 1358.30  …

Alfredo Stroessner 2006 Deaths

Alfredo StroessnerAge: 93 authoritarian president and dictator of Paraguay who assumed power in a coup in 1954 and remained president until 1989, when he was overthrown in a military coup and…

1980 Men's Bobsled Medalists

Event   Time 2-Man SWI (Erich Schärer & Josef Benz) 4:09.36 4-Man E. Ger (Meinhard Nehmer, Bogdan   Musiol, Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt) 3:59.92…