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Men's Olympic Triple Jump Through the Years
Triple Jump Find the Olympic gold-medal times for the men's triple jump competition from 1896 to the present. Year Distance Record 1896 James Connolly, USA 44-113/4 …November Current Events 2023: World News
Top of Page U.S. News | Disaster News | Science & Technology News | Current Events This Week The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you…McCullers, Carson
(Encyclopedia) McCullers, Carson, 1917–67, American novelist, b. Columbus, Ga. as Lula Carson Smith, studied at Columbia. The central theme of her novels is the spiritual isolation that underlies the…Brewer's: Auto da Fe
[An act of faith.] A day set apart by the Inquisition for the examination of “heretics.” Those not acquitted were burnt. The reason why inquisitors burnt their victims was, because they…Brewer's: Francesca da Rimini
Daughter of Guido da Polenta, Lord of Ravenna. Her story is told in Dante's Inferno (canto v.). She was married to Lanciotto Malatesta, Lord of Rimini, but committed adultery with Paolo,…Brewer's: La-de-da
A yea-nay sort of a fellow, with no backbone. “Da,” in French, means both oui and nenni, as Oui-da (ay marry), Nenni-da (no forsooth). “I wish that French brother of his, the Parisian la-…Cunha, Tristão da
(Encyclopedia) Cunha, Tristão daCunha, Tristão datrēshtouNˈ [key]Cunha, Tristão da dä k&oomacr;ˈnyə [key], c.1460–1514?, Portuguese navigator. His most important voyage was undertaken in 1506,…Francesca da Rimini
(Encyclopedia) Francesca da RiminiFrancesca da Riminifränchĕsˈkä dä rēˈmēnē [key], fl. 13th cent., Italian beauty, daughter of Guido da Polenta of Ravenna. She was married by proxy to the hunchbacked…Vittorino da Feltre
(Encyclopedia) Vittorino da FeltreVittorino da Feltrevēt-tōrēˈnō dä fĕlˈtrā [key], 1378–1446, Italian humanist and teacher, b. Feltre. His real name was Vittorino Ramboldini. He studied at Padua and…Guarino da Verona
(Encyclopedia) Guarino da VeronaGuarino da Veronagwärēˈnō dä vārôˈnä [key], 1374?–1460, Italian humanist, considered the greatest teacher of his time. Associated with several universities, he…Trending
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