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Les Harrison Biography

Les HarrisonAge: 93 NBA Hall of Famer who led the Rochester Royals to the NBA Championship in 1951 as owner, general manager and coach; captured National Basketball League titles in 1946 and…

Parmigianino

(Encyclopedia) ParmigianinoParmigianinopärmējänēˈnō [key] or ParmigianoParmigiano–jäˈnō [key], 1503–40, Italian painter and etcher, one of the most sensitive mannerist artists (see mannerism) and one…

Major, John, 1943–, British politician

(Encyclopedia) Major, John, 1943–, British statesman, b. John Major Ball. Raised in a working-class area of London, he was elected to Lambeth borough council (1968–71) and entered Parliament as a…

Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy

(Encyclopedia) Philip the Bold, 1342–1404, duke of Burgundy (1363–1404); a younger son of King John II of France. He fought (1356) at Poitiers and shared his father's captivity in England. He was…

Alba, Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, duque de

(Encyclopedia) Alba or Alva, Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, duque deAlba or Alva, Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, duque deălˈbə, ălˈvə, Span. both: fārnänˈdō älˈvärāth dā tōlāˈᵺō d&oomacr;ˈkā dā älˈvä […

Queen Elizabeth II: Reign and Life

Top of Page Source: iStockHer Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was born on April 21st, 1926, and died on September 8th, 2022, aged 96. This marks the end of the longest-reigning British monarch and the…

William Shakespeare: Henry VI (Pt 2), Act I

Act IScene ILondon. The palaceFlourish of trumpets: then hautboys. Enter King Henry VI, Gloucester, Salisbury, Warwick, and Cardinal, on the one side; Queen Margaret, Suffolk, York, Somerset…

Dick Harp 2000 Deaths

Dick HarpAge: 81 former player, assistant coach and head coach for the University of Kansas men's basketball team; took over for Phog Allen in 1956; had a 121-82 career record over eight…

John Brown Russwurm Biography

John Brown Russwurmnewspaper publisherBorn: 1799Birthplace: Port Antonio, Jamaica Born to a slave mother and a white American merchant father, Russwurm was educated in Quebec and graduated from…

Jeri Ryan Biography

Jeri Ryan (Jeri Lynn Zimmerman)actressBorn: 2/22/1968Birthplace: Munich, Germany A blond bombshell who was also a National Merit Scholar, Ryan placed fourth in the Miss America Pageant of 1990.…