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Pola Negri Biography
Pola Negri(Barbara Appolonia Chalupiec)actressBorn: 12/31/1894Birthplace: Lipno, Poland After tuberculosis cut short a promising ballet career, Pola Negri began acting, emigrating from her…Black Literary Figures
Notable African-American Literary Figures Alice Walker Browse more African-American biographies by category: A-Z List Government Officials Civil Rights Leaders…Struck by Lightning
Zeus, park rangers, and the probability of being struck by lightning by Borgna Brunner Lightning Links Lightning Dangers & Fatality StatisticsEncyclopedia: LightningWeather &…Plundering the Past
Billions of dollars in looted art are sold each year by David Johnson The head of Ramses II was stolen by thieves with an electric saw and dragged 70 miles before being recovered by Egyptian…Other American Library Association Awards for Children's Books, 2000
Also see the Caldecott Medal and the Newbery Medal winnners.2000 Coretta Scott King Awards, honoring black authors and illustrators: (author): Bud, Not Buddy, Christopher Paul Curtis (…Other 2006 Winter Olympic Games Champions
BiathlonMen's 10-km sprint—Sven Fischer, GermanyMen's 12.5-km pursuit—Vincent Defrasne, FranceMen's 15-km mass start—Michael Greis, GermanyMen's 20-km individual—Michael Greis, GermanyMen's 4…Baron Munchausen: The Baron crosses the Thame...
by Rudolph Erich Raspe A Second Trip to the Moon. The Baron slips through the... The Baron crosses the Thame... The Baron crosses the Thames without the assistance of a bridge,…1912 Olympic Cycling Results
Event Time Individual Road Race (200 miles) Rudolph Lewis, S. Afr. 10:42:39.0 Frederick Grubb, GBR 10:51:24.2 Carl Schutte, USA 10:52:38.8 Team Road Race…Notable Asian Americans, A-Z
Grace ParkBiographies ofNotable Asian Pacific AmericansA-Z ListGovernment Officials and PoliticiansBusiness and Media LeadersAthletes & Sports PersonalitiesScientistsEntertainers:…The Spingarn Medal
The Spingarn Medal is awarded annually by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People for outstanding achievement by a Black American. 1915 Ernest E. Just 1916…