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Miep Gies Biography
preserved Anne Frank's diaryBorn: Feb. 15, 1909Died: Jan. 11, 2010 (Noord-Holland, Netherlands) Best Known as: woman who hid Anne Frank and her family Miep…1949 Cannes Film Festival
Grand PrixThe Third Man, Carol Reed (United Kingdom)Best ActorEdward G. Robinson, House of Strangers (United States)Best ActressIsa Miranda, The Walls of Malapaga (France/Italy)DirectionRene…Lagerfeld, Karl
(Encyclopedia) Lagerfeld, Karl, 1938–2019, German fashion designer, b. Hamburg as Karl Otto Lagerfeldt, immigrated with his family to Paris in 1952. He won a fashion award at 16, designed for…Vischer, Peter
(Encyclopedia) Vischer, PeterVischer, Peterpāˈtər [key]Vischer, Peter fĭshˈər [key], the elder, c.1455–1529, German sculptor, foremost of the bronze founders in Germany. Beginning as the assistant of…Babenberg
(Encyclopedia) BabenbergBabenbergbäˈbənbĕrk [key], ruling house of Austria (976–1246). It possibly descended from, or succeeded, a powerful Franconian family of the 9th cent. from whose castle the…September 2015 Current Events: World News
U.S. News | Business News | Disasters & Science News Here are the key events in world news for the month of…The Uranian Rings
Voyager 2 also expanded the body of information pertaining to the rings and moons of Uranus. Voyager's cameras obtained the first images of 9 previously known narrow rings and discovered at…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: August 17, 1804
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark August 16, 1804August 18, 1804August 17, 1804 17th August 1804. a fine morning Wind from the S. E. I will here annex the Latds & Distances of…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, August 18, 1804
Day 205 Day 207 Clark, August 18, 1804 18th August Satday 1804 a fine morning. Wind from the S. E. in the after part of the Day the Party with the Indians arrivd. we meet them under a…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: August 15, 1804
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark August 14, 1804August 16, 1804August 15, 1804 August 15th Wendesday I took ten men & went out to Beaver Dam across a Creek about a mile S W…