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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…

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…