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Selena

Director/Writer: Gregory NavaDirector of Photography:Edward LachmanEditor:Nancy RichardsonMusic:Dave GrusinProduction Designer:Cary WhiteProducers:Moctesuma Esparza and Robert KatzWarner Bros…

Gómez y Báez, Máximo

(Encyclopedia) Gómez y Báez, MáximoGómez y Báez, Máximomäkˈsēmō [key]Gómez y Báez, Máximo gōˈmāth [key]Gómez y Báez, Máximoē bäˈās [key], 1836–1905, Cuban revolutionary, b. Dominican Republic. He…

Lefty Gomez

Lefty GomezBorn: Nov. 26, 1908Baseball LHP 4-time 20-game winner with NY Yankees; holds World Series record for most wins (6) without a defeat; pitched on 5 world championship clubs in 1930s.…

Scott Gomez

Scott GomezBorn: Dec. 23, 1979Hockey C Alaska native and only Hispanic NHL 1st-round draft pick (27th selection in 1998); scored 70 points in 2000 to win the Calder Trophy as NHL Rookie of…

Gómez de la Serna, Ramón

(Encyclopedia) Gómez de la Serna, RamónGómez de la Serna, Ramónrämōnˈ gōˈmāth dā lä sĕrˈnä [key], 1888–1963, Spanish novelist, biographer, and critic, b. Madrid. One of the most prolific and…

Castro, Cipriano

(Encyclopedia) Castro, CiprianoCastro, Ciprianosēprēäˈnō [key]Castro, Cipriano käsˈtrō [key], 1858?–1924, president of Venezuela (1901–8). In 1899 he usurped the government, overthrowing Andrade.…

Gómez, Juan Vicente

(Encyclopedia) Gómez, Juan VicenteGómez, Juan Vicentehwän vēsānˈtā [key]Gómez, Juan Vicente gōˈmĕs [key], 1857–1935, caudillo of Venezuela (1908–35). Of indigenous and white parentage, Gómez was born…

Selena Biography

Selena(Quintanilla Perez)tejano singerBorn: 4/16/1971Birthplace: Lake Jackson, Texas Grammy Award-winning tejano singer who was gunned down in 1995 by deranged fan Yolanda Saldivar. Her…

Maracay

(Encyclopedia) MaracayMaracaymäräkīˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 354,196), capital of Aragua state, N Venezuela, at the eastern end of Lake Valencia. It is a commercial, agricultural, and industrial city…