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1966 Academy Awards

The 1966 Academy Awards were presented April 10, 1967 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.Best PictureAlfie, Lewis Gilbert, producer (Paramount)A Man for All Seasons, Fred Zinnemann,…

Clayton-Bulwer Treaty

(Encyclopedia) Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, concluded (Apr. 19, 1850) at Washington, D.C., between the United States, represented by Secretary of State John M. Clayton, and Great Britain, represented by…

Browne, Sir Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Browne, Sir Thomas, 1605–82, English author and physician, b. London, educated at Oxford and abroad, knighted (1671) by Charles II. His Religio Medici, in which Browne attempted to…

Thurow, Lester Carl

(Encyclopedia) Thurow, Lester CarlThurow, Lester Carlth&oobreve;rˈō, thərōˈ [key], 1938–2016, American economist, b. Livingston, Mont.; B.A. Williams College, 1960; M.A. Oxford, 1962; Ph.D.…

Young, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Young, Thomas, 1773–1829, English physicist, physician, and Egyptologist. He established (1799) a medical practice in London and was elected (1811) to the staff of St. George's…

2003 Deaths: G - L

Leopoldo GaltieriJack GelberJ. Paul GettyMaurice GibbAlthea GibsonTom GlazerRobert GoodWinston GrahamMartha Griffiths Arthur GuytonAnne GwynneBuddy HackettAlbert HakimNajeeb HalabySue Sally…

Garfield, James Abram

(Encyclopedia) Garfield, James Abram, 1831–81, 20th President of the United States (Mar.–Sept., 1881). Born on a frontier farm in Cuyahoga co., Ohio, he spent his early years in poverty. As a youth…

1994 Academy Awards

The 1994 Academy Awards were presented March 27, 1995 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles.Best PictureForrest Gump, Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch and Steve Starkey, producers (Paramount)Four…