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Veterans Day

Veterans’ Statistics, Veterans Day History, War Poetry, and More Also known as Remembrance Day around the world, this is an important date on the calendar. This day is set aside for commemorating…

Cooke, Alistair

(Encyclopedia) Cooke, Alistair, 1908–2004, Anglo-American journalist, b. Salford, England, as Alfred Cooke; grad. Cambridge, 1930, where he officially adopted the name Alistair. Cooke became famous…

Caracas

(Encyclopedia) Caracas Caracas kərăˈkəs, kəräˈ–, Span. käräˈkäs…

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1513 After Juan Ponce de León, a Spanish explorer, helped conquer what is now the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, he secured a commission to conquer and colonize the island of "Bimini", an…

Federalist No. 14

No 13 No 15 Objections to the Proposed Constitution From Extent of Territory Answered From the New York Packet.Friday, November 30, 1787.Madison To the People of the…

Jaurès, Jean

(Encyclopedia) Jaurès, JeanJaurès, JeanzhäN zhōrĕsˈ [key], 1859–1914, French Socialist leader and historian. A brilliant student and teacher, he entered the chamber of deputies in 1885 and…

Manin, Daniele

(Encyclopedia) Manin, DanieleManin, Danieledänyĕˈlā mänēnˈ [key] 1804–57, Venetian leader of the movement to free N Italy from Austrian rule. His father, a Jew, was converted to Christianity and took…

Philipse Manor

(Encyclopedia) Philipse Manor, colonial estate of Frederick Philipse, confirmed by a royal charter (1693), extending from the present North Tarrytown, N.Y., to the present Bronx, with the Hudson…

Fraunces, Samuel

(Encyclopedia) Fraunces, SamuelFraunces, Samuelfrônˈsĭs [key], c.1722–95, American innkeeper, proprietor of the historic Fraunces Tavern in New York City. This building at the corner of Broad and…