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Pasadena

(Encyclopedia) PasadenaPasadenapăsˌədēˈnə [key]. 1 City (1990 pop. 131,591), Los Angeles co., S Calif., at the base of the San Gabriel Mts.; inc. 1866. The city is a research and technological center…

Foster, Jodie

(Encyclopedia) Foster, Jodie (Alicia Christian Foster), 1962–, American actress and film director, b. Los Angeles, Yale Univ. (B.A., 1985). A child…

Peter III, czar of Russia

(Encyclopedia) Peter III, 1728–62, czar of Russia (1762), son of Charles Frederick, dispossessed duke of Holstein-Gottorp, and of Anna Petrovna, daughter of Peter the Great. He succeeded to the…

Vladimir I

(Encyclopedia) Vladimir IVladimir Ivlădˈəmĭrˌ, Rus. vlədyēˈmĭr [key], Volodymyr IVladimir Ivŭlˌədyēˈmyĭr [key], or Saint Vladimir, d. 1015, first Christian grand duke of Kiev (c.980–1015); son of…

Moon Walks

Twelve astronauts have walked on the moon, the last in 1972. Here are the names of those astronauts listed chronologically by the date of their walk. July 20, 1969—Apollo 11Neil Armstrong Edwin “…

John BELL, Congress, TN (1796-1869)

Senate Years of Service: 1847-1855; 1855-1857; 1857-1859Party: Jacksonian; Anti-Jackson; Whig; Opposition; American (Know-Nothing)BELL, John, a Representative and a Senator from Tennessee;…

BELL, John, Congress, TN (1797-1869)

Senate Years of Service: 1847-1855; 1855-1857; 1857-1859 Party: Jacksonian; Anti-Jackson; Whig; Opposition; American (Know-Nothing) BELL, John, a Representative and a Senator from Tennessee…

John Armor BINGHAM, Congress, OH (1815-1900)

BINGHAM, John Armor, a Representative from Ohio; born in Mercer, Mercer County, Pa., January 21, 1815; pursued academic studies; apprentice in a printing office for two years; attended…

Thomas Hale BOGGS, Sr., Congress, LA (1914-1972)

BOGGS, Thomas Hale, Sr., (husband of Corinne Claiborne Boggs), a Representative from Louisiana; born in Long Beach, Harrison County, Miss., February 15, 1914; attended the public and parochial…