Born: July 20, 1929Baseball and Hockey owner owns Little Caesar's, the international pizza chain; bought Detroit Red Wings of NHL for $8 million in 1982 and AL Detroit Tigers for $85 million in…
(Encyclopedia) Sallust (Caius Sallustius Crispus)Sallustsălˈəst [key], 86 b.c.–c.34 b.c., Roman historian. He was tribune of the people (52 b.c.) and praetor (46). He was ejected (50) from the senate…
(Encyclopedia) Frederick Augustus I, 1750–1827, king (1806–27) and elector (1763–1806) of Saxony, grand duke of Warsaw (1807–14). He sided with the allies in the French Revolutionary Wars and joined…
(Encyclopedia) AriovistusAriovistusârˌēōvĭsˈtəs [key], fl. 58 b.c., Germanic chieftain, leader of the Suebi. He crossed the Rhine c.71 b.c., defeated the Aedui, and came to dominate much of Gaul (see…
LUFKIN, Willfred Weymouth, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Essex, Essex County, Mass., March 10, 1879; attended the public schools; newspaper correspondent; private secretary to…
(Encyclopedia) ScipioScipiosĭpˈēō [key], ancient Roman family of the Cornelian gens. They were patricians. During the 3d and 2d cent. b.c. they were distinguished by their love of Greek culture and…
(Encyclopedia) AeduiAeduiĕˈdy&oomacr;ī [key] or HaeduiHaeduihĕˈdy&oomacr;ī [key], Gallic people, occupying in the 1st cent. b.c. a part of what later became Burgundy. Defeated by Ariovistus…
(Encyclopedia) CzartoryskiCzartoryskichärtôrĭsˈkē [key], Polish princely family. Although of ancient lineage, it rose to prominence only in the 17th cent., and in the 18th cent. during the reign of…
(Encyclopedia) Polish Succession, War of the, 1733–35. On the death (1733) of Augustus II of Poland, Stanislaus I sought to reascend the Polish throne. He was supported by his son-in-law, Louis XV of…
