(Encyclopedia) Zumalacárregui, Tomás deZumalacárregui, Tomás detōmäsˈ dā s&oomacr;ˌmäläkärˈrāgē [key], 1788–1835, Spanish Carlist general. A professional soldier, he fought against the French in…
Argentina
Juan Facundo Quiroga, Argentine caudillo (1790–1835) Juan Martín de Pueyrredón, Argentine general, supreme director of the United Provinces of La Plata (1816–19) Bernardino Rivadavia,…
blues musicianBorn: 8/22/1917Birthplace: Clarksdale, Miss. legendary blues musician whose somber lyrics and endless one-chord guitar riffs helped to define boogie blues. He has influenced bands ra.…
printer, editorBorn: 1917Birthplace: Keokuk, Iowa A skilled hand printer of literary works, he is well known for printing Robert Lowell's first book of poetry, The Land of Unlikeness, in 1944.…
(Encyclopedia) ManoleteManoletemänōlāˈtā [key], 1917–47, Spanish matador, b. Córdoba. Christened Manuel Rodríguez y Sánchez, he was the son and grandson of matadors, who both also had the nickname…
Ellen Ochoa
Luis Walter Alvarez, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Franklin Chang-Dìaz, astronaut Mario Molina, Nobel Prize-winning chemist Carlos Noriega, astronaut Ellen Ochoa,…
(Encyclopedia) Éboli, Ana de Mendoza de la Cerda, princesa deÉboli, Ana de Mendoza de la Cerda, princesa deäˈnä ᵺā māndōˈthä ᵺā lä thārˈdä prēnthāˈsä ᵺā āˈbōlē [key], 1540–92, Spanish noblewoman.…
(Encyclopedia) Crespi, JuanCrespi, Juanhwän [key]Crespi, Juan krāsˈpē [key], 1721–82, Spanish explorer in the Southwest, a Franciscan. He came to America in 1749, and in 1767 he went to the peninsula…
(Encyclopedia) Colosio Murrieta, Luis DonaldoColosio Murrieta, Luis Donaldol&oomacr;ēsˈ ᵺônälˈdō kôlôˈsyō m&oobreve;ryāˈtä [key], 1948–94, Mexican politician and government official, b.…
