Born: Jan. 9, 1934Football QB led Green Bay to 5 NFL titles and 2 Super Bowl wins from 1961-67; regular season MVP in 1966; MVP of Super Bowls I and II.
(Encyclopedia) parrot, common name for members of the order Psittaciformes, comprising nearly 400 species of colorful birds, pantropical in distribution, including the parakeets. Parrots have large…
(Encyclopedia) tea, tree or bush, its leaves, and the beverage made from these leaves. The plant (Camellia sinensis, Thea sinensis, or C. thea) is an evergreen related to the camellia and indigenous…
WHAT IS THE VISIBLE SPECTRUM? WHAT ARE PRIMARY COLORS? HOW MANY COLORS CAN WE SEE? DISPERSIONCOLOR TREEFIND OUT MORELight has different wavelengths, which we see as colors. The range of wavelengths…
(Encyclopedia) Keller, GottfriedKeller, Gottfriedgôtˈfrēt [key], 1819–90, Swiss novelist, poet, and short-story writer. His vital, realistic, and purposeful fiction gives him a high place among 19th-…
(Encyclopedia) Lombardi, Vince (Vincent Thomas Lombardi), 1913–70, American football coach, b. New York City. As a student at Fordham, he was a member of the famed “Seven Blocks of Granite” line.…
(Encyclopedia) Magnus, Heinrich GustavMagnus, Heinrich Gustavhīnˈrĭkh g&oobreve;sˈtäf mägˈn&oobreve;s [key], 1802–70, German chemist, physicist, and educator. In 1831 he became lecturer and…
(Encyclopedia) Losey, JosephLosey, Josephlōˈzē [key], 1909–84, American film director, b. La Crosse, Wis. Among his Hollywood works, many of which dealt with social issues, are The Boy With Green…
(Encyclopedia) Martin, Micheál, 1960–, Irish political leader. He briefly taught history before being elected (1985) to the Cork local government, and served (1992–93) as lord mayor of the city. A…
(Encyclopedia) Greenfield Village, reproduction of an early American village, est. 1933 by Henry Ford at Dearborn, Mich., as part of the Edison Institute. A white-spired church, a town hall, an inn,…
