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Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Check out these features in celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Read about Fred Korematsu and other famous Asian Americans. Find out the history of the fortune…

Donen, Stanley

(Encyclopedia) Donen, Stanley, 1924–2019, American film director, choreographer, and producer, b. Columbia, S.C. He is best known for directing some of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's finest musicals. In 1940…

Innocent IV

(Encyclopedia) Innocent IV, d. 1254, pope (1243–54), a Genoese named Sinibaldo Fieschi, a distinguished jurist who studied and later taught law at the Univ. of Bologna; successor of Celestine IV. He…

Manuel I, Byzantine emperor

(Encyclopedia) Manuel I (Manuel Comnenus)Manuel Ikŏmnēˈnəs [key], c.1120–1180, Byzantine emperor (1143–80), son and successor of John II. He began his reign with a war against the Seljuk Turks, the…

Warren, Earl

(Encyclopedia) Warren, Earl, 1891–1974, American public official and 14th chief justice of the United States (1953–69), b. Los Angeles. He graduated from the Univ. of California Law School in 1912.…

Besançon

(Encyclopedia) Besançon Besançon bəzäNsôNˈ [key], city, capital of Doubs dept., E France, in Franche-Comté, on…

The Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty (“Liberty Enlightening the World”) is a 225-ton, steel-reinforced copper female figure, 151 ft 1 in. (46.05 m) in height, facing the ocean from Liberty Island1 in New York…

Harry Potter Haiku

More from the Harry Potter Poetry Archive Wizardry poetry from our readers! Read Harry Potter Haiku from our readers!   Other Fun Harry Poems from Our Readers…