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Elsa Schiaparelli

fashion designerBorn: 9/10/1890Birthplace: Rome Proof that studying philosophy rarely leads to regular employment, Schiaparelli worked as a script writer in the US before moving to Paris in the…

Isabella Rossellini

actress, modelBorn: 6/18/1952Birthplace: Rome, Italy Although she is the daughter of actress Ingrid Bergman and one of Italy's greatest directors (Roberto Rossellini ), Isabella Rossellini didn't…

The Doors

rock group Rock group remembered for its dark, poetic lyrics, psychedelic guitars, and the drug-induced antics of singer Jim Morrison. Morrison met keyboardist Ray Manzarek at UCLA in the mid-…

Asian-American Athletes

Grace ParkAgbayani, Benny, baseball Chang, Michael, tennis Chow, Amy, gymnastics Chung, Eugene, football Darling, Ron, baseball Draves, Vicki Manalo, diving Fair, Lorrie, soccer…

DK History: Ancient Greece

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT MYCENAEAN KINGS? WHO DID THE ANCIENT GREEKS WORSHIP? WHAT WERE ANCIENT GREEK PLAYS ABOUT? WHY DID THE GREEKS VALUE SPORTS? BIOGRAPHY: ALEXANDER THE GREAT 356–323 BC CITY-…

Charles Joseph SCARBOROUGH, Congress, FL (1963)

SCARBOROUGH, Charles Joseph, a Representative from Florida; born in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., April 9, 1963; graduated from Catholic High School, Pensacola, Fla.; B.A., University of…

Edmonia Lewis

  sculptor Born: 1845 Birthplace: New York, Ohio, or New Jersey   Details of her early life are uncertain. Her father was a Black American and her mother an Ojibwa Indian who named her…

Cicero Biography

Marcus Tullius Cicero Roman orator, philosopher, and politicianBorn: 106 B.C. Cicero was the most famous of all Roman orators. He held a variety of political posts and was known as an opponent of…

Foley, Thomas Stephen

(Encyclopedia) Foley, Thomas Stephen, 1929–2013, U.S. congressman, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1989–95), b. Spokane, Wash. A lawyer, he was elected to the U.S. House of…