(Encyclopedia) Pius IX, 1792–1878, pope (1846–78), an Italian named Giovanni M. Mastai-Ferretti, b. Senigallia; successor of Gregory XVI. He was cardinal and bishop of Imola when elected pope. For…
A table of the Hispanic Americans currently serving in the 114th Congress. There are 34 Hispanics in the House of Representatives and 3 in the Senate. State House…
(Encyclopedia) journalism, the collection and periodic publication or transmission of news through media such as newspaper, periodical, television, and radio.
By broadcasting events such as the…
The following timeline lists terrorist attacks against the United States and Americans living either in the U.S. or abroad.
1920 Sept. 16, New York City: TNT bomb planted in unattended horse-…
rock group The members of Son Volt (1994–present) hail from Belleville, Illinois, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, but their music is most often labelled with a hybrid including the term “country.”…
McLEMORE, Atkins Jefferson, a Representative from Texas; born on a farm near Spring Hill, Maury County, Tenn., March 13, 1857; educated in the rural schools and by private tutors; moved to…
(Encyclopedia) Lars Porsena or Lars PorsennaLars Porsennaboth: lärz pôrˈsənə, pôrsĕnˈə [key], semilegendary king of Clusium (modern Chiusi) in Etruria, who marched against Rome to reinstate the…
(Encyclopedia) Maury, Jean SiffreinMaury, Jean SiffreinzhäN sēfrăNˈ môrēˈ [key], 1746–1817, French churchman, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. A court preacher and writer before the French…
(Encyclopedia) Gregory II, Saint, d. 731, pope (715–31), a Roman; successor of Constantine. When Byzantine Emperor Leo III tried to impose iconoclasm in Italy by an imperial edict, Gregory answered…
