(Encyclopedia) Sowerby, LeoSowerby, Leosōˈərbē [key], 1895–1968, American composer and organist, b. Grand Rapids, Mich. Sowerby studied at the American Conservatory, Chicago, and with Percy Grainger…
(Encyclopedia) PolybiusPolybiuspōlĭˈbēəs [key], 203? b.c.–c.120 b.c., Greek historian, b. Megalopolis. As one of the leaders of the Achaean League and a friend of Philopoemen, he was influential in…
(Encyclopedia) Cinna (Lucius Cornelius Cinna)Cinnasĭnˈə [key], d. 84 b.c., Roman politician, consul (87 b.c.–84 b.c.), and leader of the popular party. Shortly after Cinna's first election, Sulla…
(Encyclopedia) BithyniaBithyniabĭthĭnˈēə [key], ancient country of NW Asia Minor, in present-day Turkey. The original inhabitants were Thracians who established themselves as independent and were…
(Encyclopedia) Rienzi or Rienzo, Cola diRienzi or Rienzo, Cola dikôˈlä dē rēĕnˈtsē, rēĕnˈtsō [key], 1313?–1354, Roman popular leader. In 1343 on a mission to Pope Clement VI at Avignon, he won the…
(Encyclopedia) Bernini, Giovanni Lorenzo or GianlorenzoBernini, Giovanni Lorenzo or Gianlorenzojōvänˈnē lōrĕnˈtsō, jänlōrĕnˈtsō bĕrnēˈnē [key], 1598–1680, Italian sculptor and architect, b. Naples.…
(Encyclopedia) Conrad, Joseph, 1857–1924, English novelist, b. Berdichev, Russia (now Berdychiv, Ukraine), originally named Jósef Teodor Konrad Walecz Korzeniowski. Born of Polish parents, he is…
(Encyclopedia) Freedom Riders, American civil-rights demonstrators who engaged (1961) in nonviolent protests against segregation of public interstate buses and terminals in the South. From the 1940s…
(Encyclopedia) Moreau, JeanneMoreau, Jeannezhän [key]Moreau, Jeanne môrōˈ [key], 1928–2017, French movie actress, b. Paris, studied Conservatoire National d'Art Dramatique. She joined the Comédie…
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-…
