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Globe Theatre

(Encyclopedia) Globe Theatre, London playhouse, built in 1598, where most of Shakespeare's plays were first presented. It burned in 1613, was rebuilt in 1614, and was destroyed by the Puritans in…

Chemistry: Who Invented Chemistry?

Who Invented Chemistry?ChemistryWhy Study Chemistry?Why Do We Need Chemistry?What Have I Gotten Myself Into?This Stuff Is Really Fun!Who Invented Chemistry?Succeeding Where Others Have Failed If…

Kidnapped

Distributor: WGBH Boston Video 18th century Scotland is the setting for this well-acted, action-packed retelling of Robert Louis…

Patriotic Music for Independence Day

The best songs for your 4th of July picnic by Mark Zurlo Related Links Fourth of July by the Numbers Facts on Fireworks History of Fourth of July Celebrations American Flag Quiz…

König Rother

(Encyclopedia) König RotherKönig Rotherkönˈĭk rōtˈər [key], earliest heroic minstrel epic from the precourtly period of Middle High German literature. Written in Bavaria in popular verse style by an…

Eeden, Frederik van

(Encyclopedia) Eeden, Frederik vanEeden, Frederik vanfrāˈdərĭk vän āˈdən [key], 1860–1932, Dutch novelist and poet, a practicing physician. He founded a cooperative farm colony (1898). His work is…

Chris Carter

television writer, directorBorn: 10/13/1957Birthplace: Bellflower, California Creator of television's The X-Files, which draws on America's obsession with the occult and paranormal. The program…

Jean-Jacques Annaud

director, screenwriterBorn: 10/1/1943Birthplace: Draveil, France Known particularly for his period pieces, he won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film for his debut effort Black and White in…

Walter Schirra Biography

astronautDied: May 3, 2007 (San Diego, California) Best Known as: astronaut in three of NASA's earliest manned space programs The only astronaut to fly…