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Spies in America

Spy TimesSome notable American turncoats by Gerry Brown and Beth Rowen Ethel Rosenberg, 35, and her husband, Julius, 34, ride to separate jails in on New York City March 29, 1951 following…

John Houseman

(Jacques Haussmann)actorBorn: 9/22/1902Birthplace: Bucharest, Romania Having begun his career as a theater director and then working with Orson Welles on both the Negro Theatre Project and the…

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…

Roman Republic and Roman Empire: Rulers

Roman Republic and Roman Empire: RulersRoman RepublicCato the Elder, statesman (234–149 B.C.)Gracchi, (Tiberius Sempronius Graccus [d. 133B.C.] and Caius Sempronius Gracchus [d. 121 B.C.],…

Charles HOOKS, Congress, NC (1768-1843)

HOOKS, Charles, (great-grandfather of William Julius Harris), a Representative from North Carolina; born in Bertie County, N.C., February 20, 1768; when he was two years old his parents moved…

Iacta vs. Jacta

The Question: I am confused and hope that you can help. When I do an Internet search for "the die is cast" it comes up spelled two different ways: Iacta alea…

Cinna, d. 44 b.c., Roman tribune

(Encyclopedia) Cinna (Caius Helvius Cinna), d. 44 b.c., Roman tribune. At the funeral of Julius Caesar the mob mistook him for Lucius Cornelius Cinna and killed him. He was probably the minor poet…

Rosenberg Case

(Encyclopedia) Rosenberg Case, in U.S. history, a lengthy and controversial espionage case. In 1950, the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Julius Rosenberg (1918–53), an electrical engineer…

A History of the New Year

A move from March to January by Borgna Brunner New Year's Features New Year's Traditions Rosh Hashannah, Jewish New…