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Norfolk, Hugh Bigod, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia) Norfolk, Hugh Bigod, 1st earl of: see Bigod, Hugh, 1st earl of Norfolk.

2000 Olympics: Diving

MEN 3m Springboard: 1. Xiong Ni, CHN (708.72 pts); 2. Fernando Platas, MEX (708.42); 3. Dmitri Sautin, RUS (703.20). 10m Platform: 1. Tian Liang, CHN (724.53 pts); 2. Hu Jia, CHN (713.55); 3.…

Dee, John

(Encyclopedia) Dee, John, 1527–1608, English mathematician and occultist. He was educated at Cambridge. Accused of practicing sorcery against Queen Mary I, he was acquitted and later was a favorite…

2002 World History

Jacques Chirac(1932–) Tony Blair(1953–) Hugo Chavez(1954–) Hu Jintao(1942…

Women Fashion Designers and Models

Isabella Rossellini Biographies of Notable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators…

bushrangers

(Encyclopedia) bushrangers, bandits who terrorized the bush country of Australia in the 19th cent. The first bushrangers (c.1806–44) were mainly escaped convicts who fled to the bush and organized…

May Fourth Movement

(Encyclopedia) May Fourth Movement (1919), first mass movement in modern Chinese history. On May 4, about 5,000 university students in Beijing protested the Versailles Conference (Apr. 28, 1919)…

Xi Jinping

(Encyclopedia) Xi Jinping Xi Jinping shē jēnpēng [key], 1953–, Chinese political leader, b. Beijing. He is the son…

Donen, Stanley

(Encyclopedia) Donen, Stanley, 1924–2019, American film director, choreographer, and producer, b. Columbia, S.C. He is best known for directing some of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's finest musicals. In 1940…

Jeonju

(Encyclopedia) Jeonju or ChonjuChonjujônˈj&oomacr;ˈ [key], city (1995 pop. 563,406), capital of North Jeolla (Cholla) prov., SW South Korea. It is a transportation, industrial, and agricultural…