Who originated the idea of a national holiday in honor of MLK?
by Shmuel Ross and David Johnson Martin Luther King Day is a federal holiday observed on the third Monday in January. In 2015,…
Royal Biographies:
King Charles III
by David Johnson
Charles Philip Arthur George, the Prince of Wales and heir apparent to the throne, was born in Buckingham Palace on November 14, 1948.…
Kings and queens Carlos II (1665–1700) Felipe V (1700–1724, 1724–1746) Luis I (1724) Fernando VI (1746–1759) Carlos III (1759–1788) Carlos IV (1788–1808…
(Encyclopedia) Oliver, King (Joseph Oliver), 1885–1938, American jazz musician, b. Abend, La. Oliver began his professional career in 1904 with the Onward Brass Band. After playing with leading bands…
(Encyclopedia) King, Clarence, 1842–1901, American geologist, b. Newport, R.I., grad. Sheffield Scientific School, Yale, 1862. After serving as a volunteer assistant in the California state…
(Encyclopedia) King, Henry, 1592–1669, English poet. He became bishop of Chichester in 1642. Elegies constitute nearly half his work, his most notable being “The Exequy,” written on the death of his…
King, Larry
(Encyclopedia) King, Larry, 1933-2021, American journalist, radio, and television personality, b. Lawrence Harvey Zeiger, Brooklyn, N.Y. After…
(Encyclopedia) King, Rufus, 1755–1827, American political leader, b. Scarboro, Maine (then a district of Massachusetts). He served briefly in the American Revolution and practiced law in…
(Encyclopedia) King, Stephen, 1947–, American writer, b. Portland, Maine. Influenced by the 19th-century Gothic tradition, especially the works of Poe, King's fiction reveals the macabre and horrific…
