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Bed and Breakfasts

If you are looking for a quiet, relaxing getaway, check out these B&Bs, listed by region       The Midwest       New England       The Pacific Northwest       The South…

NFL Football Preview - AFC East

AFC East Few would argue that the defending AFC East champion New England Patriots remain the most talented team in the division, despite the loss of virtually their entire corps of running backs…

Eleanor of Aquitaine Biography

European queenBorn: 1122?– Eleanor of Aquitaine was one of the most powerful leaders in medieval Europe. She was queen of France and then queen of England, the mother of two kings, and an active…

Barbara Dainton Biography

Titanic survivorDied: Oct. 16, 2007 (Camborne, England) Best Known as: survivor of Titanic sinking One of the last survivors from the Titanic, which sank in 1912…

Canadian Independence

The Question: How did Canada achieve its sovereignty? The Answer: Colonized by the French at the beginning of the 1600's, Canada was conquered by…

The Middle Atlantic

Source: The U.S. Department of State If New England provided the brains and dollars for 19th-century American expansion, the Middle Atlantic states provided the muscle. The region's largest states…

Led Zeppelin Biography

rock group Although critics panned them as “derivative,” Led Zeppelin became one of the most successful rock bands during the 1970s. Known as one of the best live-performance bands (they regularly…

DK History: Tudor Age

HOW DID TUDOR MERCHANTS BECOME WEALTHY? WHO WAS THE GREATEST TUDOR MONARCH? WHY DID HENRY VIII QUARREL WITH THE POPE? CHURCH OF ENGLANDFIND OUT MOREThe Tudors were a family of Welsh, French, and…

Sir Fred Hoyle

astrophysicistBorn: 6/24/1915Birthplace: Bingley, Yorkshire, England prominent astrophysicist who wrote extensively about cosmological theory, the belief that the universe is in a steady state of…

Henry MIDDLETON, Congress, SC (1770-1846)

MIDDLETON, Henry, (son of Arthur Middleton and grandson of Henry Middleton [1717-1784]), a Representative from South Carolina; born in London, England, September 28, 1770; his parents, then…