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Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias was a Portugese navigator whose 1487-88 Atlantic voyage around the southern tip of Africa opened sea routes between Europe and Asia. In 1486 King João II (King John II) assigned Dias…Don Ameche
Don Ameche(Dominic Felix Amici)actorBorn: 5/31/1908Birthplace: Kenosha, Wisconsin A popular leading man of the 1930s and '40s, he enjoyed a comeback in the 1980s starring in such movies as Trading…Don Ameche Biography
Don Ameche(Dominic Felix Amici)actorBorn: 5/31/1908Birthplace: Kenosha, Wisconsin A popular leading man of the 1930s and '40s, he enjoyed a comeback in the 1980s starring in such movies as Trading…Jack Chick
Jack T. Chick was the founder and president of Chick Publications, publishers of comic books that encouraged people to follow Jesus Christ and convert to Christianity as the only way to avoid a fiery…Martin Luther
Without quite intending to, Martin Luther changed the course of Christianity and Western history. His 1517 complaint against specific abuses in the Roman Catholic church -- a document now known as…Brewer's: Thomas
(St.). Patron saint of architects. The tradition is that Gondoforus, king of the Indies, gave him a large sum of money to build a palace. St. Thomas spent it on the poor, “thus erecting a…Brewer's: Erminia
The heroine of Jerusalem Delivered. When her father, the King of Antioch, was slain at the siege of Antioch, and Erminia fell captive into the crusader's hands, Tancred gave her her…Pulitzer Prizes: International Reporting
1948 Paul W. Ward (Baltimore Sun) 1949 Price Day (Baltimore Sun…And Baby Makes 300?
Prolific fathers provide new twist to "all in the family" Highest U.S. Birthrates State Birthrate* Utah Texas Arizona California…The Koran/Sura XCVI — Thick Blood, or Clots of Blood
Sura[17] XCVI — Thick Blood, or Clots of BloodMecca — 19 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful[18] RECITE[19] thou, in the name of thy Lord who created;— Created man…