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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…

And Baby Makes 300?

Prolific fathers provide new twist to "all in the family" Highest U.S. Birthrates   State Birthrate* Utah Texas Arizona California…