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Marjorie Mo Mowlam 2005 Deaths

Marjorie “Mo” MowlamAge: 55 charismatic British politician who, as secretary of state for Northern Ireland, was instrumental in negotiating 1998's landmark Good Friday Agreement. Mowlam was…

Philip Morrison 2005 Deaths

Philip MorrisonAge: 89 physicist who, as a member of the Manhattan Project, helped to assemble the first atom bomb—which was tested in July 1945, near Alamogordo, New Mexico—and the uranium…

Schism, Great

(Encyclopedia) Schism, Great, or Schism of the West, division in the Roman Catholic Church from 1378 to 1417. There was no question of faith or practice involved; the schism was a matter of persons…

2005 Deaths: M - Q

Peter MalkinAchille MaramottiRobert MatsuiVirginia MayoErnst MayrEugene McCarthyNick McDonaldIsmail MerchantDale MessickGeorge MikanArthur MillerSir John MillsRobert MoogPat MoritaPhilip…

Beaufort, Henry

(Encyclopedia) Beaufort, HenryBeaufort, Henrybōˈfərt [key], 1377?–1447, English prelate and statesman. The son of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, and his mistress (later wife) Catherine Swynford,…

Saint Gall, canton, Switzerland

(Encyclopedia) Saint GallSaint Gallsānt gôl, găl, gäl [key], Ger. Sankt Gallen, canton (1993 pop. 432,800), 777 sq mi (2,012 sq km), NE Switzerland. Bordering on Lake Constance in the north and on…

Sigismund

(Encyclopedia) SigismundSigismundsĭjˈĭsmənd, sĭgˈ–, 1368–1437, Holy Roman emperor (1433–37), German king (1410–37), king of Hungary (1387–1437) and of Bohemia (1419–37), elector of Brandenburg (1376–…

William Shakespeare: King John, Act II

Act IIScene IFrance. Before AngiersEnter Austria and forces, drums, etc. on one side: on the other King Philip and his power; Lewis, Arthur, Constance and attendantsLewisBefore Angiers well…

Baden-Württemberg

(Encyclopedia) Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg bäˈdən-wûrˈtəmbûrg, Ger. vürˈtəmbĕrkˌ…