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Rodney Dangerfield 2004 Deaths
Rodney DangerfieldAge: 82 comic and actor known for his self-deprecating humor and his catch phrase, “I don't get no respect.” He appeared in the films Caddyshack and Back to School. Died:…Oder-Neisse line
(Encyclopedia) Oder-Neisse line, frontier established in 1945 between Germany and Poland; it followed the Oder and W Neisse rivers from the Baltic Sea to the Czechoslovak border. The boundary,…free port
(Encyclopedia) free port, port, or section of a port, exempt from customs regulations (see tariff). Goods may be landed at a free port for storage and handling, and they may even be processed into…2004 Deaths: A - F
Abu AbbasBrock AdamsUmberto AgnelliYasir ArafatVictor ArgoRichard AvedonPeter BarnesEmily Morison BeckArnold O. BeckmanGeoffrey BeeneSune BergströmElmer BernsteinJan BerryFanny Blankers-…thermometer
(Encyclopedia) thermometer, instrument for measuring temperature. Galileo and Sanctorius devised thermometers consisting essentially of a bulb with a tubular projection, the open end of which was…S. Joseph Begun
S. Joseph Begun Born: 1905Birthplace: (Danzig, Germany, now Gdansk Poland) Magnetic recording— Early recording machines of the 1920s were cumbersome at best. Sound was recorded magnetically…Grass, Günter
(Encyclopedia) Grass, GünterGrass, Güntergünˈtər gräs [key], 1927–2015, German novelist, lyricist, artist, and playwright, b. Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland). Writing from his experience in the Hitler…Sovetsk
(Encyclopedia) SovetskSovetsksəvyĕtskˈ [key], formerly TilsitSovetsktĭlˈzĭt [key], town (1989 pop. 41,900), NW European Russia, on the Neman River at the mouth of the Tilse. It is a rail junction, a…Günter Grass
"Whose frolicsome black fables portray the forgotten face of history" Günter Grass, recently awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize for Literature, is a distinguished German novelist, lyricist, artist, and…Brewer's: Spruce
Smart, dandified. Hall tells us it is a contraction of Prussian-like, à la Prusse, and gives the subjoined quotation: “After them came $$$ Edward Hayward, and with him Sir Thomas Parre, in…Trending
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