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Victor Mature 1999 Deaths

Victor MatureAge: 86 handsome actor known for his barrel chest—and roles in epics like Samson and Delilah and The Robe. “Mr. Beautiful” got his big break in 1940, after a brief appearance in…

Victor Serebriakoff 2000 Deaths

Victor Serebriakoff Age: 87 writer and sawmill expert whose persistence transformed Mensa, an organization for intellectuals with I.Q.s in the top 2 percent, from four members to one of more…

Victor Borge 2000 Deaths

Victor Borge(Borge Rosenbaum)Age: 91 Danish-born musical comedian who combined virtuosic piano skills, a sharp wit, sight gags, and an irrepressible sense of humor in his stage performances.…

Victor Argo 2004 Deaths

Victor ArgoAge: 69 film actor who played tough guys in dozens of films, including Mean Streets and Taxi Driver. Died: Manhattan, April 6, 2004Yasir ArafatA - FRichard Avedon

Brewer's: Victor Emmanuel of Italy

called King Honest-Man, for his honest concessions to the people of constitutional freedom promised by his father and by himself in less prosperous circumstances. Source: Dictionary of…

Nashoba

(Encyclopedia) NashobaNashobanăshōˈbə [key], former community, Shelby co., SW Tenn., on the Wolf River just E of Memphis. It was established (1825) by Frances Wright and others, influenced by the…

Regnault, Henri Victor

(Encyclopedia) Regnault, Henri VictorRegnault, Henri VictoräNrēˈ vēktôrˈ rənyōˈ [key], 1810–78, French physicist and chemist. He was professor of chemistry at the École polytechnique, Paris, from…

Shklovski, Victor Borisovich

(Encyclopedia) Shklovski, Victor BorisovichShklovski, Victor Borisovichvēkˈtər bərēˈsəvĭch shklôfˈskē [key], 1893–1984, Russian critic and writer. Shklovski was an exponent of the formalist school,…

Savoy, house of

(Encyclopedia) Savoy, house of, dynasty of Western Europe that ruled Savoy and Piedmont from the 11th cent., the kingdom of Sicily from 1714 to 1718, the kingdom of Sardinia from 1720 to 1861, and…