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Gerhard Schröder Biography
Gerhard SchröderGerman political leaderBorn: 4/7/1944Birthplace: Mossenberg, Lower Saxony, Germany Schröder became Chancellor of Germany, succeeding Helmut Kohl's 16-year rule, in the…Anthony CAVALCANTE, Congress, PA (1897-1966)
CAVALCANTE Anthony , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Vanderbilt, Fayette County, Pa., February 6, 1897; attended public schools; served overseas with Company D, One Hundred and Tenth…Otto KRUEGER, Congress, ND (1890-1963)
KRUEGER Otto , a Representative from North Dakota; born of German parents in the Volinia district of southwest Russia, September 7, 1890; attended grade and high school in Russian and German…Klaus Fuchs
Klaus Fuchs was a German-born British physicist who passed United States atomic secrets to the Soviets during World War II and was convicted of espionage in 1950. Fuchs, a communist, was forced from…Fritz Haber
German chemist Fritz Haber won the Nobel Prize in 1919 for his discovery of how to make ammonia out of atmospheric nitrogen. This allowed for the production of fertilizer and meant the world was no…Charles Lindbergh
Name at birth: Charles Augustus LindberghCharles Lindbergh made the first-ever solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean. He left Roosevelt Field in New York on May 20, 1927, piloting a plane…Elihu Benjamin WASHBURNE, Congress, IL (1816-1887)
WASHBURNE Elihu Benjamin , a Representative from Illinois; born in Livermore, Androscoggin County, Maine, September 23, 1816; attended the common schools; printer's apprentice; assistant editor of…Alexandria, city, Egypt
(Encyclopedia) Alexandria, Arabic Al Iskandariyah, city, N Egypt, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is at the western extremity of the Nile River delta, situated on a narrow isthmus between…The Legend of Rita
Director:Volker SchondorffWriters:Volker Schondorff, Wolfgang KohlhaaseKino International; NR; 101 minutesRelease:2/01Cast:Bibiana Beglau, Martin Wuttke, Nadja Uhl The Legend of Rita does…Adoption of the Gregorian Calendar
The Gregorian reform was not adopted throughout the West immediately Related Links History of the Calendar History of the Lunar Calendar History of the Egytpian Calendar…Trending
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